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William Alexander

William Alexander held Georgia Tech at Power Program II for 9 seasons.

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1936–1944 · 1 stint
Georgia Tech
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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 careerGEORGIA TECHPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyGeorgia Tech, 1936: 5-5, National Program I1936Georgia Tech, 1937: 6-3, National Program I1937Georgia Tech, 1938: 3-4, National Program I1938Georgia Tech, 1939: 8-2, National Program I1939Georgia Tech, 1940: 3-7, National Program I1940Georgia Tech, 1941: 3-6, National Program II1941Georgia Tech, 1942: 9-2, National Program I1942Georgia Tech, 1943: 8-3, National Program I1943Georgia Tech, 1944: 8-3, Power Program II1944+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 9th career season — faster than 10% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #332 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Georgia Tech, 9 seasons
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National Program I → Power Program II.

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.

3–4 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Wallace Wade.

Rivalry record
3–4–2
33.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
14–16–5
40.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Georgia3–4–233%
The toughest matchup
vs. Wallace Wade0–6
6 meetings, 1936–1941
’36 L’37 L’38 L’39 L’40 L’41 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
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
14–19 42.4%
National Program
16–8 66.7%
Regional Program
11–4 73.3%

Coaching career

1936–1944
Georgia Techcaretaker
Power Program II
William Alexander held Georgia Tech at Power Program II for 9 seasons.

2nd-best Georgia Tech tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Bobby Dodd (1945–1966).

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