The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Phil Cutchin

Followed Cliff Speegle. Phil Cutchin slid Oklahoma State from National Program III to Regional Program I in 6 seasons.

19–38

1963–1968 · 1 stint

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.

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).

Oklahoma State, 6 seasons

−5.1

Regional Program I → 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.

2–6 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Bob Devaney.

Rivalry record

2–6

25.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

10–15–2

37.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

2–6

25.0%

Rivalry ledger

Oklahoma2–433%

Texas Tech0–20%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bob Devaney0–6

6 meetings, 1963–1968

’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 L’67 L’68 L

0% win rate across a real, 6-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

2–6 25.0%

Power Program

3–14 17.6%

National Program

5–13 27.8%

Regional Program

8–5 61.5%

Coaching career

1963–1968

Oklahoma Statecaretaker

National Program III → Regional Program I

Phil Cutchin slid Oklahoma State from National Program III to Regional Program I in 6 seasons.

14th-best Oklahoma State tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Cliff Speegle (1955–1962) · succeeded by Floyd Gass (1969–1971).

19–38