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Vic Hurt

Vic Hurt held Tulsa at National Program II for 3 seasons.

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1936–1938 · 1 stint
Tulsa
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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 careerTULSANational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelTulsa, 1936: 5-2, National Program II1936Tulsa, 1937: 6-2, National Program II1937Tulsa, 1938: 4-5, National Program II1938+0.0One 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).

Tulsa, 3 seasons
+0.0
National Program II → National Program II.

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.

Winless in 3 tries against Dutch Meyer.

One-score games
1–2–3
16.7% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Dutch Meyer0–3
3 meetings, 1936–1938
’36 L’37 L’38 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
Power Program
0–4 0.0%
National Program
2–3 40.0%
Regional Program
5–1 83.3%

Coaching career

1936–1938
Tulsacaretaker
National Program II
Vic Hurt held Tulsa at National Program II for 3 seasons.

6th-best Tulsa tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Chet Benefiel (1939–1940).

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