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Frank Murray

Followed Gus Tebell. Frank Murray moved Virginia from Regional Program V to Regional Program II in 9 seasons.

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1937–1945 · 1 stint
Virginia
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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 careerVIRGINIARegional Programthe building-block levelVirginia, 1937: 2-7, Regional Program V1937Virginia, 1938: 4-4, Regional Program V1938Virginia, 1939: 5-4, Regional Program V1939Virginia, 1940: 4-5, Regional Program V1940Virginia, 1941: 8-1, Regional Program III1941Virginia, 1942: 2-6, Regional Program III1942Virginia, 1943: 3-4, Regional Program III1943Virginia, 1944: 6-1, Regional Program III1944Virginia, 1945: 7-2, Regional Program II1945+11.0One 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).

Virginia, 9 seasons
+11.0
Regional Program V → Regional Program II.

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.

3–3 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Raymond Wolf.

Rivalry record
3–3
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
5–8–1
35.7% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Virginia Tech3–350%
The toughest matchup
vs. Raymond Wolf1–4
5 meetings, 1937–1941
’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 W
20% win rate across a real, 5-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
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
2–10 16.7%
Regional Program
14–9 60.9%

Coaching career

1937–1945
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Regional Program V → Regional Program II
Frank Murray moved Virginia from Regional Program V to Regional Program II in 9 seasons.

8th-best Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Gus Tebell (1936–1936) · succeeded by Arthur Guepe (1946–1952).

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