Art Lewis

Head coach, 1946–1959

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1950–1959West VirginiaHead Coach

1946–1948Washington and LeeHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak61Career57

1946–1959 · 13 seasonsRecord 69-55National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 60: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
Peak 61: best five-season stretch, 1953–1957 at West Virginia (37-11), taking over an average program.
Career 57 (#387 since 1936): total accomplishment over 13 seasons (69-55), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Season	Team	Record	Season rank	vs contemporaries
1959	West Virginia	3-7	#80	-1.19 SD
1958	West Virginia	4-5-1	#41	+0.24 SD
1957	West Virginia	7-2-1	#41	+0.27 SD
1956	West Virginia	6-4	#57	-0.20 SD
1955	West Virginia	8-2	#21	+0.78 SD
1954	West Virginia	8-1	#27	+0.72 SD
1953	West Virginia	8-2	#38	+0.42 SD
1952	West Virginia	7-2	#55	-0.05 SD
1951	West Virginia	5-5	#75	-0.73 SD
1950	West Virginia	2-8	#87	-1.35 SD
1948	Washington and Lee	4-6	#84	-1.11 SD
1947	Washington and Lee	5-5	#80	-0.75 SD
1946	Washington and Lee	2-6	#81	-0.78 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).