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Jack Meagher

Jack Meagher held Auburn at National Program I for 7 seasons.

38–27
1936–1942 · 1 stint
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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 careerAUBURNPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyAuburn, 1936: 7-2, National Program II1936Auburn, 1937: 6-2, National Program I1937Auburn, 1938: 4-5, National Program I1938Auburn, 1939: 5-5, National Program I1939Auburn, 1940: 6-4, National Program I1940Auburn, 1941: 4-5, National Program I1941Auburn, 1942: 6-4, National Program I1942+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 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).

Auburn, 7 seasons
+0.0
National Program II → National 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.

4–2 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Red Dawson.

Rivalry record
4–2–1
57.1% · 1 rival
One-score games
7–15–8
23.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Georgia4–2–157%
The toughest matchup
vs. Red Dawson1–2–3
6 meetings, 1936–1941
’36 T’37 T’38 T’39 L’40 W’41 L
17% win rate across a real, 6-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
8–10 44.4%
National Program
11–11 50.0%
Regional Program
5–2 71.4%

Coaching career

1936–1942
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National Program I
Jack Meagher held Auburn at National Program I for 7 seasons.

14th-best Auburn tenure of 16 by the numbers.

38–27