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DeWitt Weaver

Followed Dell Morgan. DeWitt Weaver moved Texas Tech from National Program II to Power Program III in 10 seasons.

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1951–1960 · 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 careerTEXAS TECHPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelTexas Tech, 1951: 7-4, National Program II1951Texas Tech, 1952: 3-7, National Program II1952Texas Tech, 1953: 11-1, National Program I1953Texas Tech, 1954: 7-2, Power Program III1954Texas Tech, 1955: 7-3, Power Program III1955Texas Tech, 1956: 2-7, Power Program III1956Texas Tech, 1957: 2-8, National Program I1957Texas Tech, 1958: 3-7, National Program II1958Texas Tech, 1959: 4-6, National Program II1959Texas Tech, 1960: 3-6, National Program III1960+11.7One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 4th career season — faster than 37% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #215 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas Tech, 10 seasons
+11.7
National Program II → National Program III.

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.

3–10 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Frank Broyles.

Rivalry record
3–10–2
20.0% · 3 rivals
One-score games
9–22–4
25.7% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Baylor0–70%
Oklahoma State2–1–240%
Texas1–233%
The toughest matchup
vs. Frank Broyles0–3
3 meetings, 1958–1960
’58 L’59 L’60 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-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
3–18 14.3%
National Program
19–25 43.2%
Regional Program
19–4 82.6%

Coaching career

1951–1960
Texas Techcaretakerborderline
National Program II → Power Program III
DeWitt Weaver moved Texas Tech from National Program II to Power Program III in 10 seasons.

2nd-best Texas Tech tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Dell Morgan (1946–1950) · succeeded by J.T. King (1961–1969).

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