Thomas Hamilton
Thomas Hamilton went 28–32–1 as a head coach, 1934–1954, at Navy and Pittsburgh. Share
- Record
- 28–32–1 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1936 6–3, No. 18
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Navy | 8–1 | ||
| 1935 | Navy | 5–4 | ||
| 1936 | Navy | 6–3 | 18 | |
| 1937–45: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1946 | Navy | 1–8 | ||
| 1947 | Navy | 1–7–1 | ||
| 1948–50: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1951 | Pittsburgh | 3–7 | ||
| 1952–53: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1954 | Pittsburgh interim, final 6 games | 4–2 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Buzz BorriesConsensus All‑American, 1934
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 18 | 3–14–1 | 19% |
| Against top-10 teams | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 8–8 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 26 | 11–14–1 | 44% |
| At home | 32 | 18–14 | 56% |
| On the road | 23 | 8–14–1 | 37% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 23 | 17–6 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 11–26–1 | 30% |
His own 61 games on file, 1934–1954, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Little 1934–1947 | 2–2 | Columbia | 4 | |
| Gus Tebell 1934–1936 | 3–0 | Virginia | 3 | |
| Elmer Layden 1934–1936 | 2–1 | Notre Dame | 3 | |
| Gar Davidson 1934–1936 | 2–1 | Army | 3 | |
| Harvey Harman 1934–1936 | 2–1 | Pennsylvania | 3 | |
| Frank Leahy 1946–1951 | 0–3 | Notre Dame | 3 |
Thomas Hamilton’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Notre Dameseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Armyseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Columbiaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Penn Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Virginiaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| William & Maryseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Dukeseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Hank HardwickNavy
- Oscar HagbergNavy
- Rip MillerNavy
- Eddie ErdelatzNavy, Oakland Raiders
- Ernest HefferleBoston College
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Hardwick | Navy, 1934: plebe coach | Navy | |
| Oscar Hagberg | Navy, 1934: ends coach | Navy | |
| Rip Miller | Navy, 1934–36, 1946–47: line coach | Navy | |
| Eddie Erdelatz | Navy, 1946–47: assistant coach | Navy, Oakland Raiders | |
| Ernest Hefferle | Pittsburgh, 1951, 1954: freshman coach; 1954: offensive line coach | Boston College |
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.