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Mack Saxon

Mack Saxon held UTEP at National Program III for 6 seasons.

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1936–1941 · 1 stint
UTEP
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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 careerUTEPNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelUTEP, 1936: 5-3, Regional Program I1936UTEP, 1937: 7-1, Regional Program I1937UTEP, 1938: 6-3, National Program III1938UTEP, 1939: 5-4, National Program III1939UTEP, 1940: 4-4, National Program III1940UTEP, 1941: 4-5, Regional Program I1941+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 3rd career season — faster than 25% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #454 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

UTEP, 6 seasons
+0.0
Regional Program I → Regional Program I.

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 1–2 against Miles Casteel.

One-score games
6–4–2
50.0% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Miles Casteel1–2
3 meetings, 1939–1941
’39 W’40 L’41 L
33% 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
National Program
3–7 30.0%
Regional Program
11–6 64.7%

Coaching career

1936–1941
UTEPcaretaker
National Program III
Mack Saxon held UTEP at National Program III for 6 seasons.

5th-best UTEP tenure of 20 by the numbers.

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