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Adrian Lindsey

Adrian Lindsey held Kansas at National Program III for 3 seasons.

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1936–1938 · 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 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, 3 seasons

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National Program III → Regional Program I.

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.

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

Rivalry record

1–4–1

16.7% · 2 rivals

One-score games

3–3–3

33.3% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Kansas State1–233%

Missouri0–2–10%

The toughest matchup

vs. Biff Jones0–2–1

3 meetings, 1936–1938

’36 L’37 T’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

3–6 33.3%

Regional Program

1–4 20.0%

Coaching career

1936–1938

Kansascaretaker

National Program III

Adrian Lindsey held Kansas at National Program III for 3 seasons.

9th-best Kansas tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Gwinn Henry (1939–1942).

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