W.B. Bible
W.B. Bible went 5–5 as a head coach in the games on file: 1914 at Furman and 1915 at Furman. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1914, 2–5); by them his record is 6–8. Share
- Record
- 5–5 games on file
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1915 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Furman | 1–2 (Wikipedia: 2–5) | ||
| 1915 | Furman coached seven of eight games | 4–3 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At home | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own 10 games on file, 1914–1915, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newberryseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Presbyterianseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Woffordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Erskineseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Binghamseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Davidsonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Billy LavalFurman, South Carolina, Emory & Henry, Newberry
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Laval | Furman, 1914: b squad; 1915: assistant coach | Furman, South Carolina, Emory & Henry, Newberry |
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.