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Tony Cavallo

Followed James Patton. Tony Cavallo held New Mexico State at Regional Program VI for 3 seasons.

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1955–1957 · 1 stint
New Mexico State
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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 MEXICO STATERegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico State, 1955: 3-7, Regional Program VI1955New Mexico State, 1956: 1-9, Regional Program VI1956New Mexico State, 1957: 3-7, Regional Program VI1957+0.1One 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 State, 3 seasons
+0.1
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI.

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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Dan Devine.

Rivalry record
0–3
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
0–2
0.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dan Devine0–3
3 meetings, 1955–1957
’55 L’56 L’57 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
National Program
0–7 0.0%
Regional Program
0–6 0.0%

Coaching career

1955–1957
New Mexico Statecaretaker
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI
Tony Cavallo held New Mexico State at Regional Program VI for 3 seasons.

19th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed James Patton (1953–1954) · succeeded by Warren Woodson (1958–1967).

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