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Harry Anderson

Followed Robert Titchenal. Harry Anderson held San José State at Regional Program II for 4 seasons.

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1965–1968 · 1 stint
San José State
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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 careerSAN JOSÉ STATERegional Programthe building-block levelSan José State, 1965: 5-5, Regional Program II1965San José State, 1966: 3-7, Regional Program II1966San José State, 1967: 2-7, Regional Program III1967San José State, 1968: 3-7, Regional Program IV1968-3.7One 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).

San José State, 4 seasons
−3.7
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.

Winless in 4 tries against John Ralston.

One-score games
3–1
75.0% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. John Ralston0–4
4 meetings, 1965–1968
’65 L’66 L’67 L’68 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
1–5 16.7%
National Program
1–5 16.7%
Regional Program
6–7 46.2%

Coaching career

1965–1968
San José Statecaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program II
Harry Anderson held San José State at Regional Program II for 4 seasons.

9th-best San José State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Robert Titchenal (1957–1964) · succeeded by Joe McMullen (1969–1970).

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