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J.T. King

Followed DeWitt Weaver. J.T. King held Texas Tech at National Program III for 9 seasons.

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1961–1969 · 1 stint
Texas 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 careerTEXAS TECHNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelTexas Tech, 1961: 4-6, National Program III1961Texas Tech, 1962: 1-9, Regional Program I1962Texas Tech, 1963: 5-5, Regional Program II1963Texas Tech, 1964: 6-4, National Program III1964Texas Tech, 1965: 8-3, National Program III1965Texas Tech, 1966: 4-6, National Program III1966Texas Tech, 1967: 6-4, National Program III1967Texas Tech, 1968: 5-3, National Program III1968Texas Tech, 1969: 5-5, National Program III1969-1.3One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas Tech, 9 seasons
−1.3
National Program III → National 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.

8–13 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Charles Shira.

Rivalry record
8–13
38.1% · 3 rivals
One-score games
18–12–3
54.5% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–5
28.6%
Rivalry ledger
Texas2–722%
Baylor4–544%
Oklahoma State2–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. Charles Shira0–2–1
3 meetings, 1967–1969
’67 L’68 T’69 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
2–5 28.6%
Power Program
3–13 18.8%
National Program
25–23 52.1%
Regional Program
14–4 77.8%

Coaching career

1961–1969
Texas Techcaretaker
National Program III → National Program III
J.T. King held Texas Tech at National Program III for 9 seasons.

15th-best Texas Tech tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed DeWitt Weaver (1951–1960) · succeeded by Jim Carlen (1970–1974).

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