Vee Green
Vee Green went 103–72–10 as a head coach, 1928–1946, at Oklahoma City and Drake. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1928–32 at Oklahoma City; 1943 at Drake (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 103–72–10 career
- Seasons
- 19
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1937 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Oklahoma City * | 6–2–1 | T–7th | |||
| 1929 | Oklahoma City * | 5–5 | T–2nd | |||
| 1930 | Oklahoma City * | 9–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1931 | Oklahoma City * | 12–0 | 1st | |||
| 1932 | Oklahoma City * | 5–5–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1933 | Drake | 6–3–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1934 | Drake | 3–6–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1935 | Drake | 4–4–2 | 4th | |||
| 1936 | Drake | 6–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1937 | Drake | 8–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1938 | Drake | 5–4–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1939 | Drake | 5–5 | 4th | |||
| 1940 | Drake | 4–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1941 | Drake | 4–5–1 | 6th | |||
| 1942 | Drake | 3–7 | T–5th | |||
| 1943 | Drake * | 4–2 | NA | |||
| 1944 | Drake | 7–2 | ||||
| 1945 | Drake | 5–4–1 | 4th | Raisin W | ||
| 1946 | Drake | 2–6–1 | 5th |
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 ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Conference games | 51 | 21–27–3 | 44% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 41 | 15–18–8 | 46% |
| At home | 69 | 48–16–5 | 73% |
| On the road | 57 | 13–41–3 | 25% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 79 | 56–18–5 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 48 | 6–39–3 | 16% |
His own 127 games on file, 1933–1946, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marchy Schwartz 1935–1939 | 1–2–2 | Creighton | 5 | |
| Jim Yeager 1937–1940 | 2–2 | Iowa State | 4 | |
| George Veenker 1933–1936 | 0–2–2 | Iowa State | 4 | |
| Mike Michalske 1942–1946 | 0–3–1 | Iowa State | 4 | |
| Jack Harding 1937–1939 | 2–1 | Miami | 3 | |
| Vic Hurt 1936–1938 | 1–2 | Tulsa | 3 | |
| Henry Frnka 1941–1945 | 0–3 | Tulsa | 3 |
Vee Green’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 13 | 3–7–3 |
| Grinnellseries | 11 | 11–0 |
| Washington St. Louisseries | 10 | 4–6 |
| Creightonseries | 10 | 3–5–2 |
| Tulsaseries | 9 | 1–8 |
| Saint Louisseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| Washburnseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Central (Iowa)series | 5 | 5–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924–27 | Waukegan HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1928–32 | Oklahoma City | Head coach | |
| 1933–46 | Drake | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.