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Frank Camp

Frank Camp held Louisville at Regional Program I for 7 seasons.

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1962–1968 · 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 careerLOUISVILLENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelLouisville, 1962: 6-4, Regional Program I1962Louisville, 1963: 3-7, Regional Program I1963Louisville, 1964: 1-9, Regional Program III1964Louisville, 1965: 6-4, Regional Program III1965Louisville, 1966: 6-4, Regional Program III1966Louisville, 1967: 5-5, Regional Program II1967Louisville, 1968: 5-5, Regional Program II1968+0.0One 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).

Louisville, 7 seasons
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Regional Program I → 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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Billy Murphy.

Rivalry record
0–3
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
5–11
31.2% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Cincinnati0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Billy Murphy0–4
4 meetings, 1962–1968
’62 L’63 L’64 L’68 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
National Program
4–11 26.7%
Regional Program
12–17 41.4%

Coaching career

1962–1968
Louisvillecaretaker
Regional Program I
Frank Camp held Louisville at Regional Program I for 7 seasons.

12th-best Louisville tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Lee Corso (1969–1972).

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