Gene McEver: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

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Davidson1936–42 · 21-42-4North Carolina1944 · 1-7-1All jobs22-49-5

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.

Winless in 6 tries against Raymond Wolf.

One-score games

7-11-4

31.8% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Raymond Wolf0-6

6 meetings, 1936–1941

’36 L’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 L

0% win rate across a real, 6-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

0-11 0.0%

National Program

1-7 12.5%

Regional Program

13-22 37.1%

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.

0-1 against his rivals at North Carolina.

Rivalry record

0-1

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

1-3-1

20.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Duke0-10%

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

0-3 0.0%

National Program

0-1 0.0%

Regional Program

0-3 0.0%

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.

0-1 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Raymond Wolf.

Rivalry record

0-1

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

8-14-5

29.6% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Duke0-10%

The toughest matchup

vs. Raymond Wolf0-6

6 meetings, 1936–1941

’36 L’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 L

0% win rate across a real, 6-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

0-14 0.0%

National Program

1-8 11.1%

Regional Program

13-25 34.2%

Building the roster

One numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1944-1944) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

Career

Coaching career

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The arc of his career is on Now.

Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1944

North Carolina Steady

National Program I → National Program II

Gene McEver slid North Carolina from National Program I to National Program II in 1 season.

Followed Tom Young (1943) · succeeded by Carl Snavely (1945–1952).

1-7-1

1936–1942

Davidson Steady

Regional Program II

Gene McEver held Davidson at Regional Program II for 7 seasons.

1st-best Davidson tenure of 2 by the numbers.

21-42-4