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Bill Yung

Followed Bill Michael. Bill Yung held UTEP at Regional Program VI for 4 seasons.

The builder
45–85
1977–1985 · 2 stints
West TexasUTEP
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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 TEXASUTEPNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelWest Texas, 1977: 6-4, Regional Program II1977West Texas, 1978: 3-8, Regional Program II1978West Texas, 1979: 5-5, Regional Program I1979West Texas, 1980: 5-6, Regional Program I1980+5.7UTEP, 1982: 2-10, Regional Program VI1982UTEP, 1983: 2-10, Regional Program VI1983UTEP, 1984: 2-9, Regional Program VI1984UTEP, 1985: 1-10, Regional Program VI1985-0.6One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

West Texas, 4 seasons
+5.7
Regional Program II → Regional Program I.
UTEP, 4 seasons
−0.6
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI.

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.

Winless in 4 tries against Dick Tomey.

One-score games
7–12–1
35.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
1–1
50.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dick Tomey0–4
4 meetings, 1982–1985
’82 L’83 L’84 L’85 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
Blue Blood
1–1 50.0%
Power Program
0–7 0.0%
National Program
2–11 15.4%
Regional Program
13–32 28.9%

Coaching career

1982–1985
UTEPcaretaker
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI
Bill Yung held UTEP at Regional Program VI for 4 seasons.

20th-best UTEP tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Michael (1977–1981) · succeeded by Bob Stull (1986–1988).

5 NFL Draft picks: Del Thompson (1982), Joey Whitley (1982), Kevin Belcher (1983), Carlos Scott (1983), Mike Smith (1985)

7–39
1977–1980
West Texascaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program I
Bill Yung moved West Texas from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.

4th-best West Texas tenure of 4 by the numbers.

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