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Harold Kopp

Followed Charles Atkinson. Harold Kopp moved BYU from Regional Program VI to Regional Program V in 3 seasons.

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1956–1958 · 1 stint
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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 careerBYURegional Programthe building-block levelBYU, 1956: 2-7, Regional Program VI1956BYU, 1957: 5-3, Regional Program VI1957BYU, 1958: 6-4, Regional Program V1958+3.4One 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).

BYU, 3 seasons
+3.4
Regional Program VI → Regional Program V.

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.

Rivalry record
3–3
50.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
3–3–3
33.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Utah1–233%
Utah State2–167%
Performance by opponent class
National Program
1–4 20.0%
Regional Program
6–4 60.0%

Coaching career

1956–1958
BYUcaretaker
Regional Program VI → Regional Program V
Harold Kopp moved BYU from Regional Program VI to Regional Program V in 3 seasons.

12th-best BYU tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed Charles Atkinson (1949–1955) · succeeded by Tally Stevens (1959–1960).

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