The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Berl Huffman

Followed Willis Barnes. Berl Huffman held New Mexico at Regional Program III for 3 seasons.

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1947–1949 · 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).

New Mexico, 3 seasons

−3.6

Regional Program III → Regional Program IV.

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.

3–0 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Dell Morgan.

Rivalry record

3–0

100.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

5–4–1

50.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

New Mexico State3–0100%

The toughest matchup

vs. Dell Morgan0–3

3 meetings, 1947–1949

’47 L’48 L’49 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

Power Program

0–2 0.0%

National Program

1–9 10.0%

Regional Program

6–10 37.5%

Coaching career

1947–1949

New Mexicocaretaker

Regional Program III → Regional Program III

Berl Huffman held New Mexico at Regional Program III for 3 seasons.

11th-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Willis Barnes (1942–1946) · succeeded by Dudley DeGroot (1950–1952).

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