Thomas Kelly
Thomas Kelly went 56–24–3 as a head coach, 1911–1922, at Muhlenberg, Missouri Mines, Alabama, Idaho and Missouri. Share
Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1911–13 at Muhlenberg; 1914 at Missouri Mines (on file under another coach); 1915–17 at Alabama; 1920–21 at Idaho. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 56–24–3 career
- Seasons
- 10
- Schools
- 5
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1922 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Muhlenberg * | 5–4 | ||||
| 1912 | Muhlenberg * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1913 | Muhlenberg * | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1914 | Missouri Mines * | 9–0 | ||||
| 1915 | Alabama * | 6–2 | ||||
| 1916 | Alabama * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1917 | Alabama * | 5–2–1 | ||||
| 1918–19: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1920 | Idaho * | 4–2 | 4th | |||
| 1921 | Idaho * | 4–3–1 | 5th | |||
| 1922 | Missouri | 5–3 | 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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Conference games | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At home | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own eight games on file, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Grinnellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Washington St. Louisseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kansasseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Saint Louisseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Hank GarrityWake Forest
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Garrity | Missouri, 1922: assistant coach | Wake Forest |
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.