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Ed Emory

Followed Pat Dye. Ed Emory slid East Carolina from National Program I to National Program II in 5 seasons.

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1980–1984 · 1 stint
East Carolina
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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 careerEAST CAROLINANational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelEast Carolina, 1980: 4-7, National Program II1980East Carolina, 1981: 5-6, National Program II1981East Carolina, 1982: 7-4, National Program II1982East Carolina, 1983: 8-3, National Program II1983East Carolina, 1984: 2-9, National Program III1984-7.3One 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).

East Carolina, 5 seasons
−7.3
National Program II → National 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.

1–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bobby Bowden.

Rivalry record
1–4
20.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–8
42.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
NC State1–420%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bobby Bowden0–4
4 meetings, 1980–1984
’80 L’82 L’83 L’84 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
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
1–9 10.0%
National Program
4–14 22.2%
Regional Program
5–3 62.5%

Coaching career

1980–1984
East Carolinacaretaker
National Program I → National Program II
Ed Emory slid East Carolina from National Program I to National Program II in 5 seasons.

2nd-best East Carolina tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Pat Dye (1974–1979) · succeeded by Art Baker (1985–1988).

10 NFL Draft picks: Tony Collins (1981), George Crump (1982), Tootie Robbins (1982), Jody Schulz (1983), Steve Hamilton (1984), Terry Long (1984), Clint Harris (1984), Jeff Pegues (1984) + 2 more

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