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O.E. Hollingbery

O.E. Hollingbery held Washington State at National Program I for 7 seasons.

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1936–1942 · 1 stint
Washington 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 careerWASHINGTON STATENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelWashington State, 1936: 6-3, National Program I1936Washington State, 1937: 3-3, National Program II1937Washington State, 1938: 2-8, National Program II1938Washington State, 1939: 4-5, National Program III1939Washington State, 1940: 4-4, Regional Program I1940Washington State, 1941: 6-4, National Program III1941Washington State, 1942: 6-2, National Program III1942+0.0One 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).

Washington State, 7 seasons
+0.0
National Program I → National 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.

1–4 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Howard Jones.

Rivalry record
1–4–2
14.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
14–9–6
48.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Washington1–4–214%
The toughest matchup
vs. Howard Jones0–2–3
5 meetings, 1936–1940
’36 T’37 T’38 L’39 L’40 T
0% win rate across a real, 5-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
8–17 32.0%
National Program
9–11 45.0%
Regional Program
2–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1936–1942
Washington Statecaretaker
National Program I
O.E. Hollingbery held Washington State at National Program I for 7 seasons.

3rd-best Washington State tenure of 21 by the numbers.

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