The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Arthur Guepe

Followed Bill Edwards. Arthur Guepe moved Vanderbilt from National Program II to National Program I in 10 seasons.

The builder
86–71
1946–1962 · 2 stints
VirginiaVanderbilt
← all coaches

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 careerVIRGINIAVANDERBILTNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelVirginia, 1946: 4-4, Regional Program I1946Virginia, 1947: 7-3, Regional Program IVirginia, 1948: 5-3, National Program IIIVirginia, 1949: 7-2, Regional Program IVirginia, 1950: 8-2, National Program IIVirginia, 1951: 8-1, National Program IIVirginia, 1952: 8-2, National Program I1952+12.6Vanderbilt, 1953: 3-7, National Program II1953Vanderbilt, 1954: 2-7, National Program IIVanderbilt, 1955: 8-3, National Program IIVanderbilt, 1956: 5-5, National Program IIVanderbilt, 1957: 5-3, National Program IIVanderbilt, 1958: 5-2, National Program IVanderbilt, 1959: 5-3, National Program IVanderbilt, 1960: 3-7, National Program IIVanderbilt, 1961: 2-8, National Program IIIVanderbilt, 1962: 1-9, Regional Program I1962+1.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 3rd career season — faster than 25% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #454 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Virginia, 7 seasons
+12.6
Regional Program I → National Program I.
Vanderbilt, 10 seasons
+1.0
National Program II → 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.

9–8 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against George Munger.

Rivalry record
9–8–2
47.4% · 3 rivals
One-score games
16–19–8
37.2% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
1–4
20.0%
Rivalry ledger
Tennessee2–820%
Virginia Tech6–0–186%
Missouri1–0–150%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. George Munger1–4
5 meetings, 1946–1953
’46 L’47 L’49 W’50 L’53 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
1–4 20.0%
Power Program
12–37 24.5%
National Program
17–20 45.9%
Regional Program
32–7 82.1%

Coaching career

1953–1962
Vanderbiltcaretaker
National Program II → National Program I
Arthur Guepe moved Vanderbilt from National Program II to National Program I in 10 seasons.

4th-best Vanderbilt tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Edwards (1949–1952) · succeeded by Jack Green (1963–1966).

39–54
1946–1952
Virginiabuilderborderline
Regional Program II → National Program I
Arthur Guepe raised Virginia from Regional Program II to National Program I.

3rd-best Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Frank Murray (1937–1945) · succeeded by Ned McDonald (1953–1955).

47–17