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Odus Mitchell

Odus Mitchell held North Texas at National Program III for 14 seasons.

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1953–1966 · 1 stint
North Texas
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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 careerNORTH TEXASNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNorth Texas, 1953: 3-6, National Program III1953North Texas, 1954: 4-6, National Program III1954North Texas, 1955: 5-4, Regional Program I1955North Texas, 1956: 7-2, Regional Program I1956North Texas, 1957: 5-5, Regional Program II1957North Texas, 1958: 7-2, Regional Program I1958North Texas, 1959: 9-2, National Program III1959North Texas, 1960: 2-6, Regional Program I1960North Texas, 1961: 5-4, Regional Program II1961North Texas, 1962: 6-4, Regional Program II1962North Texas, 1963: 3-6, Regional Program III1963North Texas, 1964: 2-7, Regional Program IV1964North Texas, 1965: 3-7, Regional Program IV1965North Texas, 1966: 8-2, Regional Program IV1966+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).

North Texas, 14 seasons
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National Program III → Regional Program IV.

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 1–5 against Glenn Dobbs.

One-score games
14–16–6
38.9% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Glenn Dobbs1–5
6 meetings, 1961–1966
’61 W’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
9–22 29.0%
Regional Program
17–18 48.6%

Coaching career

1953–1966
North Texascaretaker
National Program III
Odus Mitchell held North Texas at National Program III for 14 seasons.

2nd-best North Texas tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Rod Rust (1967–1972).

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