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Homer Norton

Homer Norton held Texas A&M at Power Program I for 12 seasons.

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1936–1947 · 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&MBlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyTexas A&M, 1936: 8-3, National Program II1936Texas A&M, 1937: 5-2, National Program II1937Texas A&M, 1938: 4-4, National Program I1938Texas A&M, 1939: 11-0, Power Program II1939Texas A&M, 1940: 9-1, Power Program I1940Texas A&M, 1941: 9-2, Power Program I1941Texas A&M, 1942: 4-5, Power Program I1942Texas A&M, 1943: 7-2, Power Program I1943Texas A&M, 1944: 7-4, Power Program I1944Texas A&M, 1945: 6-4, Power Program II1945Texas A&M, 1946: 4-6, Power Program II1946Texas A&M, 1947: 3-6, Power Program III1947+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 4th career season — faster than 37% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #215 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas A&M, 12 seasons
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National Program II → Power 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.

4–15 against his rivals. Just 2–8 against Dana Bible.

Rivalry record
4–15
21.1% · 2 rivals
One-score games
15–19–6
37.5% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Texas2–1017%
LSU2–529%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Dana Bible2–8
10 meetings, 1937–1946
’37 W’38 L’39 W’40 L’41 L’42 L’43 L’44 L’45 L’46 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
16–21 43.2%
National Program
30–13 69.8%
Regional Program
6–2 75.0%

Coaching career

1936–1947
Texas A&Mcaretaker
Power Program I
Homer Norton held Texas A&M at Power Program I for 12 seasons.

1st-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Harry Stiteler (1948–1950).

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