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Henry Redd

Henry Redd held Virginia Tech at Regional Program II for 5 seasons.

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1936–1940 · 1 stint
Virginia Tech
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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 careerVIRGINIA TECHNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelVirginia Tech, 1936: 5-5, Regional Program II1936Virginia Tech, 1937: 5-5, Regional Program II1937Virginia Tech, 1938: 3-5, Regional Program III1938Virginia Tech, 1939: 4-5, Regional Program III1939Virginia Tech, 1940: 5-5, Regional Program III1940+0.0One 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).

Virginia Tech, 5 seasons
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Regional Program II → Regional 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.

4–1 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Glenn Thistlethwaite.

Rivalry record
4–1
80.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
3–7–1
27.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Virginia4–180%
The toughest matchup
vs. Glenn Thistlethwaite1–3–1
5 meetings, 1936–1940
’36 W’37 L’38 T’39 L’40 L
20% win rate across a real, 5-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
0–5 0.0%
National Program
0–2 0.0%
Regional Program
5–9 35.7%

Coaching career

1936–1940
Virginia Techcaretaker
Regional Program II
Henry Redd held Virginia Tech at Regional Program II for 5 seasons.

11th-best Virginia Tech tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Jimmy Kitts (1941–1947).

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