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Jim Miller

Followed Ernest Hefferle. Jim Miller held Boston College at National Program II for 6 seasons.

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1962–1967 · 1 stint
Boston College
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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 careerBOSTON COLLEGENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBoston College, 1962: 8-2, National Program II1962Boston College, 1963: 6-3, National Program II1963Boston College, 1964: 6-3, National Program II1964Boston College, 1965: 6-4, National Program II1965Boston College, 1966: 4-6, National Program II1966Boston College, 1967: 4-6, National Program III1967+2.7One 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).

Boston College, 6 seasons
+2.7
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.

Just 1–5 against Ben Schwartzwalder.

One-score games
6–4
60.0% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Ben Schwartzwalder1–5
6 meetings, 1962–1967
’62 L’63 L’64 W’65 L’66 L’67 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
1–13 7.1%
National Program
2–3 40.0%
Regional Program
15–5 75.0%

Coaching career

1962–1967
Boston Collegecaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Jim Miller held Boston College at National Program II for 6 seasons.

10th-best Boston College tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Ernest Hefferle (1960–1961) · succeeded by Joseph Yukica (1968–1977).

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