Rudy Lavik
Rudy Lavik went 43–43–9 as a head coach, 1920–1937, at Concordia, Northern Arizona, Arizona State–Flagstaff and Arizona State. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1920–21 at Concordia; 1927–28 at Northern Arizona (on file under another coach); 1929–30 at Arizona State–Flagstaff (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 43–43–9 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1932 3–2–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Concordia * | 0–3 | ||||
| 1921 | Concordia * | 2–3–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1922–26: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1927 | Northern Arizona * | 6–1–2 | ||||
| 1928 | Northern Arizona * | 7–1 | ||||
| 1929 | Arizona State–Flagstaff * | 5–0 | ||||
| 1930 | Arizona State–Flagstaff * | 4–2–1 | ||||
| 1931 | Northern Arizona | 3–5 | 5th | |||
| 1932 | Northern Arizona | 3–2–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1933 | Arizona State | 3–5 | T–4th | |||
| 1934 | Arizona State | 4–3–1 | 4th | |||
| 1935 | Arizona State | 2–5–1 | 4th | |||
| 1936 | Arizona State | 4–5 | 4th | |||
| 1937 | Arizona State | 0–8–1 | 7th | |||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Conference games | 37 | 12–22–3 | 36% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 24 | 8–11–5 | 44% |
| At home | 26 | 9–13–4 | 42% |
| On the road | 31 | 10–20–1 | 34% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 11–13–3 | 46% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 30 | 8–20–2 | 30% |
His own 57 games on file, 1931–1937, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Hines 1931–1937 | 2–4–1 | New Mexico State | 7 | |
| Ted Shipkey 1931–1937 | 2–2–1 | Arizona State, New Mexico | 5 | |
| Tex Oliver 1933–1937 | 0–5 | Arizona | 5 | |
| Mack Saxon 1935–1937 | 2–1 | UTEP | 3 | |
| Chuck Riley 1931–1933 | 1–2 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Gwinn Henry 1934–1936 | 1–2 | New Mexico | 3 |
Rudy Lavik’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Arizonaseries | 9 | 3–5–1 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| New Mexicoseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Arizonaseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Whittierseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| UTEPseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–21 | Concordia (MN) | Head coach | |
| 1922–24 | Colorado College | Assistant coach | |
| 1925–26 | Colorado Agricultural | Line coach | |
| 1927–32 | Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff | Head coach | |
| 1933–37 | Arizona State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Harry HughesColorado State
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hughes | Colorado State | 1925–26 | Line coach |
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.