The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Ralph Graham

Followed Sam Francis. Ralph Graham held Kansas State at Regional Program VI for 3 seasons.

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1948–1950 · 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).

Kansas State, 3 seasons

−0.2

Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI.

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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Abe Stuber.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

0–5

0.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Kansas0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Abe Stuber0–3

3 meetings, 1948–1950

’48 L’49 L’50 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

0–2 0.0%

National Program

0–11 0.0%

Regional Program

1–9 10.0%

Coaching career

1948–1950

Kansas Statecaretaker

Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI

Ralph Graham held Kansas State at Regional Program VI for 3 seasons.

17th-best Kansas State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Sam Francis (1947–1947) · succeeded by Bill Meek (1951–1954).

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