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Jim Bradley

Followed Jim Wood. Jim Bradley held New Mexico State at Regional Program III for 5 seasons.

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1973–1977 · 1 stint
New Mexico State
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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 careerNEW MEXICO STATERegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico State, 1973: 5-6, Regional Program III1973New Mexico State, 1974: 5-6, Regional Program III1974New Mexico State, 1975: 5-6, Regional Program III1975New Mexico State, 1976: 4-6, Regional Program III1976New Mexico State, 1977: 4-7, Regional Program III1977-0.9One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

New Mexico State, 5 seasons
−0.9
Regional Program III → Regional 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.

1–4 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Hayden Fry.

Rivalry record
1–4
20.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
4–8
33.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico1–420%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Hayden Fry0–5
5 meetings, 1973–1977
’73 L’74 L’75 L’76 L’77 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
0–7 0.0%
Regional Program
8–17 32.0%

Coaching career

1973–1977
New Mexico Statecaretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program III
Jim Bradley held New Mexico State at Regional Program III for 5 seasons.

5th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Wood (1968–1972) · succeeded by Gil Krueger (1978–1982).

5 NFL Draft picks: Andy Dorris (1973), Jim Germany (1975), Duriel Harris (1976), Walt Williams (1977), Cliff Olander (1977)

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