Tiny Thornhill
Tiny Thornhill went 35–25–7 as a head coach, 1933–1939, at Stanford. Share
- Record
- 35–25–7 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1935 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Stanford | 8–2–1 | T–1st | Rose Bowl L | ||
| 1934 | Stanford | 9–1–1 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 4 | |
| 1935 | Stanford | 8–1 | T–1st | Rose Bowl W | ||
| 1936 | Stanford | 2–5–2 | 6th | |||
| 1937 | Stanford | 4–3–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1938 | Stanford | 3–6 | 8th | |||
| 1939 | Stanford | 1–7–1 | 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.
Players he coached
Bill CorbusConsensus All‑American, 1933
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 | 6 | 1–4–1 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–4–1 | 10% |
| Against rivals | 28 | 15–11–2 | 57% |
| Conference games | 43 | 21–18–4 | 53% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 37 | 16–14–7 | 53% |
| At home | 38 | 20–12–6 | 61% |
| On the road | 24 | 13–10–1 | 56% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 44 | 27–11–6 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 23 | 8–14–1 | 37% |
His own 67 games on file, 1933–1939, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Jones 1933–1939 | 4–3 | USC | 7 | |
| James Phelan 1933–1939 | 3–3–1 | Washington | 7 | |
| William Spaulding 1933–1938 | 4–2 | UCLA | 6 | |
| Lon Stiner 1934–1939 | 2–2–1 | Oregon State | 5 | |
| Stub Allison 1935–1939 | 1–4 | California | 5 | |
| O.E. Hollingbery 1936–1939 | 2–2 | Washington State | 4 | |
| Lou Little 1933–1937 | 0–2–1 | Columbia | 3 | |
| Buck Shaw 1937–1939 | 0–3 | Santa Clara | 3 |
Tiny Thornhill’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCLAseries | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| USCseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Californiaseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Washingtonseries | 7 | 3–3–1 |
| Santa Claraseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Washington Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Oregonseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1921 | Centre | Line coach | |
| 1922–32 | Stanford | Line coach | |
| 1933–39 | Stanford | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pop WarnerPittsburgh, Stanford
- Charley MoranCentre
- Andrew KerrStanford
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner | Pittsburgh | 1917 | Assistant coach | |
| Charley Moran | Centre | 1921 | Line coach | |
| Andrew Kerr | Stanford | 1922–23 | Line coach | |
| Pop Warner | Stanford | 1924–32 | Line coach |
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.