Snorter Luster
Snorter Luster went 32–22–4 as a head coach, 1925–1945, at Southwestern State Teachers and Oklahoma. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1925 at Southwestern State Teachers. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 32–22–4 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1943 7–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Southwestern State Teachers * | 5–4–1 | 4th | |||
| 1926–40: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1941 | Oklahoma | 6–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1942 | Oklahoma | 3–5–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1943 | Oklahoma | 7–2 | 1st | |||
| 1944 | Oklahoma | 6–3–1 | 1st | |||
| 1945 | Oklahoma | 5–5 | 2nd | |||
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 ranked teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 25 | 11–11–3 | 50% |
| Conference games | 25 | 19–4–2 | 80% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 5–10–3 | 36% |
| At home | 23 | 15–6–2 | 70% |
| On the road | 18 | 11–6–1 | 64% |
| At neutral sites | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 31 | 22–7–2 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 17 | 5–11–1 | 32% |
His own 48 games on file, 1941–1945, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Lookabaugh 1941–1945 | 2–2–1 | Oklahoma State | 5 | |
| Dana Bible 1941–1945 | 0–5 | Texas | 5 | |
| Mike Michalske 1942–1945 | 4–0 | Iowa State | 4 | |
| Ward Haylett 1942–1944 | 3–0 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Henry Shenk 1943–1945 | 3–0 | Kansas | 3 | |
| Chauncey Simpson 1943–1945 | 1–1–1 | Missouri | 3 |
Snorter Luster’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Kansasseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Missouriseries | 5 | 1–2–2 |
| Texasseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Oklahoma 1920
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Norman HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1925 | Southwestern State Teachers | Head coach | |
| 1926–28 | Norman HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1929–31 | Oklahoma | Line coach | |
| 1932 | Colorado Mines | Assistant coach | |
| 1933–36 | Norman HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1937–39 | Oklahoma | Backfield coach | |
| 1941–45 | Oklahoma | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Adrian LindseyOklahoma
- Tom StidhamOklahoma
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Lindsey | Oklahoma | 1929–31 | Line coach | |
| Tom Stidham | Oklahoma | 1937–39 | Backfield 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.