Phil Dickens
Phil Dickens went 89–68–10 as a head coach, 1947–1964, at Wofford, Wyoming and Indiana. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1947–52 at Wofford. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 89–68–10 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1956 10–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Wofford * | 6–5 | ||||
| 1948 | Wofford * | 4–0–5 | 1st | |||
| 1949 | Wofford * | 11–1 | 1st | Cigar L | ||
| 1950 | Wofford * | 7–2–1 | 1st | |||
| 1951 | Wofford * | 6–3–1 | 1st | |||
| 1952 | Wofford * | 6–5 | 1st | |||
| 1953 | Wyoming | 5–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1954 | Wyoming | 6–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1955 | Wyoming | 8–3 | T–3rd | Sun Bowl W | ||
| 1956 | Wyoming | 10–0 | 1st | 16 | ||
| 1957: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1958 | Indiana | 5–3–1 | 5th | |||
| 1959 | Indiana | 4–4–1 | T–8th | |||
| 1960 | Indiana | 1–8 | 10th | |||
| 1961 | Indiana | 2–7 | 9th | |||
| 1962 | Indiana | 3–6 | 9th | |||
| 1963 | Indiana | 3–6 | 10th | |||
| 1964 | Indiana | 2–7 | T–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
Earl FaisonNo. 7 AFL pick, 1961- Marv WoodsonNo. 8 pick, 1964
- Tom NowatzkeNo. 11 pick, 1965
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 14 | 0–13–1 | 4% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 0–9–1 | 5% |
| Against rivals | 24 | 11–12–1 | 48% |
| Conference games | 71 | 29–39–3 | 43% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 50 | 22–25–3 | 47% |
| At home | 47 | 27–20 | 57% |
| On the road | 54 | 19–32–3 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 44 | 33–10–1 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 60 | 16–42–2 | 28% |
His own 104 games on file, 1953–1964, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffy Daugherty 1958–1964 | 2–5 | Michigan State | 7 | |
| Jack Mollenkopf 1958–1964 | 1–5–1 | Purdue | 7 | |
| Woody Hayes 1958–1964 | 0–6–1 | Ohio State | 7 | |
| Murray Warmath 1958–1964 | 2–3 | Minnesota | 5 | |
| Ara Parseghian 1959–1963 | 0–5 | Northwestern | 5 | |
| John Roning 1953–1956 | 3–1 | Utah State, Denver | 4 | |
| Jack Curtice 1953–1956 | 2–2 | Utah | 4 | |
| Jerry Burns 1961–1964 | 0–4 | Iowa | 4 | |
| Charles Atkinson 1953–1955 | 3–0 | BYU | 3 | |
| Robert Davis 1953–1955 | 2–1 | Colorado State | 3 |
Phil Dickens’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan Stateseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Purdueseries | 7 | 1–5–1 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 7 | 0–6–1 |
| Northwesternseries | 6 | 0–6 |
| Iowaseries | 6 | 0–6 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Minnesotaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| BYUseries | 4 | 4–0 |
Also a player: Phil Dickens’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939–41 | Wofford | Backfield coach | |
| 1942–43 | NC State | Backfield coach | |
| 1945–46 | Mississippi State | Assistant coach | |
| 1947–52 | Wofford | Head coach | |
| 1953–56 | Wyoming | Head coach | |
| 1958–64 | Indiana | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Doc NewtonNC State
- Allyn McKeenMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jim MyersIowa State, Texas A&M
- Clay StapletonIowa State
- Bob HicksIndiana
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Newton | NC State | 1942–43 | Backfield coach | |
| Allyn McKeen | Mississippi State | 1945–46 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Myers | Wofford, 1947: line coach | Iowa State, Texas A&M | |
| Clay Stapleton | Wofford, 1950–52: line coach; Wyoming, 1953–54: assistant coach | Iowa State | |
| Bob Hicks | Wyoming, 1953–56: assistant coach; Indiana, 1958–64: assistant coach | Indiana |
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.