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Hank Foldberg

Followed Jim Myers. Hank Foldberg held Texas A&M at National Program II for 3 seasons.

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1962–1964 · 1 stint
Texas A&M
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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 careerTEXAS A&MNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelTexas A&M, 1962: 3-7, National Program II1962Texas A&M, 1963: 2-7, National Program II1963Texas A&M, 1964: 1-9, National Program III1964-6.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas A&M, 3 seasons
−6.4
National Program II → National 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.

0–6 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Abe Martin.

Rivalry record
0–6
0.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
4–9–1
28.6% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–6
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
LSU0–30%
Texas0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Abe Martin0–2–1
3 meetings, 1962–1964
’62 L’63 T’64 L
0% 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
0–6 0.0%
Power Program
0–6 0.0%
National Program
4–10 28.6%
Regional Program
2–1 66.7%

Coaching career

1962–1964
Texas A&Mcaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Hank Foldberg held Texas A&M at National Program II for 3 seasons.

19th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Myers (1958–1961) · succeeded by Gene Stallings (1965–1971).

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