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Chauncey Simpson

Chauncey Simpson held Missouri at National Program I for 3 seasons.

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1943–1945 · 1 stint
Missouri
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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 careerMISSOURIPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyMissouri, 1943: 3-5, National Program I1943Missouri, 1944: 3-5, National Program I1944Missouri, 1945: 6-4, National Program I1945-4.3One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

Missouri, 3 seasons
−4.3
National Program I → National 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.

2–2 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
2–2
50.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
4–5–2
36.4% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–5
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Kansas2–167%
Arkansas0–10%
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–5 0.0%
Power Program
1–3 25.0%
National Program
3–2 60.0%
Regional Program
8–2 80.0%

Coaching career

1943–1945
Missouricaretaker
National Program I → National Program I
Chauncey Simpson held Missouri at National Program I for 3 seasons.

8th-best Missouri tenure of 12 by the numbers.

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