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Joseph Yukica

Joseph Yukica held Dartmouth at National Program I for 4 seasons.

Peak, then fade
88–54
1968–1981 · 2 stints
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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 COLLEGEDARTMOUTHPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBoston College, 1968: 6-3, National Program III1968Boston College, 1969: 5-4, National Program III1969Boston College, 1970: 8-2, National Program III1970Boston College, 1971: 9-2, National Program II1971Boston College, 1972: 4-7, National Program II1972Boston College, 1973: 7-4, National Program II1973Boston College, 1974: 8-3, National Program I1974Boston College, 1975: 7-4, National Program I1975Boston College, 1976: 8-3, Power Program III1976Boston College, 1977: 6-5, National Program I1977+12.1Dartmouth, 1978: 6-3, National Program I1978Dartmouth, 1979: 4-4, National Program II1979Dartmouth, 1980: 4-6, National Program II1980Dartmouth, 1981: 6-4, National Program II1981-4.9One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 9th career season — faster than 10% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #332 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Boston College, 10 seasons
+12.1
National Program III → National Program I.
Dartmouth, 4 seasons
−4.9
National Program I → National 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.

Just 1–4 against Neil Wheelwright.

One-score games
13–12
52.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
1–3
25.0%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Neil Wheelwright1–4
5 meetings, 1976–1980
’76 W’77 L’78 L’79 L’80 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
1–3 25.0%
Power Program
2–7 22.2%
National Program
15–18 45.5%
Regional Program
38–15 71.7%

Coaching career

1978–1981
Dartmouthcaretaker
National Program I → National Program I
Joseph Yukica held Dartmouth at National Program I for 4 seasons.

3rd-best Dartmouth tenure of 4 by the numbers.

1 NFL Draft pick: Gregg Robinson (1978)

20–17
1968–1977
Boston Collegebuilderborderline
National Program III → Power Program III
Joseph Yukica raised Boston College from National Program III to Power Program III.

6th-best Boston College tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Miller (1962–1967) · succeeded by Ed Chlebek (1978–1980).

21 NFL Draft picks: Brendan McCarthy (1968), John Egan (1969), John Fitzgerald (1970), Fred Willis (1971), Frank Harris (1971), Bill Thomas (1972), Jeff Yeates (1973), Steve Corbett (1974) + 13 more

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