Rex Enright
Rex Enright went 69–70–7 as a head coach, 1938–1955, at South Carolina and Georgia Pre-Flight. Share
- Record
- 69–70–7 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1943 5–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | South Carolina | 6–4–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1939 | South Carolina | 3–6–1 | T–11th | |||
| 1940 | South Carolina | 3–6 | T–12th | |||
| 1941 | South Carolina | 4–4–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1942 | South Carolina | 1–7–1 | 14th | |||
| 1943 | Georgia Pre-Flight | 5–1 | ||||
| 1944–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | South Carolina | 5–3 | 4th | |||
| 1947 | South Carolina | 6–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1948 | South Carolina | 3–5 | 13th | |||
| 1949 | South Carolina | 4–6 | T–7th | |||
| 1950 | South Carolina | 3–4–2 | 12th | |||
| 1951 | South Carolina | 5–4 | T–7th | |||
| 1952 | South Carolina | 5–5 | T–10th | |||
| 1953 | South Carolina | 7–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1954 | South Carolina | 6–4 | 4th | |||
| 1955 | South Carolina | 3–6 | T–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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 15 | 4–9–2 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against rivals | 28 | 10–17–1 | 38% |
| Conference games | 83 | 37–43–3 | 46% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 59 | 29–23–7 | 55% |
| At home | 73 | 36–33–4 | 52% |
| On the road | 64 | 26–35–3 | 43% |
| At neutral sites | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 70 | 49–20–1 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 76 | 20–50–6 | 30% |
His own 146 games on file, 1938–1955, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Howard 1940–1955 | 9–4–1 | Clemson | 14 | |
| D.C. Walker 1938–1950 | 2–7–1 | Wake Forest | 10 | |
| Jim Tatum 1942–1955 | 0–7 | North Carolina, Maryland | 7 | |
| J. Quinn Decker 1946–1952 | 5–1 | The Citadel | 6 | |
| Bill Young 1950–1954 | 5–0 | Furman | 5 | |
| Jack Harding 1939–1947 | 3–2 | Miami | 5 | |
| Tom Rogers 1951–1955 | 2–3 | Wake Forest | 5 | |
| Bill Murray 1951–1955 | 0–5 | Duke | 5 | |
| Art Lewis 1951–1954 | 2–2 | West Virginia | 4 | |
| Carl Snavely 1949–1952 | 0–4 | North Carolina | 4 |
Rex Enright’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clemsonseries | 16 | 9–6–1 |
| Furmanseries | 15 | 11–4 |
| Wake Forestseries | 15 | 4–10–1 |
| The Citadelseries | 11 | 10–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 9 | 2–7 |
| Dukeseries | 8 | 0–7–1 |
| West Virginiaseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| Marylandseries | 7 | 1–6 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | North Carolina | Assistant coach | |
| 1931–37 | Georgia | Assistant coach | |
| 1938–42 | South Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1943 | Georgia Pre-Flight service team | Head coach | |
| 1946–55 | South Carolina | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Chuck CollinsNorth Carolina
- Harry MehreGeorgia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Andy PilneyTulane
- George BarclayLafayette, Washington and Lee, North Carolina
- Marvin BassWilliam & Mary, South Carolina, Birmingham Vulcans
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Collins | North Carolina | 1930 | Assistant coach | |
| Harry Mehre | Georgia | 1931–37 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Pilney | Georgia Pre-Flight, 1943: assistant coach | Tulane | |
| George Barclay | Georgia Pre-Flight, 1943: assistant coach | Lafayette, Washington and Lee, North Carolina | |
| Marvin Bass | South Carolina, 1955: line coach | William & Mary, South Carolina, Birmingham Vulcans |
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.