Rick Tolley
Rick Tolley went 6–13 as a head coach, 1969–1970, at Marshall. Share
- Record
- 6–13 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1970 3–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Marshall | 3–7 | ||||
| 1970 | Marshall | 3–6 |
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 rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| At home | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| On the road | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
His own 19 games on file, 1969–1970, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| East Carolinaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Morehead Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Louisvilleseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Miami (OH)series | 2 | 0–2 |
| Toledoseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Western Michiganseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–66 | Ferrum | Assistant coach | |
| 1968 | Wake Forest | Defensive line coach | |
| 1969–70 | Marshall | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- William TateWake Forest
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Tate | Wake Forest | 1968 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| William “Red” Dawson | Marshall, 1969–70: defensive coordinator | |
| Jim “Shorty” Moss | Marshall, 1970: offensive coordinator |
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.