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Jim Corrigall

Followed Pete Cordelli. Jim Corrigall moved Kent State from Regional Program V to Regional Program VI in 4 seasons.

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1994–1997 · 1 stint
Kent 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 careerKENT STATERegional Programthe building-block levelKent State, 1994: 2-9, Regional Program VI1994Kent State, 1995: 1-9, Regional Program VI1995Kent State, 1996: 2-9, Regional Program VI1996Kent State, 1997: 3-8, Regional Program VI1997+0.8One 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).

Kent State, 4 seasons
+0.8
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI.

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.

2–2 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Randy Walker.

Rivalry record
2–2
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
1–4–1
16.7% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Akron2–250%
The toughest matchup
vs. Randy Walker0–4
4 meetings, 1994–1997
’94 L’95 L’96 L’97 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
National Program
0–4 0.0%
Regional Program
6–29 17.1%

Coaching career

1994–1997
Kent Statecaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program VI
Jim Corrigall moved Kent State from Regional Program V to Regional Program VI in 4 seasons.

16th-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Pete Cordelli (1991–1993) · succeeded by Dean Pees (1998–2003).

2 NFL Draft picks: O.J. Santiago (1997), Bob Hallen (1998)

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