Jim Brakefield: coaching record and career

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.

Winless in 3 tries against Joe Morrison.

One-score games

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39.4% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Joe Morrison0-3

3 meetings, 1977–1979

’77 L’78 L’79 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

National Program

1-6 14.3%

Regional Program

19-28 40.4%

Building the roster

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

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1972-1979) 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.

Career

Coaching career

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The arc of his career is on Now.

Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1972–1979

App State Steady

Regional Program II

Jim Brakefield held App State at Regional Program II for 8 seasons.

6th-best App State tenure of 7 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Mike Working (1980–1981).

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