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Wayne Hardin

Wayne Hardin held Temple at National Program II for 12 seasons.

Peak, then fade
111–71
1959–1982 · 2 stints
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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 careerNAVYTEMPLEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNavy, 1959: 5-4, Power Program III1959Navy, 1960: 9-2, Power Program IINavy, 1961: 7-3, Power Program IINavy, 1962: 5-5, Power Program IIINavy, 1963: 9-2, Power Program IINavy, 1964: 3-6, Power Program II1964+0.4Temple, 1971: 6-2, Regional Program I1971Temple, 1972: 5-4, Regional Program ITemple, 1973: 9-1, Regional Program ITemple, 1974: 8-2, National Program IITemple, 1975: 6-5, National Program IITemple, 1976: 4-6, National Program IITemple, 1977: 5-5, National Program IIITemple, 1978: 7-3, National Program IIITemple, 1979: 10-2, National Program IITemple, 1980: 4-7, National Program IIITemple, 1981: 5-5, National Program IIITemple, 1982: 4-7, National Program III1982+0.0One 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).

Navy, 6 seasons
+0.4
Power Program III → Power Program II.
Temple, 12 seasons
+0.0
Regional Program I → National 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.

7–1 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Joseph Yukica.

Rivalry record
7–1
87.5% · 3 rivals
One-score games
20–21–2
46.5% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–7
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Army5–183%
Air Force1–0100%
Villanova1–0100%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Joseph Yukica1–4
5 meetings, 1971–1975
’71 L’72 L’73 L’74 W’75 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–7 0.0%
Power Program
14–24 36.8%
National Program
23–25 47.9%
Regional Program
28–6 82.4%

Coaching career

1971–1982
Templecaretaker
National Program II
Wayne Hardin held Temple at National Program II for 12 seasons.

2nd-best Temple tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Bruce Arians (1983–1988).

6 NFL Draft picks: Bill Singletary (1973), Henry Hynoski (1975), Steve Joachim (1975), Don Bitterlich (1976), Joe Klecko (1977), Jim Cooper (1977)

73–49
1959–1964
Navycaretaker
Power Program III → Power Program II
Wayne Hardin moved Navy from Power Program III to Power Program II in 6 seasons.

2nd-best Navy tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Eddie Erdelatz (1950–1958) · succeeded by William Elias (1965–1968).

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