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Glenn Thistlethwaite

Glenn Thistlethwaite held Richmond at Regional Program II for 6 seasons.

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1936–1941 · 1 stint
Richmond
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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 careerRICHMONDNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelRichmond, 1936: 4-4, Regional Program II1936Richmond, 1937: 5-4, Regional Program II1937Richmond, 1938: 6-3, Regional Program III1938Richmond, 1939: 7-1, Regional Program III1939Richmond, 1940: 6-3, Regional Program II1940Richmond, 1941: 2-7, Regional Program III1941+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).

Richmond, 6 seasons
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Regional Program II → 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.

One-score games
3–0–1
75.0% · margin ≤8
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
1–0 100.0%
National Program
0–1 0.0%
Regional Program
5–5 50.0%

Coaching career

1936–1941
Richmondcaretaker
Regional Program II
Glenn Thistlethwaite held Richmond at Regional Program II for 6 seasons.

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

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