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Everett Grandelius

Followed Dallas Ward. Everett Grandelius slid Colorado from Power Program III to National Program I in 3 seasons.

20–11
1959–1961 · 1 stint
Colorado
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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 careerCOLORADOPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyColorado, 1959: 5-5, National Program I1959Colorado, 1960: 6-4, National Program II1960Colorado, 1961: 9-2, National Program I1961-2.1One 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).

Colorado, 3 seasons
−2.1
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
10–2
83.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–2
50.0%
Rivalry ledger
Nebraska2–167%
Utah0–10%
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
2–2 50.0%
National Program
7–6 53.8%
Regional Program
11–3 78.6%

Coaching career

1959–1961
Coloradocaretaker
Power Program III → National Program I
Everett Grandelius slid Colorado from Power Program III to National Program I in 3 seasons.

11th-best Colorado tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Dallas Ward (1948–1958) · succeeded by Bud Davis (1962–1962).

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