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Grant Teaff

Followed Bill Beall. Grant Teaff raised Baylor from Regional Program III to National Program I.

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1972–1992 · 1 stint
Baylor
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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 careerBAYLORPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBaylor, 1972: 5-6, Regional Program III1972Baylor, 1973: 2-9, Regional Program IIIBaylor, 1974: 8-4, Regional Program IIBaylor, 1975: 3-6, Regional Program IBaylor, 1976: 7-3, National Program IIIBaylor, 1977: 5-6, National Program IIIBaylor, 1978: 3-8, National Program IIIBaylor, 1979: 8-4, National Program IIBaylor, 1980: 10-2, National Program IBaylor, 1981: 5-6, National Program IBaylor, 1982: 4-6, National Program IBaylor, 1983: 7-4, National Program IBaylor, 1984: 5-6, National Program IBaylor, 1985: 9-3, National Program IBaylor, 1986: 9-3, National Program IBaylor, 1987: 6-5, National Program IBaylor, 1988: 6-5, National Program IBaylor, 1989: 5-6, National Program IBaylor, 1990: 6-4, National Program IBaylor, 1991: 8-4, National Program IBaylor, 1992: 7-5, National Program I1992+24.6One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 5th career season — faster than 14% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #547 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Baylor, 21 seasons
+24.6
Regional Program III → 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.

27–15 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Bobby Collins.

Rivalry record
27–15
64.3% · 2 rivals
One-score games
46–42–6
48.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
TCU16–576%
Texas Tech11–1052%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Bobby Collins1–4
5 meetings, 1982–1986
’82 L’83 L’84 L’85 W’86 L
Performance by opponent class
Dynasty
0–2 0.0%
Blue Blood
4–12 25.0%
Power Program
29–49 37.2%
National Program
25–25 50.0%
Regional Program
63–16 79.7%

Coaching career

1972–1992
Baylorbuilder
Regional Program III → National Program I
Grant Teaff raised Baylor from Regional Program III to National Program I.

6th-best Baylor tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Beall (1969–1971) · succeeded by Chuck Reedy (1993–1996).

49 NFL Draft picks: Derrel Luce (1975), Steve Beaird (1975), Phillip Kent (1975), Mike Hughes (1976), Leslie Benson (1976), Gary Green (1977), Gary Gregory (1977), Mike Nelms (1977) + 41 more

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