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Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty held Georgetown at National Program II for 10 seasons.

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1936–1948 · 1 stint
Georgetown
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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 careerGEORGETOWNNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelGeorgetown, 1936: 6-2, Regional Program II1936Georgetown, 1937: 2-4, Regional Program II1937Georgetown, 1938: 8-0, Regional Program I1938Georgetown, 1939: 7-0, Regional Program I1939Georgetown, 1940: 8-2, National Program II1940Georgetown, 1941: 5-4, National Program II1941Georgetown, 1942: 5-3, National Program II1942Georgetown, 1946: 5-3, National Program III1946Georgetown, 1947: 3-4, National Program III1947Georgetown, 1948: 3-4, Regional Program I1948+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 5th career season — faster than 14% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #547 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Georgetown, 10 seasons
+0.0
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.

Winless in 5 tries against Denny Myers.

One-score games
6–9–4
31.6% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Denny Myers0–5
5 meetings, 1941–1948
’41 L’42 L’46 L’47 L’48 L
0% 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
2–3 40.0%
National Program
7–11 38.9%
Regional Program
10–2 83.3%

Coaching career

1936–1948
Georgetowncaretaker
National Program II
Jack Hagerty held Georgetown at National Program II for 10 seasons.

1st-best Georgetown tenure of 1 by the numbers.

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