James Stewart

Head coach, SMU, 1942 to 1944

College career10-18-2

Program liftNo. 1,137tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

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. Winless in 3 tries against Dana Bible.

Rivalry record

3-3

50.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

5-7-2

35.7% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

TCU2-167%

Rice1-233%

The toughest matchup

vs. Dana Bible0-3

3 meetings, 1942–1944

’42 L’43 L’44 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

Power Program

2-11 15.4%

National Program

3-4 42.9%

Regional Program

1-1 50.0%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1942-1944) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least4Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 4 — his 1942, 1943, 1944 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 4 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1945	R2.15	Estimated
1945	R3.22	Estimated
1945	R6.46	Estimated
1944	R5.35	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.