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1917 College Football Coaches

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77 Coaches

Record as major school

77 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Pop Warner	Pitt	Ind	10	0	0	1.000
2	John Fike	Denver	RMC	9	0	0	1.000
3	John Heisman	Georgia Tech	Ind	9	0	0	1.000
4	Dana Bible	Texas A&M	SWC	8	0	0	1.000
5	John Wilce	Ohio State	Western	8	0	1	.944
6	Walter Johnson	Presbyterian	Ind	8	1	0	.889
7	Milton Daniel	TCU	Ind	8	2	0	.800
8	Edward Robinson	Brown	Ind	8	2	0	.800
9	Fielding Yost	Michigan	Western	8	2	0	.800
10	Jack Watson	Utah State	RMC	7	0	1	.938
11	Phillip Arbuckle	Rice	SWC	7	1	0	.875
12	Gilmour Dobie	Navy	Ind	7	1	0	.875
13	Geoffrey Keyes	Army	Ind	7	1	0	.875
14	George Sanford	Rutgers	Ind	7	1	1	.833
15	Tom Keady	Lehigh	Ind	7	2	0	.778
16	Sol Metzger	Washington & Jefferson	Ind	7	3	0	.700
17	William Dietz	Washington State	PCC	6	0	1	.929
18	Sid Robinson	Mississippi State	Ind	6	1	0	.857
19	Jesse Harper	Notre Dame	Ind	6	1	1	.813
20	Zora Clevenger	Kansas State	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Edward Donahue	Clemson	Ind	6	2	0	.750
22	Bob Evans	Colorado	RMC	6	2	0	.750
23	Herman Olcott	Kansas	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750
24	Charles Bernier	Virginia Tech	Ind	6	2	1	.722
25	Mike Donahue	Auburn	Ind	6	2	1	.722
26	Harry Hartsell	North Carolina State	Ind	6	2	1	.722
27	Bubs Mosley	Baylor	SWC	6	2	1	.722
28	Mont McIntire	West Virginia	Ind	6	3	1	.650
29	William Fetzer	Davidson	Ind	6	4	0	.600
30	Bennie Owen	Oklahoma	SWC	6	4	1	.591
31	Norman Paine	Arkansas	SWC	5	1	1	.786
32	Charles Mayser	Iowa State	MVIAA	5	2	0	.714
33	Fred Murphy	Northwestern	Western	5	2	0	.714
34	Edward Stewart	Nebraska	MVIAA	5	2	0	.714
35	Jumbo Stiehm	Indiana	Western	5	2	0	.714
36	Thomas Kelley	Alabama	Ind	5	2	1	.688
37	Robert Zuppke	Illinois	Western	5	2	1	.688
38	Dan McGugin	Vanderbilt	Ind	5	3	0	.625
39	Poss Parsons	Colorado Mines	RMC	5	3	0	.625
40	Clark Shaughnessy	Tulane	Ind	5	3	0	.625
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
41	Dick Harlow	Penn State	Ind	5	4	0	.556
42	Leslie Moser	Wofford	Ind	5	4	0	.556
43	Andy Smith	California	PCC	5	5	1	.500
44	Henry Williams	Minnesota	Western	4	1	0	.800
45	Harry McDevitt	Colgate	Ind	4	2	0	.667
46	Joseph Pipal	Oregon State	PCC	4	2	1	.643
47	J.R. Richards	Wisconsin	Western	4	2	1	.643
48	Hugo Bezdek	Oregon	PCC	4	3	0	.571
49	Bill Raftery	Washington & Lee	Ind	4	3	0	.571
50	R.B. Rutherford	Washington (MO)	MVIAA	4	3	0	.571
51	Curley Byrd	Maryland	Ind	4	3	1	.563
52	William Juneau	Texas	SWC	4	4	0	.500
53	Earl Pritchard	Oklahoma State	SWC	4	5	0	.444
54	Amos Alonzo Stagg	Chicago	Western	3	2	1	.583
55	Burton Rix	SMU	Ind	3	2	3	.563
56	Harry O'Brien	The Citadel	Ind	3	3	0	.500
57	C.J. Rothget	Colorado College	RMC	3	3	0	.500
58	John Corbett	Wyoming	RMC	3	4	0	.429
59	Cleo O'Donnell	Purdue	Western	3	4	0	.429
60	Daddy Boles	Kentucky	Ind	3	5	1	.389
Rk	Coach	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
61	George Johnson	Bucknell	Ind	3	5	1	.389
62	Punk Berryman	Lafayette	Ind	3	5	0	.375
63	Dixon Foster	South Carolina	Ind	3	5	0	.375
64	Howard Jones	Iowa	Western	3	5	0	.375
65	Henry Schulte	Missouri	MVIAA	3	5	0	.375
66	Wayne Sutton	LSU	Ind	3	5	0	.375
67	Deed Harris	Carlisle	Ind	3	6	0	.333
68	W.C. Bleamaster	Idaho	Ind	2	3	0	.400
69	Al Buser	Florida	Ind	2	4	0	.333
70	Nelson Norgren	Utah	RMC	2	4	0	.333
71	Claude Hunt	Washington	PCC	1	2	1	.375
72	Jerry Nissen	Montana	Ind	1	4	0	.200
73	E.T. MacDonnell	Wake Forest	Ind	1	6	1	.188
74	Ralph Glaze	Drake	MVIAA	0	5	2	.143
75	Harry Hughes	Colorado State	RMC	0	7	1	.063
76	Hal Medford	Tulsa	Ind	0	8	1	.056
77	Robert Pfohl	Newberry	Ind	0	6	0	.000

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