Russ Cohen
Russ Cohen went 31–25–4 as a head coach, 1928–1937, at LSU and Cincinnati. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1935–37 at Cincinnati. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 31–25–4 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1928 6–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | LSU | 6–2–1 | 6th | |||
| 1929 | LSU | 6–3 | 10th | |||
| 1930 | LSU | 6–4 | 16th | |||
| 1931 | LSU | 5–4 | 7th | |||
| 1932–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | Cincinnati * | 7–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1936 | Cincinnati * | 1–5–3 | 5th | |||
| 1937 | Cincinnati * | 0–5 | ||||
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 | 18 | 9–8–1 | 53% |
| Conference games | 21 | 11–9–1 | 55% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 5–6–1 | 46% |
| At home | 21 | 19–2 | 90% |
| On the road | 16 | 4–11–1 | 28% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 22–3 | 88% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 1–10–1 | 13% |
His own 37 games on file, 1928–1931, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Bierman 1928–1931 | 0–3–1 | Tulane | 4 | |
| Fred Thomsen 1929–1931 | 2–1 | Arkansas | 3 |
Russ Cohen’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ole Missseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Arkansasseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Tulaneseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Sewaneeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Louisiana Christianseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Vanderbilt 1915
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Mercer | Assistant coach | |
| 1923–26 | Alabama | Assistant coach | |
| 1928–31 | LSU | Head coach | |
| 1932 | Vanderbilt | Assistant coach | |
| 1935–37 | Cincinnati | Head coach | |
| 1938–46 | VMI | Assistant coach | |
| 1947–54 | Clemson | Backfield coach and defense |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Josh CodyMercer
- Wallace WadeAlabama
- Dan McGuginVanderbilt
- Pooley HubertVMI
- Frank HowardClemson
Assistants who became head coaches
- Harry RabenhorstWake Forest, New Mexico Military
- Bernie MooreMercer, LSU
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Cody | Mercer | 1922 | Assistant coach | |
| Wallace Wade | Alabama | 1923–26 | Assistant coach | |
| Dan McGugin | Vanderbilt | 1932 | Assistant coach | |
| Pooley Hubert | VMI | 1939–46 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Howard | Clemson | 1947–54 | Backfield coach and defense |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Rabenhorst | LSU, 1928–31: assistant coach | Wake Forest, New Mexico Military | |
| Bernie Moore | LSU, 1929–31: assistant coach | Mercer, LSU |
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.