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Jock Sutherland

Jock Sutherland held Pittsburgh at Blue Blood for 3 seasons.

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1936–1938 · 1 stint
Pittsburgh
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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 careerPITTSBURGHBlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderPittsburgh, 1936: 8-1, Power Program I1936Pittsburgh, 1937: 9-0, Blue Blood1937Pittsburgh, 1938: 8-2, Blue Blood1938+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Blue Blood in his 2nd career season — faster than 53% of the 100 FBS coaches who have ever reached Blue Blood (rank #42 of 100 by seasons-to-arrival).

Pittsburgh, 3 seasons
+0.0
Power Program I → Blue Blood.

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.

6–0 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
6–0
100.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
2–1–2
40.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
West Virginia3–0100%
Penn State3–0100%
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
10–1 90.9%
National Program
6–0 100.0%
Regional Program
3–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1936–1938
Pittsburghcaretaker
Blue Blood
Jock Sutherland held Pittsburgh at Blue Blood for 3 seasons.

3rd-best Pittsburgh tenure of 23 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Charles Bowser (1939–1942).

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