W.E. Metzenthin, head coach at Texas
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W.E. Metzenthin

W.E. Metzenthin went 11–⁠5–⁠1 as a head coach, 1907–⁠1908, at Texas.

Record
11–⁠5–⁠1 career
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1907 6–⁠1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1649 in 1907
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1907Texas6–⁠1–⁠1
1908Texas5–⁠4

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals119–⁠1–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer63–⁠2–⁠1
At home1310–⁠3
On the road41–⁠2–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite1611–⁠5
As our Elo’s underdog10–⁠0–⁠1

His own 17 games on file, 1907–⁠1908, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Texas A&Mseries43–⁠0–⁠1
Arkansasseries22–⁠0
Baylorseries22–⁠0
Oklahomaseries21–⁠1
LSUseries11–⁠0
TCUseries11–⁠0
Haskellseries11–⁠0
Missouriseries10–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1906TexasAssistant coach
1907–⁠08TexasHead coach
1909TexasAssistant coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

W.E. Metzenthin
Worked under (2)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
H.R. SchenkerTexas1906Assistant coach
Dexter DraperTexas1909Assistant 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.