William Spaulding
William Spaulding went 145–83–15 as a head coach, 1907–1938, at Western State Normal, Minnesota, Southern Branch and UCLA. Share
18 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1907–21 at Western State Normal; 1925–26 at Southern Branch; 1927 at UCLA (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 145–83–15 career
- Seasons
- 32
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1935 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Western State Normal * | 3–2–1 | ||||
| 1908 | Western State Normal * | 3–3 | ||||
| 1909 | Western State Normal * | 7–0 | ||||
| 1910 | Western State Normal * | 4–1–1 | ||||
| 1911 | Western State Normal * | 2–3 | ||||
| 1912 | Western State Normal * | 3–2–1 | ||||
| 1913 | Western State Normal * | 4–0 | ||||
| 1914 | Western State Normal * | 6–0 | ||||
| 1915 | Western State Normal * | 5–1 | ||||
| 1916 | Western State Normal * | 5–1 | ||||
| 1917 | Western State Normal * | 4–3 | ||||
| 1918 | Western State Normal * | 3–2 | ||||
| 1919 | Western State Normal * | 4–1 | ||||
| 1920 | Western State Normal * | 3–4 | ||||
| 1921 | Western State Normal * | 6–2 | ||||
| 1922 | Minnesota | 3–3–1 | 5th | |||
| 1923 | Minnesota | 5–1–1 | 4th | |||
| 1924 | Minnesota | 3–3–2 | 6th | |||
| 1925 | Southern Branch * | 5–3–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1926 | Southern Branch * | 5–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1927 | UCLA * | 6–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1928 | UCLA | 4–4–1 | T–9th | |||
| 1929 | UCLA | 4–4 | 6th | |||
| 1930 | UCLA | 3–5 | T–8th | |||
| 1931 | UCLA | 3–4–1 | T–9th | |||
| 1932 | UCLA | 6–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1933 | UCLA | 6–4–1 | 8th | |||
| 1934 | UCLA | 7–3 | 6th | |||
| 1935 | UCLA | 8–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1936 | UCLA | 6–3–1 | 4th | |||
| 1937 | UCLA | 2–6–1 | 9th | |||
| 1938 | UCLA | 7–4–1 | T–3rd | Poi W |
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.
Players he coached
Ray EklundConsensus All‑American, 1923
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 31 | 5–22–4 | 23% |
| Conference games | 74 | 27–40–7 | 41% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 15–14–10 | 51% |
| At home | 86 | 54–27–5 | 66% |
| On the road | 41 | 13–23–5 | 38% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 66 | 49–12–5 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 61 | 18–38–5 | 34% |
His own 127 games on file, 1922–1938, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.E. Hollingbery 1928–1938 | 2–5 | Washington State | 7 | |
| Howard Jones 1922–1938 | 1–5–1 | Iowa, USC | 7 | |
| Prink Callison 1932–1937 | 4–2 | Oregon | 6 | |
| Slip Madigan 1930–1935 | 3–3 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 6 | |
| Tiny Thornhill 1933–1938 | 2–4 | Stanford | 6 | |
| Lon Stiner 1934–1938 | 3–0–2 | Oregon State | 5 | |
| Pop Warner 1928–1932 | 1–4 | Stanford | 5 | |
| James Phelan 1932–1938 | 1–4 | Washington | 5 | |
| Stub Allison 1935–1938 | 1–3 | California | 4 | |
| Tom Lieb 1933–1935 | 3–0 | Loyola Marymount | 3 |
William Spaulding’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oregonseries | 11 | 4–7 |
| Stanfordseries | 11 | 3–8 |
| Saint Mary’s (CA)series | 7 | 3–4 |
| Washington Stateseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Pomona Pitzerseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 6 | 3–1–2 |
| Californiaseries | 6 | 1–4–1 |
| Idahoseries | 5 | 4–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907–21 | Western State Normal | Head coach | |
| 1922–24 | Minnesota | Head coach | |
| 1925–38 | Southern Branch / UCLA | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- George HauserColgate, Minnesota
- Babe HorrellUCLA
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Hauser | Minnesota, 1922–23: assistant coach | Colgate, Minnesota | |
| Babe Horrell | UCLA, 1926–38: assistant coach | UCLA |
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.