He served as the head football coach at Washburn University from 1911 to 1912, at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1913 to 1914, at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1920 to 1921, at the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture—now University of California, Davis—from 1923 to 1927, and at Loyola College of Los Angeles—now Loyola Marymount University—in 1929, compiling a career college football record of 58–45–7.

Driver was also the head basketball coach at Texas A&M University, TCU, and Cal Aggies, tallying a career college basketball mark of 67–56.

At Washburn, Driver was the 12th head football coach and athletic director; he held that position for two seasons, from 1911 until 1912.

Between 1917 and 1920 he coached basketball at Texas A&M where he compiled an overall record of 42–13.

In 1919–20, his team won the Southwest Conference championship.