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Wesley Fry

Wesley Fry held Kansas State at National Program II for 4 seasons.

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1936–1939 · 1 stint
Kansas 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 careerKANSAS STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelKansas State, 1936: 4-3, National Program II1936Kansas State, 1937: 4-5, National Program II1937Kansas State, 1938: 4-4, National Program III1938Kansas State, 1939: 4-5, National Program III1939+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).

Kansas State, 4 seasons
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National Program II → 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.

3–1 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Biff Jones.

Rivalry record
3–1
75.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
3–7–3
23.1% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Kansas3–175%
The toughest matchup
vs. Biff Jones0–3–1
4 meetings, 1936–1939
’36 T’37 L’38 L’39 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
1–6 14.3%
National Program
2–5 28.6%
Regional Program
5–5 50.0%

Coaching career

1936–1939
Kansas Statecaretaker
National Program II
Wesley Fry held Kansas State at National Program II for 4 seasons.

5th-best Kansas State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Hobbs Adams (1940–1946).

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