Rube McCray
Rube McCray went 45–22–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 1944 at William & Mary, 1945 at William & Mary, 1946 at William & Mary, 1947 at William & Mary, 1948 at William & Mary, 1949 at William & Mary and 1950 at William & Mary. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 45–22–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1947 9–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | William & Mary | 5–2–1 | |||
| 1945 | William & Mary | 6–3 | |||
| 1946 | William & Mary | 8–2 | |||
| 1947 | William & Mary | 9–2 | Dixie Bowl L | ||
| 1948 | William & Mary | 7–2–2 | Delta Bowl W | ||
| 1949 | William & Mary | 6–4 | |||
| 1950 | William & Mary | 4–7 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 1–4–1 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 15 | 13–2 | 87% |
| Conference games | 45 | 32–11–2 | 73% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 6–8–3 | 44% |
| At home | 26 | 22–4 | 85% |
| On the road | 35 | 18–14–3 | 56% |
| At neutral sites | 9 | 5–4 | 56% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 59 | 44–13–2 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 1–9–1 | 14% |
His own 70 games on file, 1944–1950, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Snavely 1945–1950 | 0–5–1 | North Carolina | 6 | |
| Beattie Feathers 1944–1950 | 3–2 | NC State | 5 | |
| John Barnhill 1945–1949 | 2–2 | Tennessee, Arkansas | 4 | |
| D.C. Walker 1947–1950 | 1–3 | Wake Forest | 4 | |
| Karl Esleeck 1948–1950 | 3–0 | Richmond | 3 | |
| Robert McNeish 1948–1950 | 3–0 | Virginia Tech | 3 |
Rube McCray’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Richmondseries | 7 | 7–0 |
| VMIseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 7 | 0–5–2 |
| Virginia Techseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| NC Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Wake Forestseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Arkansasseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Marylandseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Marvin BassWilliam & Mary, South Carolina, Birmingham Vulcans
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Bass | William & Mary, 1944–47, 1949–50: assistant 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.