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What team did Elmer Layden coach?
After his playing days, Layden was head football coach at Columbia College in 1925–26.
Was Columbia College the only team he ever coached?
From 1927 to 1933 Elmer Layden was head coach at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh
Are there any other interesting aspects about Elmer Layden's coaching career besides coaching Columbia College as well as Duquesne University?
In 1934, Elmer Layden became head coach and athletic director at Notre Dame, three years after his legendary mentor Knute Rockne was killed in an airplane crash.

Question: Was he successful at coaching?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Elmer Layden successful at coaching?