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Ted Cox

Ted Cox held Oklahoma State at Regional Program II for 3 seasons.

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1936–1938 · 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 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).

Oklahoma State, 3 seasons

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Regional Program II → Regional Program IV.

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.

0–5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Vic Hurt.

Rivalry record

0–5

0.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

0–1

0.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Oklahoma0–30%

Texas Tech0–20%

The toughest matchup

vs. Vic Hurt0–3

3 meetings, 1936–1938

’36 L’37 L’38 L

0% 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

0–1 0.0%

National Program

0–12 0.0%

Coaching career

1936–1938

Oklahoma Statecaretaker

Regional Program II

Ted Cox held Oklahoma State at Regional Program II for 3 seasons.

15th-best Oklahoma State tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Jim Lookabaugh (1939–1949).

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