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Jimmy Crowley

Jimmy Crowley held Fordham at Power Program III for 6 seasons.

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1936–1941 · 1 stint
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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 careerFORDHAMPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyFordham, 1936: 5-1, National Program I1936Fordham, 1937: 7-0, Power Program III1937Fordham, 1938: 6-1, Power Program III1938Fordham, 1939: 6-2, Power Program III1939Fordham, 1940: 7-2, Power Program III1940Fordham, 1941: 8-1, Power Program III1941+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 2nd career season — faster than 51% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #170 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Fordham, 6 seasons
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National Program I → Power 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.

Winless in 3 tries against Jock Sutherland.

One-score games
6–3–5
42.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–1
66.7%
The toughest matchup
vs. Jock Sutherland0–1–2
3 meetings, 1936–1938
’36 T’37 T’38 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-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
Blue Blood
2–1 66.7%
Power Program
9–4 69.2%
National Program
8–0 100.0%
Regional Program
3–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1936–1941
Fordhamcaretaker
Power Program III
Jimmy Crowley held Fordham at Power Program III for 6 seasons.

1st-best Fordham tenure of 1 by the numbers.

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