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John Anderson

John Anderson raised Brown from Regional Program V to Regional Program I.

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1973–1981 · 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 careerBROWNNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBrown, 1973: 4-3, Regional Program V1973Brown, 1974: 5-4, Regional Program V1974Brown, 1975: 6-2, Regional Program IV1975Brown, 1976: 8-1, Regional Program III1976Brown, 1977: 7-2, Regional Program III1977Brown, 1978: 6-3, Regional Program II1978Brown, 1979: 6-3, Regional Program I1979Brown, 1980: 6-4, Regional Program I1980Brown, 1981: 3-7, Regional Program II1981+17.6One 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).

Brown, 9 seasons
+17.6
Regional Program V → Regional Program II.

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 4 tries against Joseph Yukica.

One-score games
9–9
50.0% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Joseph Yukica0–4
4 meetings, 1978–1981
’78 L’79 L’80 L’81 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
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
8–11 42.1%
Regional Program
9–7 56.2%

Coaching career

1973–1981
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Regional Program V → Regional Program I
John Anderson raised Brown from Regional Program V to Regional Program I.

1st-best Brown tenure of 3 by the numbers.

4 NFL Draft picks: Bob Bateman (1976), John Sinnott (1980), John Woodring (1981), Steve Jordan (1982)

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