The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Harry Stiteler

Followed Homer Norton. Harry Stiteler held Texas A&M at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

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1948–1950 · 1 stint

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.

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas A&M, 3 seasons

−6.7

Power Program III → National Program I.

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.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Blair Cherry.

Rivalry record

0–4–1

0.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

1–7–2

10.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Texas0–2–10%

LSU0–20%

The toughest matchup

vs. Blair Cherry0–2–1

3 meetings, 1948–1950

’48 T’49 L’50 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

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

2–9 18.2%

National Program

5–10 33.3%

Regional Program

1–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1948–1950

Texas A&Mcaretaker

Power Program III → Power Program III

Harry Stiteler held Texas A&M at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

16th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Homer Norton (1936–1947) · succeeded by Ray George (1951–1953).

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