Tubby Long
Tubby Long went 32–18–4 as a head coach, 1911–1921, at Alabama, Texas A&M and Montana State. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1911–13 at Alabama (on file under another coach); 1918 at Texas A&M; 1920–21 at Montana State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 32–18–4 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1914 5–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Alabama * | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1912 | Alabama * | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1913 | Alabama * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1914 | Alabama | 5–4 | ||||
| 1915–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Texas A&M * | 6–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1919: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1920 | Montana State * | 3–1–1 | ||||
| 1921 | Montana State * | 2–4 | ||||
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 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| At home | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
His own nine games on file, 1914, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Chattanoogaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Samfordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tulaneseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Birminghamseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Sewaneeseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Tennesseeseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911–14 | Alabama | Head coach | |
| 1915–17 | Texas A&M | Assistant coach | |
| 1918 | Texas A&M | Head coach | |
| 1919 | Texas A&M | Assistant coach | |
| 1920–21 | Montana State | Head coach | |
| 1922–38 | Washington | Assistant coach | |
| 1942–45 | Washington | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- E.H. HarlanTexas A&M
- Dana BibleTexas A&M
- Enoch BagshawWashington
- James PhelanWashington
- Ralph WelchWashington
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.H. Harlan | Texas A&M | 1915–16 | Assistant coach | |
| Dana Bible | Texas A&M | 1917–19 | Assistant coach | |
| Enoch Bagshaw | Washington | 1922–29 | Assistant coach | |
| James Phelan | Washington | 1930–38 | Assistant coach | |
| Ralph Welch | Washington | 1942–45 | Assistant 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.