Rex Dockery
Rex Dockery went 23–40–3 as a head coach, 1978–1983, at Texas Tech and Memphis. Share
- Record
- 23–40–3 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1978 7–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Texas Tech | 7–4 | 4th | |||
| 1979 | Texas Tech | 3–6–2 | 7th | |||
| 1980 | Texas Tech | 5–6 | T–6th | |||
| 1981 | Memphis | 1–10 | ||||
| 1982 | Memphis | 1–10 | ||||
| 1983 | Memphis | 6–4–1 |
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.
Players he coached
Ted WattsNo. 21 pick, 1981
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 | 17 | 3–14 | 18% |
| Against top-10 teams | 11 | 1–10 | 9% |
| Against rivals | 29 | 8–19–2 | 31% |
| Conference games | 24 | 10–13–1 | 44% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 24 | 6–15–3 | 31% |
| At home | 34 | 14–18–2 | 44% |
| On the road | 32 | 9–22–1 | 30% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 14 | 11–1–2 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 52 | 12–39–1 | 24% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Bellard 1978–1983 | 1–3 | Texas A&M, Mississippi State | 4 | |
| Ray Alborn 1978–1980 | 3–0 | Rice | 3 | |
| Ron Meyer 1978–1980 | 2–1 | SMU | 3 | |
| Bill Yeoman 1978–1980 | 1–2 | Houston | 3 | |
| F. Dry 1978–1980 | 1–1–1 | TCU | 3 | |
| Fred Akers 1978–1980 | 1–2 | Texas | 3 | |
| Grant Teaff 1978–1980 | 1–2 | Baylor | 3 | |
| Bob Weber 1981–1983 | 1–2 | Louisville | 3 | |
| George MacIntyre 1981–1983 | 1–2 | Vanderbilt | 3 | |
| Lou Holtz 1978–1980 | 0–3 | Arkansas | 3 |
Rex Dockery’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Riceseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| SMUseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Louisvilleseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Ole Missseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Baylorseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–67 | Harriman HS (TN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1968–69 | Morristown East HS (TN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1970–71 | Tennessee | Assistant coach | |
| 1972 | Georgia Tech | Assistant coach | |
| 1973–74 | Vanderbilt | Assistant coach | |
| 1975–77 | Texas Tech | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1978–80 | Texas Tech | Head coach | |
| 1981–83 | Memphis State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bill BattleTennessee
- Bill FulcherGeorgia Tech
- Steve SloanVanderbilt, Texas Tech
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jim BatesSan Antonio Gunslingers
- Sam RobertsonLouisiana
- Watson BrownCincinnati, Rice, Vanderbilt, UAB, Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech
- Rockey FelkerMississippi State
- Rodney AllisonChattanooga
- Al GrohWake Forest, Virginia, New York Jets
- Vic WallaceWilliam Jewell, St. Thomas (MN), Lambuth, Rockford
- Pete CordelliKent State
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Battle | Tennessee | 1970–71 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Fulcher | Georgia Tech | 1972 | Assistant coach | |
| Steve Sloan | Vanderbilt | 1973–74 | Assistant coach | |
| Steve Sloan | Texas Tech | 1975–77 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bates | Texas Tech, 1978–79: defensive backs coach; 1980: defensive coordinator | San Antonio Gunslingers | |
| Sam Robertson | Texas Tech, 1978–79: defensive coordinator | Louisiana | |
| Watson Brown | Texas Tech, 1978: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Cincinnati, Rice, Vanderbilt, UAB, Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech | |
| Rockey Felker | Texas Tech, 1979–80: assistant coach; Memphis, 1981–82: assistant coach | Mississippi State | |
| Rodney Allison | Texas Tech, 1979: graduate assistant; 1980: running backs coach | Chattanooga | |
| Al Groh | Texas Tech, 1980: linebackers coach | Wake Forest, Virginia, New York Jets | |
| Vic Wallace | Texas Tech, 1980: offensive coordinator | William Jewell, St. Thomas (MN), Lambuth, Rockford | |
| Pete Cordelli | Memphis, 1981: running backs and wide receivers coach | Kent State |
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.