William Kienholz
William Kienholz went 26–12–5 as a head coach, 1903–1909, at Lombard, North Carolina A&M, Colorado, North Carolina, Auburn and Washington State. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1903 at Lombard; 1904 at North Carolina A&M; 1905 at Colorado; 1906 at North Carolina; 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
- 1907 6–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Lombard * | 4–3 | ||||
| 1904 | North Carolina A&M * | 3–1–2 | ||||
| 1905 | Colorado * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1906 | North Carolina * | 1–4–2 | ||||
| 1907 | Auburn | 6–2–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1908: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1909 | Washington State * | 4–1 | T–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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 4 | 2–1–1 | 63% |
| Conference games | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| At home | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 4–1–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
His own nine games on file, 1907, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Clemsonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Maryville (TN)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mercerseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Samfordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Gordonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Alabamaseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Minnesota | Assistant coach | |
| 1902–03 | Lombard | Head coach | |
| 1904 | North Carolina A&M | Head coach | |
| 1905 | Colorado | Head coach | |
| 1906 | North Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1907 | Auburn | Head coach | |
| 1909 | Washington State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Henry WilliamsMinnesota
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams | Minnesota | 1902 | 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.