Jennings Whitworth

Head coach, Oklahoma State, 1950 to 1954

College career22-27-2

Program liftNo. 1,069tied · 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.

0-6 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Bud Wilkinson.

Rivalry record

0-6-1

0.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

9-11-2

40.9% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-5

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Oklahoma0-50%

Texas Tech0-1-10%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bud Wilkinson0-5

5 meetings, 1950–1954

’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L

0% win rate across a real, 5-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

Blue Blood

0-5 0.0%

Power Program

0-2 0.0%

National Program

10-17 37.0%

Regional Program

5-0 100.0%

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 (1950-1954) 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 least3Drafted

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. 1 went in the first round.

At least 3 — his 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 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 · 3 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1955	R5.57	Estimated
1954	R4.35	Estimated
1951	R1.11	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.