List of NYU Violets head football coaches

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]

[1]

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 1]}
No.	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
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 4]}

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	John A. Hartwell	1894	3	0	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Frank H. Cann	1898	4	1	3	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	James Ogilvie	1899	8	2	6	0	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Nelson B. Hatch	1900	10	3	6	1	.350	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	W. H. Rorke	1901–1902	19	12	6	1	.658	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Robert P. Wilson	1903	7	2	5	0	.286	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Dave Fultz	1904	9	3	6	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Marshall Mills	1905	7	3	3	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Douglas Church	1906	4	0	4	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Herman Olcott	1907–1912	44	18	19	7	.489	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Jake High	1913	8	0	8	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Thomas T. Reilley	1914–1915	18	9	7	2	.556	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Richard E. Eustis	1916	8	4	3	1	.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Francis P. Wall	1917	7	2	2	3	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Appleton A. Mason	1918	4	0	4	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	John B. Longwell	1919	8	4	4	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Frank Gargan	1920–1921	16	4	8	4	.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Tom Thorp	1922–1924	26	14	10	2	.577	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Chick Meehan	1925–1931	68	49	15	4	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Howard Cann	1932–1933	15	7	7	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Mal Stevens	1934–1941	69	33	34	2	.493	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	John J. Weinheimer	1944–1946	22	10	12	0	.455	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Edward Mylin	1947–1949	26	8	17	1	.327	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Hugh Devore	1950–1952	23	4	17	2	.217	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

v t e NYU Violets football
Venues	Ohio Field Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium Triborough Stadium
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877–1878 1879 1880–1881 1882 1883 1884–1885 1886 1887–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952

List of NYU Violets head football coaches

Coaches

Notes

References

Related Articles