Ray Donels

Ray Donels went 3–⁠8–⁠1 as a head coach, 1941–⁠1942, at Iowa State.

Record
3–⁠8–⁠1 career
Seasons
2
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1942 3–⁠6

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1384 in 1942
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1941Iowa State2–⁠6–⁠16th
1942Iowa State coached three of nine games1–⁠2

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals40–⁠3–⁠1
Conference games60–⁠5–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer52–⁠2–⁠1
At home51–⁠3–⁠1
On the road72–⁠5
As our Elo’s favorite31–⁠1–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog92–⁠7

His own 12 games on file, 1941–⁠1942, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Denverseries22–⁠0
Nebraskaseries20–⁠2
Marquetteseries20–⁠2
South Dakotaseries11–⁠0
Missouriseries10–⁠1
Oklahomaseries10–⁠1
Drakeseries10–⁠1
Kansasseries10–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1941–⁠42Iowa StateHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.