Pop Golden
Pop Golden went 16–12–1 as a head coach, 1900–1902, at Penn State. Share
- Record
- 16–12–1 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1902 7–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Penn State | 4–6–1 | ||||
| 1901 | Penn State | 5–3 | ||||
| 1902 | Penn State | 7–3 |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70% |
| At home | 12 | 12–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 17 | 4–12–1 | 26% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 13–4 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 3–8–1 | 29% |
His own 29 games on file, 1900–1902, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Susquehannaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Pittsburghseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Dickinsonseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Navyseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Gettysburgseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Yaleseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Villanovaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900–02 | Penn State | Head coach | |
| 1903–09 | Penn State | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Daniel ReedPenn State
- Tom FennellPenn State
- Bill HollenbackPenn State
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Reed | Penn State | 1903 | Assistant coach | |
| Tom Fennell | Penn State | 1904–08 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Hollenback | Penn State | 1909 | Assistant coach |
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.