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Greg McMackin

Followed June Jones. Greg McMackin held Hawai'i at National Program III for 4 seasons.

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2008–2011 · 1 stint
Hawai'i
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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 careerHAWAI'INational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelHawai'i, 2008: 7-7, National Program III2008Hawai'i, 2009: 6-7, Regional Program I2009Hawai'i, 2010: 10-4, National Program III2010Hawai'i, 2011: 6-7, Regional Program I2011-3.9One 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).

Hawai'i, 4 seasons
−3.9
National Program III → 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.

1–2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Chris Petersen.

Rivalry record
1–2
33.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–7
46.2% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
UNLV1–233%
The toughest matchup
vs. Chris Petersen0–3
3 meetings, 2008–2010
’08 L’09 L’10 L
0% 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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–7 0.0%
National Program
4–5 44.4%
Regional Program
18–10 64.3%

Coaching career

2008–2011
Hawai'icaretaker
National Program III → National Program III
Greg McMackin held Hawai'i at National Program III for 4 seasons.

3rd-best Hawai'i tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed June Jones (1999–2007) · succeeded by Norm Chow (2012–2015).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints
Grows Interior line from high school
100%
#198 of 224 stints

8 NFL Draft picks: Colt Brennan (2008), David Veikune (2009), Ryan Mouton (2009), Jake Ingram (2009), Alexander Green (2011), Gregory Salas (2011), Kealoha Pilares (2011), Aaron Brown (2012)

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