The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Al Kawal

Followed Ray Morrison. Al Kawal slid Temple from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 4 seasons.

The journeyman
25–29
1947–1952 · 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 careerDRAKETEMPLERegional Programthe building-block levelDrake, 1947: 1-7, Regional Program V1947Drake, 1948: 7-3, Regional Program V1948-1.0Temple, 1949: 5-4, Regional Program III1949Temple, 1950: 4-4, Regional Program III1950Temple, 1951: 6-4, Regional Program III1951Temple, 1952: 2-7, Regional Program III1952-4.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

Drake, 2 seasons
−1.0
Regional Program V → Regional Program V.
Temple, 4 seasons
−4.0
Regional Program III → Regional 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.

Winless in 3 tries against Edward Anderson.

One-score games
6–6–1
46.2% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Edward Anderson0–3
3 meetings, 1950–1952
’50 L’51 L’52 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
3–5 37.5%
Regional Program
5–9 35.7%

Coaching career

1949–1952
Templecaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program III
Al Kawal slid Temple from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 4 seasons.

12th-best Temple tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Ray Morrison (1940–1948).

17–19
1947–1948
Drakecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V
Al Kawal slid Drake from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 2 seasons.

3rd-best Drake tenure of 3 by the numbers.

Followed Vee Green (1936–1946).

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