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Jim Brakefield

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

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1972–1979 · 1 stint
App 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 careerAPP STATERegional Programthe building-block levelApp State, 1972: 5-5, Regional Program II1972App State, 1973: 3-7, Regional Program III1973App State, 1974: 6-5, Regional Program III1974App State, 1975: 8-3, Regional Program III1975App State, 1976: 6-4, Regional Program III1976App State, 1977: 2-9, Regional Program III1977App State, 1978: 7-4, Regional Program III1978App State, 1979: 3-8, Regional Program III1979+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

App State, 8 seasons
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Regional Program II → Regional 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.

Winless in 3 tries against Joe Morrison.

One-score games
5–10–1
31.2% · 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
0–6 0.0%
Regional Program
12–22 35.3%

Coaching career

1972–1979
App Statecaretaker
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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