Tex Oliver
Tex Oliver went 61–42–8 as a head coach, 1933–1946, at Arizona, Oregon and Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1942 at Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 61–42–8 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1937 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Arizona | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1934 | Arizona | 7–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1935 | Arizona | 7–2 | 1st | |||
| 1936 | Arizona | 5–2–3 | 1st | |||
| 1937 | Arizona | 8–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1938 | Oregon | 4–5 | 5th | |||
| 1939 | Oregon | 3–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1940 | Oregon | 4–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1941 | Oregon | 5–5 | 5th | |||
| 1942 | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight * | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1943–44: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1945 | Oregon | 3–6 | 7th | |||
| 1946 | Oregon | 4–4–1 | 6th | |||
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 | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 33 | 14–18–1 | 44% |
| Conference games | 69 | 35–29–5 | 54% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 45 | 18–20–7 | 48% |
| At home | 54 | 37–13–4 | 72% |
| On the road | 46 | 18–25–3 | 42% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 55 | 40–10–5 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 46 | 15–29–2 | 35% |
His own 101 games on file, 1933–1946, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lon Stiner 1938–1946 | 1–6 | Oregon State | 7 | |
| Rudy Lavik 1933–1937 | 5–0 | Arizona State | 5 | |
| Gerald Hines 1933–1937 | 4–0–1 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
| Pete Cawthon 1933–1937 | 1–3–1 | Texas Tech | 5 | |
| James Phelan 1938–1941 | 2–2 | Washington | 4 | |
| O.E. Hollingbery 1938–1941 | 2–1–1 | Washington State | 4 | |
| Stub Allison 1938–1941 | 2–2 | California | 4 | |
| Tom Lieb 1933–1937 | 1–3 | Loyola Marymount | 4 | |
| Gwinn Henry 1934–1936 | 3–0 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Babe Horrell 1939–1941 | 1–2 | UCLA | 3 |
Tex Oliver’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Stateseries | 7 | 3–2–2 |
| Washingtonseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| Californiaseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| UCLAseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 5 | 4–0–1 |
| New Mexicoseries | 5 | 4–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–32 | Santa Ana HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1933–37 | Arizona | Head coach | |
| 1938–41 | Oregon | Head coach | |
| 1942 | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight service team | Head coach | |
| 1945–46 | Oregon | Head coach | |
| 1950–51 | Fullerton | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Fred EnkeArizona, Louisville
- Spike NelsonMississippi State, Yale
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Enke | Arizona, 1933–37: assistant coach | Arizona, Louisville | |
| Spike Nelson | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight, 1942: assistant coach | Mississippi State, Yale |
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.