Rockey Felker
Rockey Felker went 21–34 as a head coach, 1986–1990, at Mississippi State. Share
- Record
- 21–34 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1986 6–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Mississippi State | 6–5 | T–7th | |||
| 1987 | Mississippi State | 4–7 | T–7th | |||
| 1988 | Mississippi State | 1–10 | 10th | |||
| 1989 | Mississippi State | 5–6 | 9th | |||
| 1990 | Mississippi State | 5–6 | T–8th |
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 | 20 | 2–18 | 10% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Against rivals | 15 | 2–13 | 13% |
| Conference games | 33 | 5–28 | 15% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 10–8 | 56% |
| At home | 25 | 14–11 | 56% |
| On the road | 29 | 7–22 | 24% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 14 | 13–1 | 93% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 8–33 | 20% |
His own 55 games on file, 1986–1990, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Brewer 1986–1990 | 1–4 | Ole Miss | 5 | |
| Pat Dye 1986–1990 | 0–5 | Auburn | 5 | |
| Galen Hall 1986–1989 | 1–3 | Florida | 4 | |
| Mike Archer 1987–1990 | 1–3 | LSU | 4 | |
| Bill Curry 1987–1990 | 0–4 | Alabama, Kentucky | 4 | |
| Charlie Bailey 1986–1988 | 2–1 | Memphis | 3 | |
| Curley Hallman 1988–1990 | 2–1 | Southern Miss | 3 | |
| Greg Davis 1988–1990 | 2–1 | Tulane | 3 | |
| Johnny Majors 1986–1990 | 1–2 | Tennessee | 3 |
Rockey Felker’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Memphisseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Tulaneseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Southern Missseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Floridaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| LSUseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Ole Missseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Auburnseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Alabamaseries | 5 | 0–5 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–78 | Mississippi State | Junior varsity, wide receivers and running backs coach | |
| 1979–80 | Texas Tech | Assistant coach | |
| 1981–82 | Memphis State | Assistant coach | |
| 1983–85 | Alabama | Wide receivers and defensive backs coach | |
| 1986–90 | Mississippi State | Head coach | |
| 1991–92 | Tulsa | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1993–96 | Arkansas | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1997–99 | Tulsa | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2002–06 | Mississippi State | Football operations | |
| 2007–08 | Mississippi State | Running backs coach | |
| 2009–17 | Mississippi State | Director player personnel |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob TylerMississippi State
- Rex DockeryTexas Tech, Memphis
- Ray PerkinsAlabama
- David RaderTulsa
- Danny FordArkansas
- Pat HendersonTulsa
- Jackie SherrillMississippi State
- Sylvester CroomMississippi State
- Dan MullenMississippi State
- Greg KnoxMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bobby WallaceTemple, North Alabama, West Alabama
- David RaderTulsa
- Tom GoodeEast Mississippi
- Steve LoganEast Carolina, Hutchinson
- John WindhamSewanee
- Jim CarmodySouthern Miss
- Keith DanielsPearl River
- Todd BerryArmy, UL Monroe, Illinois State
- Darrell DickeyNorth Texas, Memphis
Worked under (10)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tyler | Mississippi State | 1975–78 | Junior varsity, wide receivers and running backs coach | |
| Rex Dockery | Texas Tech | 1979–80 | Assistant coach | |
| Rex Dockery | Memphis | 1981–82 | Assistant coach | |
| Ray Perkins | Alabama | 1983–85 | Wide receivers and defensive backs coach | |
| David Rader | Tulsa | 1991–99 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Danny Ford | Arkansas | 1993–96 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Pat Henderson | Tulsa | 1999 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Jackie Sherrill | Mississippi State | 2002–03 | Football operations | |
| Sylvester Croom | Mississippi State | 2004–08 | 2004–06: football operations; 2007–08: running backs coach | |
| Dan Mullen | Mississippi State | 2009–17 | Director player personnel | |
| Greg Knox | Mississippi State | 2017 | Director player personnel |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Wallace | Mississippi State, 1986: defensive coordinator | Temple, North Alabama, West Alabama | |
| David Rader | Mississippi State, 1986: offensive coordinator and offensive backs coach | Tulsa | |
| Tom Goode | Mississippi State, 1986–89: offensive line coach | East Mississippi | |
| Steve Logan | Mississippi State, 1987–88: quarterbacks coach | East Carolina, Hutchinson | |
| John Windham | Mississippi State, 1988–89: graduate assistant | Sewanee | |
| Jim Carmody | Mississippi State, 1989–90: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | Southern Miss | |
| Keith Daniels | Mississippi State, 1989: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Pearl River | |
| Todd Berry | Mississippi State, 1989–90: wide receivers coach | Army, UL Monroe, Illinois State | |
| Darrell Dickey | Mississippi State, 1990: quarterbacks and running backs coach | North Texas, Memphis |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Les Koenning | Mississippi State, 1986–89: running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Ronnie Gray | Mississippi State, 1986–87: defensive coordinator | |
| Dyer Carlisle | Mississippi State, 1988: defensive coordinator | |
| Bill Clay | Mississippi State, 1990: 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.