William Ward
William Ward went 9–1 as a head coach, 1896, at Michigan. Share
- Record
- 9–1 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1896 9–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Michigan | 9–1 | 2nd |
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 7 | 7–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 8–1 | 89% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
His own 10 games on file, 1896, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lake Forestseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Oberlinseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lehighseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Purdueseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wittenbergseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Grand Rapids Highseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | Princeton | Assistant coach | |
| 1896 | Michigan | 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
- William McCauleyMichigan
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William McCauley | Michigan, 1896: assistant coach | Michigan |
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.