Pete Reynolds
Pete Reynolds went 57–55–14 as a head coach, 1909–1937, at Hobart, Hamilton, Bucknell, Syracuse and Knox. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1920, 6–3, 1921, 5–3–1, 1922, 7–4 and 1923, 4–4–1); by them his record is 77–58–14. Share
11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1909–13 at Hobart; 1914–16 at Hamilton; 1935–37 at Knox. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 57–55–14 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 5
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1925 8–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Hobart * | 2–3–1 | ||||
| 1910 | Hobart * | 4–1–1 | ||||
| 1911 | Hobart * | 2–4 | ||||
| 1912 | Hobart * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1913 | Hobart * | 1–5–2 | ||||
| 1914 | Hamilton * | 3–4 | ||||
| 1915 | Hamilton * | 5–1–2 | ||||
| 1916 | Hamilton * | 3–4 | ||||
| 1917–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | Bucknell | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1920 | Bucknell | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 6–3) | ||||
| 1921 | Bucknell | 0–3–1 (Wikipedia: 5–3–1) | ||||
| 1922 | Bucknell | 2–3 (Wikipedia: 7–4) | ||||
| 1923 | Bucknell | 0–2–1 (Wikipedia: 4–4–1) | ||||
| 1924: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1925 | Syracuse | 8–1–1 | ||||
| 1926 | Syracuse | 7–2–1 | ||||
| 1927–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | Knox * | 5–2–2 | T–7th / T–5th | |||
| 1936 | Knox * | 3–5 | 16th / 6th | |||
| 1937 | Knox * | 3–4–1 | 8th / 9th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 7 | 2–4–1 | 36% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 3–8–5 | 34% |
| At home | 23 | 16–4–3 | 76% |
| On the road | 22 | 6–14–2 | 32% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 21–2–4 | 85% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 18 | 1–16–1 | 8% |
His own 45 games on file, 1919–1926, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Bezdek 1919–1926 | 2–1 | Penn State | 3 | |
| Bob Folwell 1920–1922 | 0–3 | Navy | 3 | |
| Jock Sutherland 1920–1922 | 0–3 | Lafayette | 3 |
Pete Reynolds’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Navyseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Penn Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Lafayetteseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Columbiaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Hobartseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| William & Maryseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Vermontseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Niagaraseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909–13 | Hobart | Head coach | |
| 1914–16 | Hamilton | Head coach | |
| 1917–18 | Syracuse | Field coach | |
| 1919–23 | Bucknell | Head coach | |
| 1925–26 | Syracuse | Head coach | |
| 1935–37 | Knox (IL) | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank “Buck” O’NeillSyracuse
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bud SaundersClemson, William Jewell, Haskell, Grinnell
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank “Buck” O’Neill | Syracuse | 1917–18 | Field coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Saunders | Knox, 1935: freshman coach | Clemson, William Jewell, Haskell, Grinnell |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.