Slip Madigan
Slip Madigan went 61–37–9 as a head coach, 1930–1944, at Saint Mary’s (CA) and Iowa. Share
- Record
- 61–37–9 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 1974 inducted
- Best season
- 1930 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 8–1 | |||
| 1931 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 8–2 | |||
| 1932 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 6–2–1 | |||
| 1933 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 6–3–1 | |||
| 1934 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 7–2 | |||
| 1935 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 5–2–2 | |||
| 1936 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 6–3–1 | |||
| 1937 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 4–3–2 | |||
| 1938 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 6–2 | Cotton Bowl W | ||
| 1939 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 3–4–1 | |||
| 1940–42: not a college head coach | |||||
| 1943 | Iowa | 1–6–1 | |||
| 1944 | Iowa | 1–7 | |||
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 | 14 | 2–12 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Conference games | 11 | 0–10–1 | 5% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 55 | 29–17–9 | 61% |
| At home | 47 | 32–11–4 | 72% |
| On the road | 59 | 28–26–5 | 52% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 63 | 45–11–7 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 44 | 16–26–2 | 39% |
His own 107 games on file, 1930–1944, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Crowley 1933–1939 | 2–4–1 | Fordham | 7 | |
| William Spaulding 1930–1935 | 3–3 | UCLA | 6 | |
| Stub Allison 1935–1939 | 2–3 | California | 5 | |
| Prink Callison 1932–1935 | 3–1 | Oregon | 4 | |
| William Ingram 1931–1934 | 2–1–1 | California | 4 | |
| Tom Lieb 1936–1938 | 3–0 | Loyola Marymount | 3 | |
| Buck Shaw 1937–1939 | 1–2 | Santa Clara | 3 |
Slip Madigan’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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Franciscoseries | 10 | 8–1–1 |
| Santa Claraseries | 10 | 6–3–1 |
| Californiaseries | 10 | 4–5–1 |
| Fordhamseries | 9 | 3–5–1 |
| Oregonseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Gonzagaseries | 6 | 5–0–1 |
| UCLAseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Nevadaseries | 5 | 4–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Maury KentIowa State, Carleton
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maury Kent | Iowa, 1944: assistant coach | Iowa State, Carleton |
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.