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]
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]

Coaches

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 — — — — — — — —

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. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. 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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