Terry Brennan
Terry Brennan went 32–18 as a head coach, 1954–1958, at Notre Dame. Share
- Record
- 32–18 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 3 seasons
- Best season
- 1954 9–1, No. 4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Notre Dame | 9–1 | 4 | |||
| 1955 | Notre Dame | 8–2 | 9 | |||
| 1956 | Notre Dame | 2–8 | ||||
| 1957 | Notre Dame | 7–3 | 10 | |||
| 1958 | Notre Dame | 6–4 | 17 |
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.
Players he coached
Al EcuyerConsensus All‑American, 1957
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 | 22 | 9–13 | 41% |
| Against top-10 teams | 10 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Against rivals | 25 | 12–13 | 48% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 11–5 | 69% |
| At home | 24 | 16–8 | 67% |
| On the road | 25 | 15–10 | 60% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 34 | 27–7 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 5–11 | 31% |
His own 50 games on file, 1954–1958, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Erdelatz 1954–1958 | 3–2 | Navy | 5 | |
| Forest Evashevski 1954–1958 | 2–3 | Iowa | 5 | |
| Duffy Daugherty 1954–1957 | 1–3 | Michigan State | 4 | |
| Chalmer Woodward 1954–1956 | 2–1 | SMU | 3 | |
| Jess Hill 1954–1956 | 1–2 | USC | 3 | |
| Jack Mollenkopf 1956–1958 | 1–2 | Purdue | 3 | |
| John Michelosen 1956–1958 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
Terry Brennan’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 |
|---|---|---|
| SMUseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| USCseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Navyseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Iowaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Purdueseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Indianaseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| North Carolinaseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Pittsburghseries | 4 | 2–2 |
Also a player: Terry Brennan’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–52 | Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1953 | Notre Dame | Freshman coach | |
| 1954–58 | Notre Dame | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank LeahyNotre Dame
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chuck MillsUtah State, Wake Forest, Pomona Pitzer, Indiana State (PA), Merchant Marine, Southern Oregon, Coast Guard
- Bernie WituckiTulsa
- Bernie CrimminsIndiana
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Leahy | Notre Dame | 1953 | Freshman coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Mills | Chicago Mount Carmel HS (IL), 1951: assistant coach | Utah State, Wake Forest, Pomona Pitzer, Indiana State (PA), Merchant Marine, Southern Oregon, Coast Guard | |
| Bernie Witucki | Notre Dame, 1955–58: assistant coach | Tulsa | |
| Bernie Crimmins | Notre Dame, 1957–58: assistant coach | Indiana |
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.