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Frank Potts

Followed Bunny Oakes. Frank Potts held Colorado at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

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1940–1945 · 1 stint
Colorado
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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 careerCOLORADOPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyColorado, 1940: 5-3, Power Program III1940Colorado, 1944: 6-2, National Program I1944Colorado, 1945: 5-3, National Program I1945-3.9One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Colorado, 3 seasons
−3.9
Power Program III → National Program I.

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.

4–1 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
4–1
80.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
3–2
60.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Utah2–167%
Colorado State2–0100%
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
2–2 50.0%
Regional Program
8–1 88.9%

Coaching career

1940–1945
Coloradocaretaker
Power Program III → Power Program III
Frank Potts held Colorado at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

7th-best Colorado tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Bunny Oakes (1936–1939).

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