Ray Alborn
Ray Alborn went 27–93 as a head coach, 1977–1989, at Rice and Lamar. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1977 at Rice (on file under another coach); 1986–89 at Lamar. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 27–93 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1980 5–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Rice * | 1–10 | 9th | |||
| 1978 | Rice | 2–9 | 8th | |||
| 1979 | Rice | 1–10 | ||||
| 1980 | Rice | 5–6 | T–4th | |||
| 1981 | Rice | 4–7 | T–6th | |||
| 1982 | Rice | 0–11 | 9th | |||
| 1983 | Rice | 1–10 | 9th | |||
| 1984–85: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1986 | Lamar * | 2–9 | 6th | |||
| 1987 | Lamar * | 3–8 | ||||
| 1988 | Lamar * | 3–8 | ||||
| 1989 | Lamar * | 5–5 | ||||
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 CooperNo. 13 pick, 1980
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 | 22 | 0–22 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 14 | 0–14 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
| Conference games | 48 | 9–39 | 19% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 9–7 | 56% |
| At home | 33 | 6–27 | 18% |
| On the road | 33 | 7–26 | 21% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 62 | 11–51 | 18% |
His own 66 games on file, 1978–1983, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Teaff 1978–1983 | 2–4 | Baylor | 6 | |
| Bill Yeoman 1978–1983 | 1–5 | Houston | 6 | |
| Lou Holtz 1978–1983 | 1–5 | Arkansas | 6 | |
| Fred Akers 1978–1983 | 0–6 | Texas | 6 | |
| F. Dry 1978–1982 | 3–2 | TCU | 5 | |
| Tom Wilson 1978–1981 | 1–3 | Texas A&M | 4 | |
| Jerry Stovall 1980–1983 | 1–3 | LSU | 4 | |
| Ron Meyer 1978–1981 | 0–4 | SMU | 4 | |
| Vince Gibson 1980–1982 | 1–2 | Tulane | 3 | |
| Jerry Moore 1981–1983 | 1–2 | Texas Tech | 3 |
Ray Alborn’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 |
|---|---|---|
| TCUseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Baylorseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Arkansasseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| LSUseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Houstonseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Texas Techseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Texasseries | 6 | 0–6 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–71 | Sharpstown HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1972–77 | Rice | Assistant coach | |
| 1978–83 | Rice | Head coach | |
| 1984–85 | Houston Gamblers USFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 1986–89 | Lamar | Head coach | |
| 1998–2001 | Lamar Consolidated HS (TX) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Al ConoverRice
- Homer RiceRice
- Jack PardeeHouston Gamblers
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tom RossleySMU
- George CortezCalgary Stampeders (SC), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Conover | Rice | 1972–75 | Assistant coach | |
| Homer Rice | Rice | 1976–77 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Pardee | Houston Gamblers pro | 1984–85 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Rossley | Rice, 1978–81: quarterbacks coach | SMU | |
| George Cortez | Rice, 1979–82: OLC; Lamar, 1987–89: OLC and RBC | Calgary Stampeders (SC), Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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.