William Wood: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

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.

1-2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Elmer Layden.

Rivalry record

1-2

33.3% · 1 rival

One-score games

5-5-3

38.5% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Navy1-233%

The toughest matchup

vs. Elmer Layden0-3

3 meetings, 1938–1940

’38 L’39 L’40 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

0-3 0.0%

National Program

3-8 27.3%

Regional Program

2-1 66.7%

Building the roster

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

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1938-1940) 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.

Career

Coaching career

See Army’s full coaching history →

The arc of his career is on Now.

Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1938–1940

Army Steady

Power Program III → National Program I (left at National Program II)

Closest comparable run: Danny Ford’s Arkansas run (1993–1997)

William Wood slid Army from Power Program III to National Program I in 3 seasons.

−8.2 pts over 3 seasons · bottom 20% of 3-5-season tenures (717 in sample)

5th-best Army tenure of 17 by the numbers.

Followed Gar Davidson (1936–1937) · succeeded by Red Blaik (1941–1958).

12-13-3

Was he good?

Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.

Raised the program

-8.2 pts at Army · #1149 of 1290 · bottom quarter