Pop McKale
Pop McKale went 2–13–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1916 at Arizona, 1921 at Arizona, 1922 at Arizona, 1923 at Arizona, 1924 at Arizona, 1925 at Arizona, 1926 at Arizona, 1928 at Arizona and 1930 at Arizona. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record nine seasons differently (1916, 5–3, 1921, 7–2, 1922, 6–3, 1923, 5–3, 1924, 2–4, 1925, 3–3–1, 1926, 5–1–1, 1928, 5–1–2 and 1930, 6–1–1); by them his record is 44–21–5. Share
- Record
- 2–13–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1930 1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Arizona | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 5–3) | |||
| 1917–20: not a college head coach | |||||
| 1921 | Arizona | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 7–2) | San Diego East-West Christmas Classic L | ||
| 1922 | Arizona | 1–2 (Wikipedia: 6–3) | |||
| 1923 | Arizona | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 5–3) | |||
| 1924 | Arizona | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 2–4) | |||
| 1925 | Arizona | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 3–3–1) | |||
| 1926 | Arizona | 0–0–1 (Wikipedia: 5–1–1) | |||
| 1927: not a college head coach | |||||
| 1928 | Arizona | 0–1–1 (Wikipedia: 5–1–2) | |||
| 1929: not a college head coach | |||||
| 1930 | Arizona | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 6–1–1) | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 1–2–2 | 40% |
| At home | 4 | 2–1–1 | 63% |
| On the road | 12 | 0–11–1 | 4% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 1–10–1 | 13% |
His own 17 games on file, 1916–1930, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Henderson 1922–1924 | 0–3 | USC | 3 |
Pop McKale’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 |
|---|---|---|
| USCseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Riceseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Utahseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Utah Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| UCLAseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Texasseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Fred EnkeArizona, Louisville
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | Arizona, 1925–26, 1928, 1930: assistant coach | Arizona, Louisville |
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.