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Pete Cawthon

Pete Cawthon held Texas Tech at National Program II for 5 seasons.

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1936–1940 · 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 careerTEXAS TECHPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyTexas Tech, 1936: 5-4, National Program II1936Texas Tech, 1937: 8-4, National Program II1937Texas Tech, 1938: 10-1, National Program II1938Texas Tech, 1939: 5-5, National Program II1939Texas Tech, 1940: 9-1, National Program II1940+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 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas Tech, 5 seasons
+0.0
National Program II → 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.

2–1 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
2–1–1
50.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
5–3–2
50.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Oklahoma State2–0–167%
Texas0–10%
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
1–0 100.0%
National Program
2–5 28.6%
Regional Program
9–1 90.0%

Coaching career

1936–1940
Texas Techcaretaker
National Program II
Pete Cawthon held Texas Tech at National Program II for 5 seasons.

8th-best Texas Tech tenure of 15 by the numbers.

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