Stub Allison
Stub Allison went 80–66–5 as a head coach, 1920–1944, at Washington, South Dakota and California. His 1937 California team claims the national title. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1922–26 at South Dakota. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 80–66–5 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 3
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1937
- Best season
- 1937 10–0–1, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Washington | 1–5 | 6th | |||
| 1921: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1922 | South Dakota * | 3–6–1 | T–8th | |||
| 1923 | South Dakota * | 4–3–1 | 7th | |||
| 1924 | South Dakota * | 6–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1925 | South Dakota * | 3–5 | 7th | |||
| 1926 | South Dakota * | 5–3–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1927–34: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | California | 9–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1936 | California | 6–5 | 4th | |||
| 1937 | California | 10–0–1 | 1st | Rose Bowl W | 2 | |
| 1938 | California | 10–1 | T–1st | 14 | ||
| 1939 | California | 3–7 | 8th | |||
| 1940 | California | 4–6 | 6th | |||
| 1941 | California | 4–5 | 7th | |||
| 1942 | California | 5–5 | 7th | |||
| 1943 | California | 4–6 | 2nd | |||
| 1944 | California | 3–6–1 | 4th | |||
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
Vic BottariFifth in the 1938 Heisman vote- Larry LutzConsensus All‑American, 1935
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 | 15 | 4–11 | 27% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 21 | 13–8 | 62% |
| Conference games | 66 | 34–30–2 | 53% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 43 | 17–24–2 | 42% |
| At home | 76 | 43–32–1 | 57% |
| On the road | 31 | 15–15–1 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 68 | 46–21–1 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 13–26–1 | 34% |
His own 108 games on file, 1920–1944, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Phelan 1935–1943 | 4–4–1 | Washington, Saint Mary’s (CA) | 9 | |
| Babe Horrell 1939–1944 | 5–3 | UCLA | 8 | |
| Lon Stiner 1936–1942 | 3–4 | Oregon State | 7 | |
| Howard Jones 1935–1940 | 4–2 | USC | 6 | |
| O.E. Hollingbery 1936–1941 | 3–3 | Washington State | 6 | |
| Tiny Thornhill 1935–1939 | 4–1 | Stanford | 5 | |
| Slip Madigan 1935–1939 | 3–2 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 5 | |
| Jeff Cravath 1942–1944 | 0–4–1 | USC | 5 | |
| William Spaulding 1935–1938 | 3–1 | UCLA | 4 | |
| Tex Oliver 1938–1941 | 2–2 | Oregon | 4 |
Stub Allison’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCLAseries | 12 | 8–4 |
| USCseries | 12 | 5–6–1 |
| Saint Mary’s (CA)series | 10 | 8–2 |
| Oregonseries | 9 | 6–3 |
| Stanfordseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Washingtonseries | 9 | 3–5–1 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| Pacificseries | 7 | 5–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Washington | Assistant coach | |
| 1920 | Washington | Head coach | |
| 1922–26 | South Dakota | Head coach | |
| 1927–30 | Wisconsin | Line coach | |
| 1931–34 | California | Assistant coach | |
| 1935–44 | California | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Claude HuntWashington
- Glenn ThistlethwaiteWisconsin
- William IngramCalifornia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank WickhorstCalifornia
- Nibs PriceCalifornia
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Hunt | Washington | 1919 | Assistant coach | |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite | Wisconsin | 1927–30 | Line coach | |
| William Ingram | California | 1931–34 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Wickhorst | California, 1935–42: line coach | California | |
| Nibs Price | California, 1935–44: assistant coach | California |
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.