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Larry Marmie

Followed John Cooper. Larry Marmie inherited a Power Program I Arizona State and won with it.

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1988–1991 · 1 stint
Arizona 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 careerARIZONA STATEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyArizona State, 1988: 6-5, Power Program II1988Arizona State, 1989: 6-4, Power Program III1989Arizona State, 1990: 4-7, Power Program III1990Arizona State, 1991: 6-5, Power Program III1991-11.2One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Arizona State, 4 seasons
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Power Program II → 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.

1–3 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Dick Tomey.

Rivalry record
1–3
25.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
11–4–1
68.8% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Arizona1–325%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dick Tomey1–3
4 meetings, 1988–1991
’88 L’89 L’90 L’91 W
25% 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
2–12 14.3%
National Program
10–7 58.8%
Regional Program
9–2 81.8%

Coaching career

1988–1991
Arizona Stateinheritor
Power Program I → Power Program II
Larry Marmie inherited a Power Program I Arizona State and won with it.

5th-best Arizona State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed John Cooper (1985–1987) · succeeded by Bruce Snyder (1992–2000).

7 NFL Draft picks: Lynn James (1990), Leonard Russell (1991), Floyd Fields (1991), Paul Justin (1991), Darren Woodson (1992), Phillippi Sparks (1992), Shane Collins (1992)

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