Coaches / Head coach / Warren Woodson
Career
55
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak72best 5 yrs
Career55whole career
confidence
Warren Woodson
Head coach, 1941–1967
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs3
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
1946–1951Hardin SimmonsHead Coach
1941–1942Hardin SimmonsHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak72Career55
1941–1967 · 23 seasonsRecord 147-82National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 72: 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 72: best five-season stretch, 1959–1963 at New Mexico State (31-19), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
- Career 55 (#413 since 1936): total accomplishment over 23 seasons (147-82), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | New Mexico State | 7-2-1 | #25 | +0.84 SD |
| 1966 | New Mexico State | 7-3 | #27 | +0.63 SD |
| 1965 | New Mexico State | 8-2 | #71 | -0.39 SD |
| 1964 | New Mexico State | 6-4 | #83 | -0.71 SD |
| 1963 | New Mexico State | 3-6-1 | #86 | -0.80 SD |
| 1962 | New Mexico State | 4-6 | #77 | -0.57 SD |
| 1961 | New Mexico State | 5-4-1 | #77 | -0.82 SD |
| 1960 | New Mexico State | 11-0 | #30 | +0.69 SD |
| 1959 | New Mexico State | 8-3 | #36 | +0.42 SD |
| 1958 | New Mexico State | 4-6 | #85 | -1.41 SD |
| 1956 | Arizona | 4-6 | #79 | -1.10 SD |
| 1955 | Arizona | 5-4-1 | #66 | -0.45 SD |
| 1954 | Arizona | 7-3 | #52 | -0.02 SD |
| 1953 | Arizona | 4-5-1 | #51 | -0.06 SD |
| 1952 | Arizona | 6-4 | #64 | -0.48 SD |
| 1951 | Hardin Simmons | 6-6 | #67 | -0.42 SD |
| 1950 | Hardin Simmons | 5-5 | #41 | +0.28 SD |
| 1949 | Hardin Simmons | 6-4-1 | #61 | -0.28 SD |
| 1948 | Hardin Simmons | 6-2-3 | #66 | -0.34 SD |
| 1947 | Hardin Simmons | 8-3 | #41 | +0.29 SD |
| 1946 | Hardin Simmons | 11-0 | #55 | -0.17 SD |
| 1942 | Hardin Simmons | 9-1-1 | #44 | +0.16 SD |
| 1941 | Hardin Simmons | 7-3-1 | #60 | -0.19 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).