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Jim Wood

Followed Warren Woodson. Jim Wood slid New Mexico State from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 5 seasons.

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1968–1972 · 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 STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico State, 1968: 5-5, Regional Program I1968New Mexico State, 1969: 5-5, Regional Program I1969New Mexico State, 1970: 4-6, Regional Program II1970New Mexico State, 1971: 5-5, Regional Program II1971New Mexico State, 1972: 2-9, Regional Program III1972-4.0One 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
−4.0
Regional Program I → 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.

1–3 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Robert Dobbs.

Rivalry record
1–3–1
20.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
3–7–1
27.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico1–3–120%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Robert Dobbs1–4
5 meetings, 1968–1972
’68 L’69 W’70 L’71 L’72 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
2–12 14.3%
Regional Program
4–10 28.6%

Coaching career

1968–1972
New Mexico Statecaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program I
Jim Wood slid New Mexico State from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 5 seasons.

2nd-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Warren Woodson (1958–1967) · succeeded by Jim Bradley (1973–1977).

8 NFL Draft picks: Joe Schniesing (1968), Roy Gerela (1969), Ruby Jackson (1969), Rick Hackley (1969), George Wells (1971), Ron James (1972), Joe Jackson (1972), Andy Dorris (1973)

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