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Jack Crowe

Followed Ken Hatfield. Jack Crowe held Arkansas at Power Program II for 3 seasons.

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1990–1992 · 1 stint
Arkansas
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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 careerARKANSASPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyArkansas, 1990: 3-8, Power Program II1990Arkansas, 1991: 6-6, Power Program III1991Arkansas, 1992: 0-1, Power Program III1992-10.7One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Arkansas, 3 seasons
−10.7
Power Program II → Power Program III.

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.

One-score games
3–6
33.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Performance by opponent class
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
2–5 28.6%
National Program
0–6 0.0%
Regional Program
7–2 77.8%

Coaching career

1990–1992
Arkansascaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program II
Jack Crowe held Arkansas at Power Program II for 3 seasons.

4th-best Arkansas tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Ken Hatfield (1984–1989) · succeeded by Danny Ford (1993–1997).

3 NFL Draft picks: Barry Foster (1990), Derek Russell (1991), Raylee Johnson (1993)

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