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Floyd Gass

Followed Phil Cutchin. Floyd Gass slid Oklahoma State from Regional Program I to National Program III in 3 seasons.

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1969–1971 · 1 stint
Oklahoma 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 careerOKLAHOMA STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelOklahoma State, 1969: 5-5, National Program III1969Oklahoma State, 1970: 4-7, Regional Program I1970Oklahoma State, 1971: 4-6, Regional Program II1971-1.3One 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).

Oklahoma State, 3 seasons
−1.3
National Program III → 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.

1–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Bob Devaney.

Rivalry record
1–3
25.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
5–3
62.5% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Oklahoma0–30%
Texas Tech1–0100%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bob Devaney0–3
3 meetings, 1969–1971
’69 L’70 L’71 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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
3–10 23.1%
National Program
5–2 71.4%
Regional Program
5–4 55.6%

Coaching career

1969–1971
Oklahoma Statecaretaker
Regional Program I → National Program III
Floyd Gass slid Oklahoma State from Regional Program I to National Program III in 3 seasons.

11th-best Oklahoma State tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Phil Cutchin (1963–1968) · succeeded by Dave Smith (1972–1972).

5 NFL Draft picks: Jon Kolb (1969), Terry Brown (1969), John Ward (1970), Jerry Sherk (1970), Bob Cutburth (1970)

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