The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Ward Haylett

Ward Haylett slid Kansas State from Regional Program II to Regional Program IV in 3 seasons.

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1942–1944 · 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).

Kansas State, 3 seasons

−12.8

Regional Program IV → Regional Program V.

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.

1–2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Snorter Luster.

Rivalry record

1–2

33.3% · 1 rival

One-score games

1–1

50.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Kansas1–233%

The toughest matchup

vs. Snorter Luster0–3

3 meetings, 1942–1944

’42 L’43 L’44 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

1–4 20.0%

National Program

0–7 0.0%

Regional Program

1–4 20.0%

Coaching career

1942–1944

Kansas Statecaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program IV

Ward Haylett slid Kansas State from Regional Program II to Regional Program IV in 3 seasons.

11th-best Kansas State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Lud Fiser (1945–1945).

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