The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Billy Hildebrand

Followed Paul Amen. Billy Hildebrand held Wake Forest at Regional Program II for 4 seasons.

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1960–1963 · 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).

Wake Forest, 4 seasons

−5.3

Regional Program II → 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.

Winless in 4 tries against Bill Murray.

One-score games

6–7

46.2% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Bill Murray0–4

4 meetings, 1960–1963

’60 L’61 L’62 L’63 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

Power Program

1–15 6.2%

National Program

2–4 33.3%

Regional Program

4–13 23.5%

Coaching career

1960–1963

Wake Forestcaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program II

Billy Hildebrand held Wake Forest at Regional Program II for 4 seasons.

7th-best Wake Forest tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Paul Amen (1956–1959) · succeeded by William Tate (1964–1968).

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