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Don Treadwell

Followed Michael Haywood. Don Treadwell held Miami (OH) at Regional Program III for 3 seasons.

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2011–2013 · 1 stint
Miami (OH)
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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 careerMIAMI (OH)Regional Programthe building-block levelMiami (OH), 2011: 4-8, Regional Program III2011Miami (OH), 2012: 4-8, Regional Program III2012Miami (OH), 2013: 0-5, Regional Program IV2013-5.5One 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).

Miami (OH), 3 seasons
−5.5
Regional Program III → Regional Program IV.

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.

1–3 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
1–3
25.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
4–6
40.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Cincinnati0–20%
Ohio1–150%
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–2 0.0%
National Program
0–2 0.0%
Regional Program
7–11 38.9%

Coaching career

2011–2013
Miami (OH)caretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program III
Don Treadwell held Miami (OH) at Regional Program III for 3 seasons.

11th-best Miami (OH) tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Michael Haywood (2009–2010) · succeeded by Chuck Martin (2014–2026).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Tight end from high school
100%
#164 of 188 stints
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints

2 NFL Draft picks: Brandon Brooks (2012), Zac Dysert (2013)

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