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Kip Taylor

Followed Lon Stiner. Kip Taylor held Oregon State at National Program II for 6 seasons.

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1949–1954 · 1 stint
Oregon 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 careerOREGON STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelOregon State, 1949: 7-3, National Program II1949Oregon State, 1950: 3-6, National Program II1950Oregon State, 1951: 4-6, National Program II1951Oregon State, 1952: 2-7, National Program III1952Oregon State, 1953: 3-6, Regional Program I1953Oregon State, 1954: 1-8, Regional Program III1954-4.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Oregon State, 6 seasons
−4.1
National 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.

5–1 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Red Sanders.

Rivalry record
5–1
83.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
7–5
58.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Oregon5–183%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Red Sanders0–6
6 meetings, 1949–1954
’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
1–16 5.9%
National Program
9–14 39.1%
Regional Program
7–3 70.0%

Coaching career

1949–1954
Oregon Statecaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Kip Taylor held Oregon State at National Program II for 6 seasons.

6th-best Oregon State tenure of 17 by the numbers.

Followed Lon Stiner (1936–1948) · succeeded by Tommy Prothro (1955–1964).

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