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Chuck Reedy

Followed Grant Teaff. Chuck Reedy slid Baylor from National Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

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1993–1996 · 1 stint
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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 careerBAYLORPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBaylor, 1993: 5-6, National Program II1993Baylor, 1994: 7-5, National Program II1994Baylor, 1995: 7-4, National Program II1995Baylor, 1996: 4-7, National Program II1996-4.7One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Baylor, 4 seasons
−4.7
National Program II → National 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.

4–3 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against John Mackovic.

Rivalry record
4–3
57.1% · 2 rivals
One-score games
9–5
64.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Texas Tech2–250%
TCU2–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. John Mackovic0–4
4 meetings, 1993–1996
’93 L’94 L’95 L’96 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–11 0.0%
National Program
7–6 53.8%
Regional Program
16–3 84.2%

Coaching career

1993–1996
Baylorcaretaker
National Program I → National Program II
Chuck Reedy slid Baylor from National Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

9th-best Baylor tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Grant Teaff (1972–1992) · succeeded by Dave Roberts (1997–1998).

5 NFL Draft picks: ALBert Fontenot (1993), Melvin Bonner (1993), Robert Strait (1994), Steve Strahan (1995), George McCullough (1997)

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