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Harry Hughes

Harry Hughes held Colorado State at National Program II for 6 seasons.

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1936–1941 · 1 stint
Colorado 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 careerCOLORADO STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelColorado State, 1936: 4-4, National Program II1936Colorado State, 1937: 1-7, Regional Program I1937Colorado State, 1938: 1-5, Regional Program II1938Colorado State, 1939: 2-7, Regional Program III1939Colorado State, 1940: 3-4, Regional Program III1940Colorado State, 1941: 4-2, Regional Program IV1941+0.0One 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).

Colorado State, 6 seasons
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National Program II → Regional Program IV.

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.

2–7 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Ike Armstrong.

Rivalry record
2–7–3
16.7% · 2 rivals
One-score games
5–7–4
31.2% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Wyoming2–1–333%
Colorado0–60%
The toughest matchup
vs. Ike Armstrong0–6
6 meetings, 1936–1941
’36 L’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 L
0% win rate across a real, 6-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
0–11 0.0%
National Program
0–2 0.0%
Regional Program
9–8 52.9%

Coaching career

1936–1941
Colorado Statecaretaker
National Program II
Harry Hughes held Colorado State at National Program II for 6 seasons.

2nd-best Colorado State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Julius Wagner (1942–1946).

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