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Bill Stewart

Bill Stewart inherited a Power Program I West Virginia and won with it.

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2008–2010 · 1 stint
West Virginia
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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 careerWEST VIRGINIAPower Programperennial contenderWest Virginia, 2008: 9-4, Power Program II2008West Virginia, 2009: 9-4, Power Program II2009West Virginia, 2010: 9-4, Power Program II2010-4.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

West Virginia, 3 seasons
−4.0
Power Program II → 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.

4–1 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
4–1
80.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
9–7
56.2% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Marshall3–0100%
Pittsburgh1–150%
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
2–1 66.7%
National Program
14–7 66.7%
Regional Program
7–2 77.8%

Coaching career

2008–2010
West Virginiainheritor
Power Program I → Power Program II
Bill Stewart inherited a Power Program I West Virginia and won with it.

2nd-best West Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Dana Holgorsen (2011–2018).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints
Grows Safety from high school
100%
#201 of 218 stints

11 NFL Draft picks: Steve Slaton (2008), Owen Schmitt (2008), Ryan Mundy (2008), Pat White (2009), Ellis Lankster (2009), Pat McAfee (2009), Selvish Capers (2010), Brandon Hogan (2011) + 3 more

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