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Ted Shipkey

Ted Shipkey held Montana at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

The journeyman
42–33
1937–1951 · 2 stints
New MexicoMontana
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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 careerNEW MEXICOMONTANARegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico, 1937: 4-4, Regional Program II1937New Mexico, 1938: 8-3, Regional Program II1938New Mexico, 1939: 8-2, Regional Program II1939New Mexico, 1940: 5-4, Regional Program II1940New Mexico, 1941: 5-4, Regional Program II1941+1.5Montana, 1949: 5-4, Regional Program V1949Montana, 1950: 5-5, Regional Program V1950Montana, 1951: 2-7, Regional Program V1951-3.4One 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).

New Mexico, 5 seasons
+1.5
Regional Program II → Regional Program II.
Montana, 3 seasons
−3.4
Regional Program V → Regional Program V.

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.

4–1 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Pete Cawthon.

Rivalry record
4–1
80.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
10–10–2
45.5% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico State4–180%
The toughest matchup
vs. Pete Cawthon1–3
4 meetings, 1937–1940
’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 W
25% win rate across a real, 4-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
5–16 23.8%
Regional Program
16–10 61.5%

Coaching career

1949–1951
Montanacaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Ted Shipkey held Montana at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

1st-best Montana tenure of 1 by the numbers.

12–16
1937–1941
New Mexicocaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program II
Ted Shipkey held New Mexico at Regional Program II for 5 seasons.

5th-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Gwinn Henry (1936–1936) · succeeded by Willis Barnes (1942–1946).

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