Joseph Yukica: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

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Boston College1968–77 · 68-37Dartmouth1978–81 · 20-17-1All jobs88-54-1

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 4 tries against Joe Paterno.

One-score games

13-8

61.9% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-3

25.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Joe Paterno0-4

4 meetings, 1968–1972

’68 L’69 L’70 L’72 L

0% win rate across a real, 4-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

1-3 25.0%

Power Program

2-6 25.0%

National Program

13-15 46.4%

Regional Program

43-12 78.2%

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 Neil Wheelwright.

One-score games

5-9-1

33.3% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Neil Wheelwright0-3

3 meetings, 1978–1980

’78 L’79 L’80 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

0-1 0.0%

National Program

2-3 40.0%

Regional Program

18-10 64.3%

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.

Just 1-4 against Neil Wheelwright.

One-score games

18-17-1

50.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-3

25.0%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Neil Wheelwright1-4

5 meetings, 1976–1980

’76 W’77 L’78 L’79 L’80 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

1-3 25.0%

Power Program

2-7 22.2%

National Program

15-18 45.5%

Regional Program

61-22 73.5%

Building the roster

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

1Who followed him
2Roster ownership

Followed him here

Boston College→

Dartmouth1978

No confirmed followers on this move. This move predates this database’s 2021 transfer-portal tracking floor, so real followers may be undercounted here.

Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1978-1981) 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.

Builder meaningfully raised a program that wasn't one · Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1978–1981

Dartmouth Steady

National Program I → National Program I (left at National Program II)

Closest comparable run: Ken Hatfield’s Clemson run (1990–1993)

Joseph Yukica slid Dartmouth from National Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

−5.4 pts over 4 seasons · bottom 35% of 3-5-season tenures (717 in sample)

3rd-best Dartmouth tenure of 4 by the numbers.

20-17-1

1968–1977

Boston College Builder≈

National Program III → Power Program III (left at National Program I)

Closest comparable run: Joe Novak’s Northern Illinois run (1996–2007)

Joseph Yukica raised Boston College from National Program III to Power Program III.

+12.1 pts over 10 seasons · top 50% of 10+-season tenures (202 in sample)

6th-best Boston College tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Miller (1962–1967) · succeeded by Ed Chlebek (1978–1980).

20 NFL Draft picks: John Egan (1969), John Fitzgerald (1970), Fred Willis (1971), Frank Harris (1971), Bill Thomas (1972), Jeff Yeates (1973), Steve Corbett (1974), Gordon Browne (1974) + 12 more

68-37

All-time wins

Wins at programs this site tracks, 1936–present — one consistent count for every coach, not each program’s own historically reported total.

2nd all-time at Boston College

Was he good?

Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.

Raised the program

+12.1 pts at Boston College · #171 of 1290 · top quarter

Also coached: Dartmouth (-4.9).