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Tom Wilson

Followed Emory Bellard. Tom Wilson held Texas A&M at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

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1979–1981 · 1 stint
Texas A&M
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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 careerTEXAS A&MPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyTexas A&M, 1979: 6-5, Power Program III1979Texas A&M, 1980: 4-7, Power Program III1980Texas A&M, 1981: 7-5, Power Program III1981-1.6One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas A&M, 3 seasons
−1.6
Power Program III → Power 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.

2–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Grant Teaff.

Rivalry record
2–1
66.7% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–9
40.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–0
100.0%
Rivalry ledger
Texas2–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. Grant Teaff0–3
3 meetings, 1979–1981
’79 L’80 L’81 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
Blue Blood
2–0 100.0%
Power Program
2–9 18.2%
National Program
6–7 46.2%
Regional Program
7–1 87.5%

Coaching career

1979–1981
Texas A&Mcaretaker
Power Program III → Power Program III
Tom Wilson held Texas A&M at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

11th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Emory Bellard (1972–1978) · succeeded by Jackie Sherrill (1982–1988).

8 NFL Draft picks: Tony Franklin (1979), Cody Risien (1979), Curtis Dickey (1980), Jacob Green (1980), Mike Mosley (1981), Mack Moore (1981), Keith Baldwin (1982), Mike Whitwell (1982)

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