Tom Lovat
Tom Lovat went 5–28 as a head coach, 1974–1976, at Utah. Share
- Record
- 5–28 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1976 3–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Utah | 1–10 | 7th | |||
| 1975 | Utah | 1–10 | 6th | |||
| 1976 | Utah | 3–8 | 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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
| Conference games | 17 | 5–12 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| At home | 15 | 4–11 | 27% |
| On the road | 18 | 1–17 | 6% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 3–26 | 10% |
His own 33 games on file, 1974–1976, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mondt 1974–1976 | 2–1 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Frank Kush 1974–1976 | 1–2 | Arizona State | 3 | |
| Don Read 1974–1976 | 0–3 | Oregon | 3 | |
| Jim Young 1974–1976 | 0–3 | Arizona | 3 | |
| LaVell Edwards 1974–1976 | 0–3 | BYU | 3 |
Tom Lovat’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Wyomingseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Arizonaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| BYUseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Utah Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Oregonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| UTEPseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Utah | Defensive line coach | |
| 1968–70 | Idaho State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1971 | Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1972–73 | Utah | Assistant coach | |
| 1974–76 | Utah | Head coach | |
| 1977–79 | Stanford | Offensive line coach | |
| 1980 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Assistant offensive line | |
| 1981–84 | St. Louis Cardinals NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1985–88 | Indianapolis Colts NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1989 | Wyoming Cowboys | Offensive line coach | |
| 1990–91 | Phoenix Cardinals NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1992–98 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1999–2003 | Seattle Seahawks NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2007 | Cologne Centurions NFL Europe | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mike GiddingsUtah
- Ed CavanaughIdaho State
- Bill MeekUtah
- Bill WalshStanford
- Ron DowhowerStanford, Indianapolis Colts
- Ron MeyerIndianapolis Colts
- David DugganCologne Centurions
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jim FasselUtah, New York Giants, Las Vegas Locomotives
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Giddings | Utah | 1967 | Defensive line coach | |
| Ed Cavanaugh | Idaho State | 1968–70 | Offensive line coach | |
| Bill Meek | Utah | 1972–73 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Walsh | Stanford | 1977–78 | Offensive line coach | |
| Ron Dowhower | Stanford | 1979 | Offensive line coach | |
| Ron Dowhower | Indianapolis Colts NFL | 1985–86 | Offensive line coach | |
| Ron Meyer | Indianapolis Colts NFL | 1986–88 | Offensive line coach | |
| David Duggan | Cologne Centurions pro | 2007 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fassel | Utah, 1976: quarterbacks coach and receivers coach | Utah, New York Giants, Las Vegas Locomotives |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Don McCaulley | Utah, 1974–75: defensive coordinator | |
| Jesse Cone | Utah, 1974–75: offensive coordinator | |
| Ted Gill | Utah, 1974–76: offensive 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.