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Julius Johnston

Followed Gerald Hines. Julius Johnston slid New Mexico State from Regional Program I to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

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1940–1942 · 1 stint
New Mexico 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 careerNEW MEXICO STATERegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico State, 1940: 3-6, Regional Program III1940New Mexico State, 1941: 2-7, Regional Program IV1941New Mexico State, 1942: 1-8, Regional Program V1942-13.7One 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).

New Mexico State, 3 seasons
−13.7
Regional Program III → Regional Program V.

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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Miles Casteel.

Rivalry record
0–3
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
0–1
0.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Miles Casteel0–3
3 meetings, 1940–1942
’40 L’41 L’42 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
0–5 0.0%
Regional Program
0–7 0.0%

Coaching career

1940–1942
New Mexico Statecaretakerborderline
Regional Program I → Regional Program III
Julius Johnston slid New Mexico State from Regional Program I to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

4th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Gerald Hines (1936–1939).

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