The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Vaughn Corley

Followed Raymond Curfman. Vaughn Corley held New Mexico State at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

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1948–1950 · 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).

New Mexico State, 3 seasons

−4.3

Regional Program V → 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 Edward Doherty.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

0–1

0.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

New Mexico0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Edward Doherty0–3

3 meetings, 1948–1950

’48 L’49 L’50 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

0–4 0.0%

Regional Program

0–9 0.0%

Coaching career

1948–1950

New Mexico Statecaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

Vaughn Corley held New Mexico State at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

12th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Raymond Curfman (1946–1947) · succeeded by Joe Coleman (1951–1952).

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