The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Swede Larson

Followed Hank Hardwick. Swede Larson held Navy at National Program II for 3 seasons.

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1939–1941 · 1 stint

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.

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).

Navy, 3 seasons

+0.9

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.

3–0 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against George Munger.

Rivalry record

3–0

100.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

4–6–2

33.3% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Army3–0100%

The toughest matchup

vs. George Munger1–2

3 meetings, 1939–1941

’39 L’40 L’41 W

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

Power Program

0–3 0.0%

National Program

6–5 54.5%

Regional Program

4–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1939–1941

Navycaretaker

National Program II → National Program II

Swede Larson held Navy at National Program II for 3 seasons.

8th-best Navy tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Hank Hardwick (1937–1938) · succeeded by John Whelchel (1942–1943).

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