Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell went 16–16–2 as a head coach, 1915–1922, at Bowdoin, North Carolina and Virginia. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1915 at Bowdoin. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 16–16–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1919 4–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Bowdoin * | 3–5 | ||||
| 1916 | North Carolina | 5–4 | T–5th | |||
| 1917–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | North Carolina | 4–3–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1920–21: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1922 | Virginia | 4–4–1 | 9th | |||
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 rivals | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| Conference games | 3 | 1–1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 6–4–2 | 58% |
| At home | 14 | 10–3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 12 | 3–8–1 | 29% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 9–2 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 15 | 4–9–2 | 33% |
His own 26 games on file, 1916–1922, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Fetzer 1916–1922 | 2–1 | Davidson, NC State, North Carolina | 3 |
Thomas Campbell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| VMIseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Wake Forestseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Virginiaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Davidsonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Princetonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Johns Hopkinsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Furmanseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Morristown HS (NJ) high school | Head coach | |
| 1913–14 | Harvard | Assistant coach | |
| 1915 | Bowdoin | Head coach | |
| 1916–19 | North Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1922 | Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1923–24 | Harvard | Freshman coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Percy HaughtonHarvard
- Bob FisherHarvard
Assistants who became head coaches
- Earl AbellVMI, Colgate, Virginia, Sewanee, Mississippi State
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Haughton | Harvard | 1913–14 | Assistant coach | |
| Bob Fisher | Harvard | 1923–24 | Freshman coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Abell | Virginia, 1922: line coach | VMI, Colgate, Virginia, Sewanee, Mississippi State |
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.