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DeWayne King

DeWayne King moved San José State from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 3 seasons.

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1970–1972 · 1 stint
San José 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 careerSAN JOSÉ STATERegional Programthe building-block levelSan José State, 1970: 1-7, Regional Program V1970San José State, 1971: 5-6, Regional Program IV1971San José State, 1972: 4-7, Regional Program IV1972+3.9One 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).

San José State, 3 seasons
+3.9
Regional Program V → 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.

One-score games
3–2–1
50.0% · margin ≤8
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
1–4 20.0%
National Program
2–5 28.6%
Regional Program
1–2 33.3%

Coaching career

1970–1972
San José Statecaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program IV
DeWayne King moved San José State from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 3 seasons.

13th-best San José State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Darryl Rogers (1973–1975).

1 NFL Draft pick: Cody Jones (1973)

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