List of NYU Violets head football coaches

John A. Hartwell was the first head coach at NYU and played on the 1891 national championship team at Yale.

The NYU Violets football program was a college football team that represented New York University. The team was independent of any conference but was a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team had 24 head coaches during its time of operations and had its first recorded football game in 1894. The final coach was Hugh Devore who first took the position for the 1950 season and concluded with the end of the 1952 season.[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
# Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards
1John A. Hartwell18943030.000
2Frank H. Cann18984130.250
3James Ogilvie18998260.250
4Nelson B. Hatch190010361.350
5W. H. Rorke19011902191261.658
6Robert P. Wilson19037250.286
7Dave Fultz19049360.333
8Marshall Mills19057331.500
9Douglas Church19064040.000
10Herman Olcott190719124418197.489
11Jake High19138080.000
12Thomas T. Reilley1914191518972.556
13Richard E. Eustis19168431.563
14Francis P. Wall19177223.500
15Appleton A. Mason19184040.000
16John B. Longwell19198440.500
17Frank Gargan1920192116484.375
18Tom Thorp192219242614102.577
19Chick Meehan192519316849154.750
20Howard Cann1932193315771.500
21Mal Stevens193419416933342.493
22John J. Weinheimer194419462210120.455
23Edward Mylin19471949268171.327
24Hugh Devore19501952234172.217

Notes

  1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "New York Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today (McLean, Virginia). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times (New York City). Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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