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Gerald Hines

Gerald Hines held New Mexico State at Regional Program I for 4 seasons.

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1936–1939 · 1 stint
New Mexico 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 careerNEW MEXICO STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico State, 1936: 6-4, Regional Program I1936New Mexico State, 1937: 7-2, Regional Program I1937New Mexico State, 1938: 7-2, Regional Program I1938New Mexico State, 1939: 3-6, Regional Program I1939+0.0One 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).

New Mexico State, 4 seasons
+0.0
Regional Program I → Regional 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. Just 1–2 against Ted Shipkey.

Rivalry record
2–2
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–3
66.7% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico2–250%
The toughest matchup
vs. Ted Shipkey1–2
3 meetings, 1937–1939
’37 W’38 L’39 L
33% win rate across a real, 3-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
National Program
2–5 28.6%
Regional Program
7–5 58.3%

Coaching career

1936–1939
New Mexico Statecaretaker
Regional Program I
Gerald Hines held New Mexico State at Regional Program I for 4 seasons.

1st-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Julius Johnston (1940–1942).

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