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Claude Gibson

Followed Vince Carillot. Claude Gibson slid Tulsa from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

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1970–1972 · 1 stint
Tulsa
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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 careerTULSANational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelTulsa, 1970: 6-4, Regional Program II1970Tulsa, 1971: 4-7, Regional Program II1971Tulsa, 1972: 1-5, Regional Program II1972-3.1One 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).

Tulsa, 3 seasons
−3.1
Regional Program II → 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.

One-score games
4–2
66.7% · margin ≤8
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
1–3 25.0%
National Program
3–3 50.0%
Regional Program
1–5 16.7%

Coaching career

1970–1972
Tulsacaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program II
Claude Gibson slid Tulsa from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

17th-best Tulsa tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Vince Carillot (1969–1969).

4 NFL Draft picks: Ralph McGill (1972), Jean Barrett (1972), Drane Scrivener (1973), Arthur Moore (1973)

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