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Charley Bradshaw

Followed Blanton Collier. Charley Bradshaw held Kentucky at Power Program III for 7 seasons.

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1962–1968 · 1 stint
Kentucky
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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 careerKENTUCKYPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyKentucky, 1962: 3-5, Power Program III1962Kentucky, 1963: 3-6, Power Program III1963Kentucky, 1964: 5-5, National Program I1964Kentucky, 1965: 6-4, National Program I1965Kentucky, 1966: 3-6, National Program I1966Kentucky, 1967: 2-8, National Program II1967Kentucky, 1968: 3-7, National Program II1968-6.3One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Kentucky, 7 seasons
−6.3
Power Program III → National Program II.

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.

2–5 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Vince Dooley.

Rivalry record
2–5
28.6% · 1 rival
One-score games
11–12–4
40.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–6
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Tennessee2–529%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Vince Dooley1–4
5 meetings, 1964–1968
’64 L’65 W’66 L’67 L’68 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–6 0.0%
Power Program
8–21 27.6%
National Program
8–12 40.0%
Regional Program
6–1 85.7%

Coaching career

1962–1968
Kentuckycaretaker
Power Program III → Power Program III
Charley Bradshaw held Kentucky at Power Program III for 7 seasons.

3rd-best Kentucky tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Blanton Collier (1954–1961) · succeeded by John Ray (1969–1972).

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