Charles Shira

Head coach, Mississippi State, 1967 to 1972

College career16-45-2

Program liftNo. 1,268tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

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 6 tries against Bear Bryant.

Rivalry record

1-4-1

16.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

9-11-2

40.9% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-7

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Ole Miss1-4-117%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bear Bryant0-6

6 meetings, 1967–1972

’67 L’68 L’69 L’70 L’71 L’72 L

0% win rate across a real, 6-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

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0-6 0.0%

Power Program

3-26 10.3%

National Program

4-7 36.4%

Regional Program

7-3 70.0%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1967-1972) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least2Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 2 — his 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 2 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1973	R2.24	Ken Phares	Defensive Back	Pittsburgh Steelers	Estimated
1968	R6.21	D.D. Lewis	Linebacker	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.