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George MacIntyre

Followed Fred Pancoast. George MacIntyre moved Vanderbilt from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 7 seasons.

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1979–1985 · 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 careerVANDERBILTRegional Programthe building-block levelVanderbilt, 1979: 1-10, Regional Program IV1979Vanderbilt, 1980: 2-9, Regional Program V1980Vanderbilt, 1981: 4-7, Regional Program V1981Vanderbilt, 1982: 8-4, Regional Program IV1982Vanderbilt, 1983: 2-9, Regional Program III1983Vanderbilt, 1984: 5-6, Regional Program III1984Vanderbilt, 1985: 3-7, Regional Program III1985+3.5One 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).

Vanderbilt, 7 seasons
+3.5
Regional Program IV → Regional Program III.

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.

1–6 against his rivals. Winless in 7 tries against Vince Dooley.

Rivalry record
1–6
14.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
10–13–1
41.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Tennessee1–614%
The toughest matchup
vs. Vince Dooley0–6–1
7 meetings, 1979–1985
’79 L’80 L’81 L’82 L’83 L’84 L’85 T
0% win rate across a real, 7-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
0–2 0.0%
Blue Blood
1–8 11.1%
Power Program
4–16 20.0%
National Program
9–16 36.0%
Regional Program
9–10 47.4%

Coaching career

1979–1985
Vanderbiltcaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program III
George MacIntyre moved Vanderbilt from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 7 seasons.

15th-best Vanderbilt tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Fred Pancoast (1975–1978) · succeeded by Watson Brown (1986–1990).

6 NFL Draft picks: Preston Brown (1980), Ken Hammond (1982), Jim Arnold (1983), Leonard Coleman (1984), Chuck Scott (1985), Will Wolford (1986)

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