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Jerry Frei

Followed Len Casanova. Jerry Frei held Oregon at National Program II for 5 seasons.

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1967–1971 · 1 stint
Oregon
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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 careerOREGONNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelOregon, 1967: 2-8, National Program II1967Oregon, 1968: 4-6, National Program III1968Oregon, 1969: 5-5, National Program III1969Oregon, 1970: 6-4, National Program III1970Oregon, 1971: 5-6, National Program III1971-5.6One 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).

Oregon, 5 seasons
−5.6
National Program II → 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.

3–7 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against John Ralston.

Rivalry record
3–7
30.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
10–12–2
41.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Washington3–260%
Oregon State0–50%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. John Ralston0–5
5 meetings, 1967–1971
’67 L’68 L’69 L’70 L’71 L
Performance by opponent class
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
2–4 33.3%
Power Program
1–4 20.0%
National Program
9–15 37.5%
Regional Program
5–5 50.0%

Coaching career

1967–1971
Oregoncaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Jerry Frei held Oregon at National Program II for 5 seasons.

12th-best Oregon tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Len Casanova (1951–1966) · succeeded by Dick Enright (1972–1973).

7 NFL Draft picks: Jim Smith (1968), Andy Maurer (1970), Jim Evenson (1970), Bob Newland (1971), Ahmad Rashad (1972), Tom Drougas (1972), Tom Graham (1972)

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