W.S. Keinholz, head coach at NC State and North Carolina
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W.S. Keinholz

W.S. Keinholz went 26–⁠12–⁠5 as a head coach, 1903–⁠1909, at Lombard, NC State, Colorado, North Carolina, Auburn and Washington State.

Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1903 at Lombard; 1905 at Colorado; 1907 at Auburn; 1909 at Washington State. They’re marked in the table.

Record
26–⁠12–⁠5 career
Seasons
6
Schools
6
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1904 3–⁠1–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1527 in 1904
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1903Lombard *4–⁠3
1904NC State3–⁠1–⁠2
1905Colorado *8–⁠1
1906North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠2
1907Auburn *6–⁠2–⁠1T–5th
1908: not a college head coach
1909Washington State *4–⁠1T–1st

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals21–⁠0–⁠1
Conference games11–⁠0
Decided by 8 points or fewer71–⁠2–⁠4
At home63–⁠0–⁠3
On the road71–⁠5–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite52–⁠1–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog82–⁠4–⁠2

His own 13 games on file, 1904–⁠1906, 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
Clemsonseries11–⁠0
Richmondseries11–⁠0
Guilfordseries11–⁠0
VMIseries11–⁠0
Georgetownseries10–⁠1
North Carolinaseries10–⁠0–⁠1
Pennsylvaniaseries10–⁠1
Virginiaseries10–⁠1