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Beattie Feathers

Beattie Feathers moved NC State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 8 seasons.

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1944–1951 · 1 stint
NC State
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerNC STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNC State, 1944: 7-2, Regional Program IV1944NC State, 1945: 3-6, Regional Program III1945NC State, 1946: 8-3, Regional Program II1946NC State, 1947: 5-3, Regional Program I1947NC State, 1948: 3-6, Regional Program I1948NC State, 1949: 3-7, Regional Program I1949NC State, 1950: 5-4, Regional Program II1950NC State, 1951: 3-7, Regional Program II1951+10.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

NC State, 8 seasons
+10.4
Regional Program IV → Regional Program II.

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.

0–5 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Carl Snavely.

Rivalry record
0–5
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
8–16–3
29.6% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
North Carolina0–50%
The toughest matchup
vs. Carl Snavely0–5
5 meetings, 1947–1951
’47 L’48 L’49 L’50 L’51 L
0% win rate across a real, 5-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
1–11 8.3%
National Program
6–14 30.0%
Regional Program
9–5 64.3%

Coaching career

1944–1951
NC Statecaretakerborderline
Regional Program IV → Regional Program I
Beattie Feathers moved NC State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 8 seasons.

12th-best NC State tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Horace Hendrickson (1952–1953).

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