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Jack Harding

Followed Irl Tubbs. Jack Harding held Miami at National Program III for 9 seasons.

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1937–1947 · 1 stint
Miami
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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 careerMIAMINational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelMiami, 1937: 4-4, National Program III1937Miami, 1938: 8-2, National Program III1938Miami, 1939: 5-5, National Program III1939Miami, 1940: 3-7, Regional Program II1940Miami, 1941: 8-2, Regional Program II1941Miami, 1942: 7-2, Regional Program II1942Miami, 1945: 9-1, Regional Program II1945Miami, 1946: 8-2, Regional Program I1946Miami, 1947: 2-7, Regional Program I1947-5.6One 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).

Miami, 9 seasons
−5.6
National Program III → 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 3 tries against Wallace Butts.

One-score games
9–7–2
50.0% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Wallace Butts0–3
3 meetings, 1939–1945
’39 L’40 L’45 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
Power Program
0–4 0.0%
National Program
7–8 46.7%
Regional Program
10–12 45.5%

Coaching career

1937–1947
Miamicaretaker
National Program III → National Program III
Jack Harding held Miami at National Program III for 9 seasons.

20th-best Miami tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Irl Tubbs (1936–1936) · succeeded by Andy Gustafson (1948–1963).

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