Elliott won more games than any other head coach in the history of Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football program.

[2] Elliott was the 18th football coach for the Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas and held that position five seasons, from 1964 to 1968.

[5] Elliott was the 30th head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1969 until 1970.

[7] Highlights of his tenure at ESU included an appearance in the 1972 Boot Hill Bowl and opening the 1973 season at 7–0 before dropping last two games.

ESU drew their biggest crowd in school history to a 10–0 win over Northern Colorado in 1973 Coach Elliott.

[11] Elliott was the 16th head football coach at Northwest Missouri State University for six seasons from 1988 to 1993.

Elliott concluded his 37-year collegiate head coaching career in 2004 after 11 seasons at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) of the Lone Star Conference.

[2] Elliott achieved his 200th NCAA career coaching victory at Eastern New Mexico by shutting out Southwestern Oklahoma State University by a score of 39–0 on September 11, 2004.