Sam Barry
Sam Barry went 17–18–5 as a head coach, 1918–1941, at Knox and USC. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1918–21 at Knox. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 17–18–5 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1941 2–6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Knox * | 2–2–2 | ||||
| 1919 | Knox * | 8–0 | ||||
| 1920 | Knox * | 3–3–2 | ||||
| 1921 | Knox * | 2–7 | ||||
| 1922–40: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1941 | USC | 2–6–1 | 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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
| Conference games | 7 | 2–4–1 | 36% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50% |
| At home | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 0–4–1 | 10% |
His own nine games on file, 1941, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Washington Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Stanfordseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Californiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UCLAseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Washingtonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918–21 | Knox (IL) | Head coach | |
| 1922–28 | Iowa | Assistant coach | |
| 1929–40 | USC | Assistant coach | |
| 1941 | USC | Head coach | |
| 1945–50 | USC | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Howard JonesIowa, USC
- Burton IngwersenIowa
- Jeff CravathUSC
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Jones | Iowa | 1922–23 | Assistant coach | |
| Burton Ingwersen | Iowa | 1924–28 | Assistant coach | |
| Howard Jones | USC | 1929–40 | Assistant coach | |
| Jeff Cravath | USC | 1945–50 | Assistant 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.