The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Ray George

Followed Harry Stiteler. Ray George held Texas A&M at National Program I for 3 seasons.

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1951–1953 · 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 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).

Texas A&M, 3 seasons

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National Program I → National 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.

1–2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against George Sauer.

Rivalry record

1–2

33.3% · 1 rival

One-score games

7–5–4

43.8% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

1–1

50.0%

Rivalry ledger

Texas1–233%

The toughest matchup

vs. George Sauer0–2–1

3 meetings, 1951–1953

’51 T’52 L’53 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

1–1 50.0%

Power Program

3–10 23.1%

National Program

7–3 70.0%

Coaching career

1951–1953

Texas A&Mcaretaker

National Program I → National Program I

Ray George held Texas A&M at National Program I for 3 seasons.

17th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Harry Stiteler (1948–1950) · succeeded by Bear Bryant (1954–1957).

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