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Craig Fertig

Followed Dee Andros. Craig Fertig held Oregon State at Regional Program I for 4 seasons.

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1976–1979 · 1 stint
Oregon 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 careerOREGON STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelOregon State, 1976: 2-10, Regional Program I1976Oregon State, 1977: 2-9, Regional Program II1977Oregon State, 1978: 3-7, Regional Program II1978Oregon State, 1979: 1-10, Regional Program III1979-3.6One 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).

Oregon State, 4 seasons
−3.6
Regional Program I → 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.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Don James.

Rivalry record
0–4
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–7–1
42.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–4
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Oregon0–40%
The toughest matchup
vs. Don James0–4
4 meetings, 1976–1979
’76 L’77 L’78 L’79 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
0–4 0.0%
Power Program
2–10 16.7%
National Program
4–13 23.5%
Regional Program
2–9 18.2%

Coaching career

1976–1979
Oregon Statecaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program I
Craig Fertig held Oregon State at Regional Program I for 4 seasons.

12th-best Oregon State tenure of 17 by the numbers.

Followed Dee Andros (1965–1975) · succeeded by Joe Avezzano (1980–1984).

4 NFL Draft picks: Bob Horn (1976), Dennis Boyd (1977), Greg Marshall (1978), Jerry Wilkinson (1979)

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