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George Hauser

George Hauser inherited a Dynasty Minnesota and won with it.

15–11
1942–1944 · 1 stint
Minnesota
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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 careerMINNESOTADynastythe sport's summitBlue Bloodpermanent top tierMinnesota, 1942: 5-4, Dynasty1942Minnesota, 1943: 5-4, Blue Blood1943Minnesota, 1944: 5-3, Blue Blood1944-12.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Dynasty in his 1st career season — faster than 87% of the 15 FBS coaches who have ever reached Dynasty (rank #1 of 15 by seasons-to-arrival).

Minnesota, 3 seasons
−12.4
Dynasty → Blue Blood.

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.

5–1 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Fritz Crisler.

Rivalry record
5–1
83.3% · 2 rivals
One-score games
3–3–1
42.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Iowa3–0100%
Wisconsin2–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. Fritz Crisler1–2
3 meetings, 1942–1944
’42 W’43 L’44 L
33% 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
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
4–3 57.1%
National Program
7–3 70.0%
Regional Program
3–1 75.0%

Coaching career

1942–1944
Minnesotainheritor
Dynasty → Dynasty
George Hauser inherited a Dynasty Minnesota and won with it.

2nd-best Minnesota tenure of 15 by the numbers.

15–11