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Jack Curtice

Followed Chuck Taylor. Jack Curtice slid Stanford from National Program I to National Program II in 5 seasons.

The journeyman
99–85
1941–1962 · 4 stints
West TexasUTEPUtahStanford
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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 careerWEST TEXASUTEPUTAHSTANFORDNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelWest Texas, 1941: 8-2, National Program II1941+0.0UTEP, 1946: 3-6, Regional Program I1946UTEP, 1947: 5-3, Regional Program IUTEP, 1948: 8-2, National Program IIIUTEP, 1949: 8-2, National Program II1949+0.0Utah, 1950: 3-4, National Program II1950Utah, 1951: 7-4, National Program IIIUtah, 1952: 6-3, National Program IIIUtah, 1953: 8-2, National Program IIUtah, 1954: 4-7, National Program IIIUtah, 1955: 6-3, National Program IIIUtah, 1956: 5-5, National Program IIIUtah, 1957: 6-4, National Program II1957-5.7Stanford, 1958: 2-8, National Program II1958Stanford, 1959: 3-7, National Program IIStanford, 1960: 0-10, National Program IIIStanford, 1961: 4-6, Regional Program IStanford, 1962: 5-5, Regional Program I1962-14.7One 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).

UTEP, 4 seasons
+0.0
Regional Program I → National Program II.
Utah, 8 seasons
−5.7
National Program II → National Program II.
Stanford, 5 seasons
−14.7
National 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.

9–10 against his rivals. Winless in 8 tries against Dallas Ward.

Rivalry record
9–10–2
42.9% · 3 rivals
One-score games
18–24–5
38.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
BYU7–0–188%
Colorado0–7–10%
California2–340%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Dallas Ward0–7–1
8 meetings, 1950–1957
’50 T’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L’55 L’56 L’57 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
2–15 11.8%
National Program
3–40 7.0%
Regional Program
55–21 72.4%

Coaching career

1958–1962
Stanfordcaretakerborderline
National Program I → National Program II
Jack Curtice slid Stanford from National Program I to National Program II in 5 seasons.

16th-best Stanford tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Chuck Taylor (1951–1957) · succeeded by John Ralston (1963–1971).

14–36
1950–1957
Utahcaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Jack Curtice held Utah at National Program II for 8 seasons.

9th-best Utah tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Ike Armstrong (1936–1949) · succeeded by Ray Nagel (1958–1965).

45–32
1946–1949
UTEPcaretaker
National Program II
Jack Curtice held UTEP at National Program II for 4 seasons.

4th-best UTEP tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Mike Brumbelow (1950–1956).

24–13
1941–1941
West Texascaretaker
National Program II
Jack Curtice held West Texas at National Program II for 1 season.

1st-best West Texas tenure of 4 by the numbers.

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