Raymond Wolf

Head coach, Tulane, 1952 to 1953
Before: Florida

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

Pick a job to see its years on their own.

North Carolina1936–41 · 38-17-3Florida1946–49 · 13-24-2Tulane1952–53 · 6-13-1All jobs57-54-6

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

7-5 against his rivals at North Carolina. Winless in 4 tries against Jimmy Crowley.

Rivalry record

7-5

58.3% · 2 rivals

One-score games

13-5-3

61.9% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

NC State5-183%

Duke2-433%

The toughest matchup

vs. Jimmy Crowley0-3-1

4 meetings, 1937–1941

’37 L’38 T’40 L’41 L

0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

5-11 31.2%

National Program

1-0 100.0%

Regional Program

26-6 81.2%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

1-3 against his rivals at Florida. Winless in 3 tries against Red Drew.

Rivalry record

1-3

25.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

4-9-2

26.7% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Georgia1-325%

The toughest matchup

vs. Red Drew0-3

3 meetings, 1946–1949

’46 L’48 L’49 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

2-8 20.0%

National Program

1-12 7.7%

Regional Program

9-3 75.0%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0-2 against his rivals at Tulane.

Rivalry record

0-2

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

0-3-1

0.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

LSU0-20%

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

0-8 0.0%

National Program

2-3 40.0%

Regional Program

2-1 66.7%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

8-10 against his rivals. Just 1-5 against Wallace Butts.

Rivalry record

8-10

44.4% · 4 rivals

One-score games

17-17-6

42.5% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

NC State5-183%

Duke2-433%

Georgia1-325%

LSU0-20%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Wallace Butts1-5

6 meetings, 1946–1953

’46 L’47 L’48 L’49 W’52 L’53 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

7-27 20.6%

National Program

4-15 21.1%

Regional Program

37-10 78.7%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1952-1953) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least1Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 1 — his 1952, 1953 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 1 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1954	R5.48				Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.

Raymond Wolf

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

Was he good?