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Gwinn Henry

Followed Adrian Lindsey. Gwinn Henry slid Kansas from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

The journeyman
11–34
1936–1942 · 2 stints
New MexicoKansas
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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 careerNEW MEXICOKANSASRegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico, 1936: 2-7, Regional Program II1936+0.0Kansas, 1939: 2-6, Regional Program II1939Kansas, 1940: 2-7, Regional Program III1940Kansas, 1941: 3-6, Regional Program IV1941Kansas, 1942: 2-8, Regional Program IV1942-9.0One 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).

Kansas, 4 seasons
−9.0
Regional Program II → Regional Program IV.

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.

2–7 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Don Faurot.

Rivalry record
2–7
22.2% · 3 rivals
One-score games
2–8
20.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Kansas State2–250%
Missouri0–40%
New Mexico State0–10%
The toughest matchup
vs. Don Faurot0–4
4 meetings, 1939–1942
’39 L’40 L’41 L’42 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
0–9 0.0%
National Program
0–7 0.0%
Regional Program
7–8 46.7%

Coaching career

1939–1942
Kansascaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program II
Gwinn Henry slid Kansas from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

14th-best Kansas tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Adrian Lindsey (1936–1938) · succeeded by Henry Shenk (1943–1945).

9–27
1936–1936
New Mexicocaretaker
Regional Program II
Gwinn Henry held New Mexico at Regional Program II for 1 season.

9th-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Ted Shipkey (1937–1941).

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