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Wesley Fry
Wesley Fry went 26–22–6 as a head coach, 1933–1939, at Oklahoma City and Kansas State. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1933 at Oklahoma City. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 26–22–6 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1936 4–3–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Oklahoma City * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1934: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1935 | Kansas State | 2–4–3 | 4th | |||
| 1936 | Kansas State | 4–3–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1937 | Kansas State | 4–5 | T–5th | |||
| 1938 | Kansas State | 4–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1939 | Kansas State | 4–5 | T–4th | |||
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 | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 26 | 7–14–5 | 37% |
| Conference games | 25 | 6–14–5 | 34% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 7–10–6 | 43% |
| At home | 19 | 9–7–3 | 55% |
| On the road | 26 | 9–14–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 23 | 12–8–3 | 59% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 6–13–3 | 34% |
His own 45 games on file, 1935–1939, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Faurot 1935–1939 | 1–2–2 | Missouri | 5 | |
| Biff Jones 1935–1939 | 0–4–1 | Oklahoma, Nebraska | 5 | |
| Adrian Lindsey 1935–1938 | 2–2 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Jim Yeager 1937–1939 | 0–2–1 | Iowa State | 3 | |
| Tom Stidham 1937–1939 | 0–3 | Oklahoma | 3 |
Wesley Fry’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kansasseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Marquetteseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
| Missouriseries | 5 | 1–2–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 5 | 0–4–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 5 | 0–4–1 |
| Fort Haysseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Washburnseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–32 | Classen HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1933 | Oklahoma City | Head coach | |
| 1934 | Kansas State | Assistant coach | |
| 1935–39 | Kansas State | Head coach | |
| 1940–46 | Northwestern | Assistant coach | |
| 1947–56 | California | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pappy WaldorfKansas State, Northwestern, California
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pappy Waldorf | Kansas State | 1934 | Assistant coach | |
| Pappy Waldorf | Northwestern | 1940–46 | Assistant coach | |
| Pappy Waldorf | California | 1947–56 | 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.