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Tim Rose

Followed Tom Reed. Tim Rose slid Miami (OH) from National Program II to National Program III in 7 seasons.

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1983–1989 · 1 stint
Miami (OH)
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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 careerMIAMI (OH)National Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelMiami (OH), 1983: 4-7, National Program III1983Miami (OH), 1984: 4-7, National Program III1984Miami (OH), 1985: 8-2, Regional Program I1985Miami (OH), 1986: 8-4, Regional Program I1986Miami (OH), 1987: 5-6, Regional Program I1987Miami (OH), 1988: 0-10, Regional Program II1988Miami (OH), 1989: 2-8, Regional Program III1989-7.7One 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).

Miami (OH), 7 seasons
−7.7
National Program III → Regional Program III.

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.

6–7 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Jack Harbaugh.

Rivalry record
6–7–1
42.9% · 2 rivals
One-score games
10–17–3
33.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Ohio3–3–143%
Cincinnati3–443%
The toughest matchup
vs. Jack Harbaugh0–3–1
4 meetings, 1983–1986
’83 L’84 L’85 T’86 L
0% 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
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
1–5 16.7%
National Program
4–5 44.4%
Regional Program
26–33 44.1%

Coaching career

1983–1989
Miami (OH)caretaker
National Program II → National Program III
Tim Rose slid Miami (OH) from National Program II to National Program III in 7 seasons.

7th-best Miami (OH) tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Tom Reed (1978–1982) · succeeded by Randy Walker (1990–1998).

1 NFL Draft pick: George Swarn (1987)

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