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Miles Casteel

Followed Orian Landreth. Miles Casteel slid Arizona from National Program I to National Program II in 7 seasons.

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1939–1948 · 1 stint
Arizona
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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 careerARIZONANational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelArizona, 1939: 6-4, National Program II1939Arizona, 1940: 7-2, National Program II1940Arizona, 1941: 7-3, National Program II1941Arizona, 1942: 6-4, National Program II1942Arizona, 1946: 4-4, National Program II1946Arizona, 1947: 5-4, National Program III1947Arizona, 1948: 6-5, Regional Program I1948-3.8One 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).

Arizona, 7 seasons
−3.8
National Program II → Regional Program I.

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.

5–0 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Dell Morgan.

Rivalry record
5–0
100.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
7–7–2
43.8% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Arizona State5–0100%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dell Morgan0–3
3 meetings, 1946–1948
’46 L’47 L’48 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
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
1–3 25.0%
National Program
2–11 15.4%
Regional Program
22–5 81.5%

Coaching career

1939–1948
Arizonacaretaker
National Program I → National Program II
Miles Casteel slid Arizona from National Program I to National Program II in 7 seasons.

8th-best Arizona tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Orian Landreth (1938–1938) · succeeded by Robert Winslow (1949–1951).

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