- J. W. H. Pollard
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Name = J.W.H. Pollard
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Sport =College football
College =Alabama Crimson Tide
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OverallRecord = 22-15-5
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CFbDWID = 1888
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Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1906-1909
1901
CoachTeams = Alabama
Lehigh
FootballHOF =J.W.H. Pollard was a
college football coach in theUnited States .Coaching History
Lehigh University
Pollard was the ninth head football coach for the
Lehigh Mountain Hawks inBethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1901 season. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 1 wins, 11 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 29th at Lehigh in terms of total wins and 29th at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php Lehigh Coaching Records ] ]University of Alabama
After a three-season break, Pollard was named the head football coach at Alabama from 1906 until the end of the 1909 season. He found more success at Alabama, where his teams accumulated a record of 21 wins, 4 losses, and 5 ties.ama, and 1-11 at Lehigh in 1901. His overall record stands at 22-15-5.
His success at Alabama was not without failures. The first season Pollard coached the Crimson Tide, they achieved a record of 5 wins and 1 loss. However, that one loss was a 0-78 thrashing by Vanderbilt in
Nashville, Tennessee . [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1888&year=1906 Coaching Records Game by Game ] ]In 1907, Pollard's second season at Alabama, the same story continued--great success and disappointing failure. The team produced a record of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. However, the one loss was a 4-54 pounding by . [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1888&year=1907 Coaching Records Game by Game ] ]
By 1909, his teams began to produce more consistent results. No team scored on the Crimson Tide until the last two games, and the only loss came in the last game of the season by a score of 6-12 from
Louisiana State University at home. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1888&year=1909 Coaching Records Game by Game ] ]Head coaching records
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