Which college team went 7-5 under the coach who is now the head coach of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL)?
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1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team The 1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 7–5 record, finished in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and defeated Arizona State in the 1999 Aloha Bowl.
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Jim Caldwell (American football) James Caldwell (born January 16, 1955) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). Caldwell served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1993 to 2000, and as the head coach of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts from 2009 to 2011.
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Tommy Hudspeth Tommy Joe Hudspeth (September 14, 1931 – June 23, 2015) was an American and Canadian football coach and executive at both the collegiate and professional levels. He was the head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1964 to 1971, and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1972 through 1973, compiling an overall college football record of 40–56–1. Hudspeth served in the same capacity for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 until 1977, and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1981, posting a mark of 13–17.
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Thomas Hupke Thomas George Hupke (December 29, 1910 – September 8, 1959) was an American football player. He played college football at the University of Alabama from 1930 to 1933 and was selected as an All-American in 1933. During the four years Hupke played for the Crimson Tide, the team compiled a record of 34–4–1. He subsequently played professional football for six years with the Detroit Lions (1934–1937) and the Cleveland Rams (1938–1939). He was a member of the 1935 Detroit Lions team that won the 1935 NFL Championship Game. In September 1959, Hupke died in Detroit at age 48 after a long illness.
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2015 Oakland Raiders season The Oakland Raiders season was the franchise's 46th season in the National Football League, the 56th overall, the 21st of their second stint in Oakland, and the first under new head coach Jack Del Rio. Coming off a 3–13 season the prior year, the Raiders improved to 7–9 on the season. Despite their improvement, the Raiders were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 15 with a loss to the Green Bay Packers at home. They once again failed to finish with a winning record, not having done so since 2002.
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1964 Detroit Titans football team The 1964 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1964 college football season. Detroit was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 158 to 127 and finished with a 3–7 record in its third year under head coach John Idzik. On November 30, 1964, the university administration announced that the football program was being discontinued.
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Jerome Davis (offensive tackle) Jerome Davis (born March 4, 1974) is a former gridiron football offensive tackle. He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1997. He played college football at Minnesota.
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Marty Mornhinweg Marty Mornhinweg ( ; born March 29, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is currently Offensive Coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Previously he was the Ravens' quarterbacks coach., was the head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2001 to 2002 and the Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator from 2006 to 2012.
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1960 Detroit Titans football team The 1960 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1960 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 181 to 136 and finished with a 7–2 record in its second year under head coach Jim Miller.
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List of Detroit Lions head coaches The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are currently a member of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise has had a total of 26 head coaches in team history, which includes its existence as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans (1930–1933). In the 1934 NFL season, the franchise moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions.
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1972 Missouri Southern Lions football team The 1972 Missouri Southern Lions football team represented Missouri Southern State College during the 1972 NAIA Division II football season, and completed the 6th season of Lion football at the senior college level. The Lions played their home games in Joplin, Missouri. The 1972 team came off a 4–6 record from the prior season. The 1972 team was headed by coach Jim Frazier. The team finished the regular season with an undefeated 10–0 record and made the program's first appearance in the NAIA playoffs. They won their first NAIA Division II Football National Championship with a 21–14 win over Northwestern College.
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Jim Colletto Jim Colletto (born October 4, 1944) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Fullerton from 1975 to 1979 and at Purdue University from 1991 to 1996, compiling a career college football record of 38–80–4. Colletto was the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, replacing Mike Martz, who was fired on January 2, 2008. He was hired as the Lions' offensive line coach on January 29, 2007 after spending a year as the UCLA offensive line coach under Karl Dorrell. Prior to that he was offensive line coach for the Baltimore Ravens from 1999 thought 2005. Colletto was previously the offensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame for the 1997 and 1998 seasons and was the head coach at Purdue University from 1991 to 1996. During his six seasons at Purdue, Colletto's teams compiled a 21–42–3 record.
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Daniel Bullocks Daniel Bullocks (born February 28, 1983) is an American football coach and former player. He worked as assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played football professionally as safety in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions from 2006 to 2010. He was drafted by the Lions in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft following his college football playing career at Nebraska.
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Marcus Ray Marcus Kenyon Ray (born August 14, 1976) is an American football coach and former player. In college, he played for the Michigan Wolverines football team and was a member of the 1997 squad that won a national championship. Ray played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland Raiders and for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe. He has since coached football at the high school and college levels.
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2011 Columbia Lions football team The 2011 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions were led by sixth year head coach Norries Wilson and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 1–9, 1–6 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Head coach Norries Wilson was fired at the end of the season after a 17–43 record in six seasons.
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George Clark (American football coach) George M. "Potsy" Clark (March 20, 1894 – November 8, 1972) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, (1920), the University of Kansas (1921–1925), Butler University (1927–1929), and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1945, 1948), compiling a career college football record of 40–45–7. Clark was also the head coach of the National Football League's Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions (1931–1936, 1940) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938), amassing a career NFL mark of 64–42–12. Clark's 1935 Detroit Lions team won the NFL Championship. From 1945 to 1953, Clark served as the athletic director at Nebraska.
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2014 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 85th season in the National Football League, their 81st as the Detroit Lions and the first under a new coaching staff led by head coach Jim Caldwell. The Lions suffered the loss of long-time owner William Clay Ford, Sr., who died on March 9 at the age of 88, and wore patches with his initials on their jerseys in his honor. After the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Washington Redskins in Week 16, the Lions clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2011. They lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Game 24–20, ending their season. It was their eighth straight playoff loss, tying the Kansas City Chiefs for the longest postseason losing streak in NFL history.
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1896 Detroit Titans football team The 1896 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1896 college football season. Detroit outscored opponents by a combined total of 66 to 40 and finished with a 2–2–1 record in their first year of intercollegiate football. The team's head coach was William S. Robinson.
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Jim Miller (American football coach) James H. Miller (born c. 1920) is a former American football player and coach. A native of Massilon, Ohio, he served as at the head football coach at Niagara University from 1949 to 1950, at the University of Detroit from 1959 to 1961, and at Boston College from 1962 to 1967. Before going to Detroit, he worked for five years as an assistant coach at Purdue University, where he had played as a guard. After an 8–2 season at Boston College in 1962, Miller signed a new three-year contract with a substantial pay hike. On December 7, 1967, after a 4–6 record, he resigned as Eagles head coach.
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List of Missouri Tigers head football coaches The Missouri Tigers football program is a college football team that represents the University of Missouri in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team has had 31 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1890 with the nickname "Tigers". Missouri joined the Western Interstate University Football Association in December 1891, later winning the conference championship three years in a row. The conference disbanded after the 1897 season and Missouri remained independent until joining the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1907. After several changes, the conference eventually became the Big Eight Conference. The Tigers became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Big Eight disbanded. Missouri subsequently left the Big 12 following the 2011 season and joined as the 14th member of the SEC effective for the 2012 season. The Tigers have played 1,180 games during their 119 seasons. In those seasons, seven coaches have led Missouri to postseason bowl games: Don Faurot, Chauncey Simpson, Dan Devine, Al Onofrio, Warren Powers, Larry Smith, and Gary Pinkel. Nine coaches have also won conference championships with the Tigers: Harry Orman Robinson, C. D. Bliss, Bill Roper, Chester Brewer, John F. Miller, Gwinn Henry, Faurot, Simpson and Devine.
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Russ Thomas John Russell Thomas (July 24, 1924 – March 19, 1991) was an American football tackle who played four seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Lions in the third round of the 1946 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State University and attended Charleston High School in Charleston, West Virginia. His playing career ended in 1949 after he suffered a knee injury. Thomas was an assistant coach on the Detroit Lions 1952 and 1953 NFL Championship teams. NFL He was general manager of the Detroit Lions from 1967 till his retirement in 1989.
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Bob Folwell Robert Cook "Bob" Folwell, Jr. (February 17, 1885 – January 8, 1928) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Lafayette College (1909–1911), Washington & Jefferson College (1912–1915), the University of Pennsylvania (1916–1919), and the United States Naval Academy (1920–1924), compiling a career college football record of 106–29–9. Folwell then moved to the professional ranks, coaching the National Football League's New York Giants (1925), the Philadelphia Quakers of the American Football League (1926), and the Atlantic City Roses of the Eastern League of Professional Football (1927).