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Al Kincaid

Al Kincaid held Arkansas State at Regional Program III for 2 seasons.

The journeyman
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1981–1991 · 2 stints
WyomingArkansas 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 careerWYOMINGARKANSAS STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelWyoming, 1981: 8-3, Regional Program I1981Wyoming, 1982: 5-7, Regional Program I1982Wyoming, 1983: 7-5, Regional Program I1983Wyoming, 1984: 6-6, Regional Program I1984Wyoming, 1985: 3-8, Regional Program II1985+0.9Arkansas State, 1990: 3-7, Regional Program III1990Arkansas State, 1991: 1-10, Regional Program IV1991+0.0One 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).

Wyoming, 5 seasons
+0.9
Regional Program I → Regional Program II.
Arkansas State, 2 seasons
+0.0
Regional Program III → Regional Program IV.

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.

2–2 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against LaVell Edwards.

Rivalry record
2–2
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
7–15–1
30.4% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–3
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Colorado State2–250%
The toughest matchup
vs. LaVell Edwards1–4
5 meetings, 1981–1985
’81 W’82 L’83 L’84 L’85 L
20% win rate across a real, 5-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
Blue Blood
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
1–5 16.7%
National Program
5–7 41.7%
Regional Program
13–26 33.3%

Coaching career

1990–1991
Arkansas Statecaretaker
Regional Program III
Al Kincaid held Arkansas State at Regional Program III for 2 seasons.

7th-best Arkansas State tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Ray Perkins (1992–1992).

1 NFL Draft pick: Fred Barnett (1990)

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1981–1985
Wyomingcaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program I
Al Kincaid moved Wyoming from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 5 seasons.

9th-best Wyoming tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Pat Dye (1980–1980) · succeeded by Dennis Erickson (1986–1986).

4 NFL Draft picks: Guy Frazier (1981), Jim Eliopulos (1982), Chris Kolodziejski (1984), Jay Novacek (1985)

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