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Harvey Hyde

Followed Tony Knap. Harvey Hyde slid UNLV from National Program III to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.

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1982–1985 · 1 stint
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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 careerUNLVNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelUNLV, 1982: 3-8, Regional Program II1982UNLV, 1983: 7-4, Regional Program I1983UNLV, 1984: 11-2, Regional Program I1984UNLV, 1985: 5-5, Regional Program I1985-0.2One 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).

UNLV, 4 seasons
−0.2
Regional Program II → Regional 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.

0–2 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
0–2
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
5–6–1
41.7% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Hawai'i0–20%
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–2 0.0%
National Program
3–4 42.9%
Regional Program
11–8 57.9%

Coaching career

1982–1985
UNLVcaretaker
National Program III → Regional Program I
Harvey Hyde slid UNLV from National Program III to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.

2nd-best UNLV tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed Tony Knap (1978–1981) · succeeded by Wayne Nunnely (1986–1989).

3 NFL Draft picks: Todd Liebenstein (1982), Kirk Dodge (1984), Randall Cunningham (1985)

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