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Stan Drayton

Followed Rod Carey. Stan Drayton slid Temple from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

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2022–2024 · 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 careerTEMPLERegional Programthe building-block levelTemple, 2022: 3-9, Regional Program III2022Temple, 2023: 3-9, Regional Program III2023Temple, 2024: 3-7, Regional Program IV2024-7.2One 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).

Temple, 3 seasons
−7.2
Regional Program III → Regional Program IV.

Style position and drift

Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.

50%60%Temple2022–2024▼ 8.7pt
Pass rate — share of offensive plays that were pass attemptsfirst covered seasonmost recent covered seasonfull season-to-season range (3+ covered seasons)
How much that is, against every other stint

Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.

Typical stint7.010.2 median13.9middle half of all stints
Temple8.9pt#154 of 258 · a typical amount

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.

One-score games
1–5
16.7% · margin ≤8
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
0–6 0.0%
Regional Program
3–10 23.1%

His own effect, isolated

A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.

Offense marginal impact
-0.34
#269 of 319 · less than most
Defense marginal impact
-0.14
#243 of 325 · a typical amount

Model fit as of 2026-09-04.

Coaching career

2022–2024
Templecaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program III
Stan Drayton slid Temple from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

13th-best Temple tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Recruiter or developer?

Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.

Offense vs. talent
-25.9 pts
#193 of 208 · less than most
Defense vs. talent
-24.5 pts
#187 of 208 · less than most
Recruiting talent is team-wide (no offense/defense split exists in the source data) -- both sides are scored against the same talent input, only the outcome is side-specific.

Followed Rod Carey (2019–2021) · succeeded by K.C. Keeler (2025–2026).

Season202220232024Trend
Record & result
Record3–93–90–2
Postseason———
Recruiting rank#94#85#115
Style — pass rate
Pass rate60.360.551.7
Coordinators
OCDanny LangsdorfDanny LangsdorfDanny Langsdorf
DCD. J. EliotEverett WithersEverett Withers
Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile
Offense39164
Defense29927
Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only)
1st-down pass%47.947.945.0
Red-zone pass%52.057.041.7
4th-down go%opp. territory43.961.522.2
Roster construction · portal era

A typical amount of portal roster-building.

Portal arrivals
38
2.9★ avg rating
Portal departures
77
left via the portal
Net portal flow
-39
#99 of 187 FBS stints
Who they bring in

Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.

Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.

Avg. size (raw)
6′2″, 228 lbs
across 32 of 38 arrivals — unadjusted for position mix
Size vs. position-typical
+1.9 lbs
#186 of 255 · a typical amount
Avg. class year
Sr
#7 of 255 · more than most
Top states: GA (7), FL (5), NJ (3), MD (2), IN (2)
Who won the portal our read
Talent added
51.7
position-weighted
Talent lost
53.4
position-weighted
Net
-1.7
arrivals minus departures
Best addition: Quincy Patterson (QB) from North Dakota State
Biggest loss: E.J. Warner (QB) to Rice
Position-value-weighted (QB/CB weighted highest, depth-decayed within each position) — the same scoring engine as the Portal Heat feed, not a separate grade.
Does the system survive a coordinator change?
DC: D. J. Eliot → Everett Withers · 2023
29th pct9th pct0th100th
1-season window either side — numbers shown, not enough to badge a verdict.
Roster size, by position
Skill positions · usage-weighted (real participation)
Quarterback
205 lbs
6′2″ avg · #604 of 767 · less than most
Running back
211 lbs
5′11″ avg · #238 of 791 · a typical amount
Wide receiver
187 lbs
6′1″ avg · #649 of 791 · less than most
Tight end
243 lbs
6′4″ avg · #470 of 731 · a typical amount
Trench & secondary · recruited roster, not confirmed starters
Interior line
300 lbs
6′5″ avg · #684 of 779 · less than most
D-line
280 lbs
6′3″ avg · #467 of 753 · a typical amount
Linebacker
225 lbs
6′2″ avg · #555 of 772 · a typical amount
Cornerback
190 lbs
6′0″ avg · #374 of 771 · a typical amount
Safety
199 lbs
6′1″ avg · #108 of 346 · a typical amount
Offensive-line size is one undifferentiated bucket — the source data almost never distinguishes tackle from guard from center, so we can't split them out.
Where the roster comes from, by position
Buys Safety via the portal
67%
#27 of 218 stints
Buys Running back via the portal
71%
#30 of 208 stints
Grows Edge from high school
88%
#185 of 208 stints
Grows Wide receiver from high school
69%
#190 of 243 stints

1 NFL Draft pick: Jordan Magee (2024)

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