Red Drew
Red Drew went 96–68–14 as a head coach, 1921–1954, at Trinity, Birmingham-Southern, Chattanooga, Ole Miss and Alabama. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1921–23 at Trinity; 1925–27 at Birmingham–Southern (on file under another coach); 1929–30 at Chattanooga. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 96–68–14 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 5
- Final AP top 10
- 2 seasons
- Best season
- 1947 8–3, No. 6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Trinity * | 2–4–1 | ||||
| 1922 | Trinity * | 4–3 | ||||
| 1923 | Trinity * | 2–5 | ||||
| 1924 | Birmingham-Southern | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1925 | Birmingham–Southern * | 7–3–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1926 | Birmingham–Southern * | 5–3–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1927 | Birmingham–Southern * | 3–6 | T–14th | |||
| 1928: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1929 | Chattanooga * | 8–2 | 1st | |||
| 1930 | Chattanooga * | 5–3–2 | T–11th | |||
| 1931–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Ole Miss | 2–7 | 11th | |||
| 1947 | Alabama | 8–3 | 3rd | Sugar Bowl L | 6 | |
| 1948 | Alabama | 6–4–1 | 6th | |||
| 1949 | Alabama | 6–3–1 | 6th | |||
| 1950 | Alabama | 9–2 | 3rd | 16 | ||
| 1951 | Alabama | 5–6 | T–7th | |||
| 1952 | Alabama | 10–2 | 4th | Orange Bowl W | 9 | |
| 1953 | Alabama | 6–3–3 | 1st | Cotton Bowl L | 13 | |
| 1954 | Alabama | 4–5–2 | 6th | |||
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
Butch AvingerNo. 9 pick, 1951
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 18 | 7–11 | 39% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Against rivals | 52 | 30–17–5 | 63% |
| Conference games | 68 | 34–27–7 | 55% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 43 | 18–17–8 | 51% |
| At home | 48 | 33–14–1 | 70% |
| On the road | 47 | 20–20–7 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 12 | 7–5 | 58% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 65 | 43–17–5 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 42 | 17–22–3 | 44% |
His own 107 games on file, 1924–1954, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Dodd 1946–1954 | 5–4 | Georgia Tech | 9 | |
| Wallace Butts 1947–1954 | 6–1–1 | Georgia | 8 | |
| Bob Neyland 1946–1952 | 1–5–1 | Tennessee | 7 | |
| Gaynell Tinsley 1948–1954 | 2–2–1 | LSU | 5 | |
| Ralph Jordan 1951–1954 | 3–1 | Auburn | 4 | |
| Henry Frnka 1947–1950 | 1–3 | Tulane | 4 | |
| Raymond Wolf 1946–1949 | 3–0 | Florida | 3 | |
| Slick Morton 1949–1951 | 3–0 | Mississippi State | 3 | |
| Earl Brown 1948–1950 | 2–1 | Auburn | 3 | |
| Red Sanders 1946–1948 | 0–2–1 | Vanderbilt | 3 |
Red Drew’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 9 | 2–6–1 |
| Tennesseeseries | 9 | 2–5–2 |
| Georgiaseries | 8 | 6–1–1 |
| Southern Missseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Auburnseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 8 | 5–2–1 |
| LSUseries | 7 | 3–3–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921–23 | Trinity (CT) | Head coach | |
| 1924–27 | Birmingham–Southern | Head coach | |
| 1928 | Chattanooga | Assistant coach | |
| 1929–30 | Chattanooga | Head coach | |
| 1931–41 | Alabama | Assistant coach | |
| 1945 | Alabama | Assistant coach | |
| 1946 | Ole Miss | Head coach | |
| 1947–54 | Alabama | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank ThomasChattanooga, Alabama
Assistants who became head coaches
- John VaughtOle Miss
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Thomas | Chattanooga | 1928 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Thomas | Alabama | 1931–45 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Vaught | Ole Miss, 1946: assistant coach | Ole Miss |
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.