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Terry Allen

Followed Glen Mason. Terry Allen held Kansas at National Program III for 5 seasons.

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1997–2001 · 1 stint
Kansas
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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 careerKANSASNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelKansas, 1997: 5-6, National Program III1997Kansas, 1998: 4-7, Regional Program I1998Kansas, 1999: 5-7, Regional Program I1999Kansas, 2000: 4-7, Regional Program II2000Kansas, 2001: 2-6, Regional Program III2001-8.1One 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).

Kansas, 5 seasons
−8.1
National Program III → Regional 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.

3–5 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bill Snyder.

Rivalry record
3–5
37.5% · 2 rivals
One-score games
7–5
58.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–4
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Missouri3–175%
Kansas State0–40%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bill Snyder0–4
4 meetings, 1997–2000
’97 L’98 L’99 L’00 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
Dynasty
0–4 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
3–8 27.3%
National Program
0–4 0.0%
Regional Program
12–8 60.0%

Coaching career

1997–2001
Kansascaretaker
National Program III → National Program III
Terry Allen held Kansas at National Program III for 5 seasons.

10th-best Kansas tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Glen Mason (1988–1996) · succeeded by Mark Mangino (2002–2009).

7 NFL Draft picks: Ronnie Ward (1997), June Henley (1997), Isaac Byrd (1997), Ron Warner (1998), Moran Norris (2001), Nate Dwyer (2002), Justin Hartwig (2002)

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