The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bob Sutton

Followed Jim Young. Bob Sutton held Army at Regional Program III for 9 seasons.

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1991–1999 · 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).

Army, 9 seasons

+0.7

Regional Program IV → 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.

7–11 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Doug Graber.

Rivalry record

7–11

38.9% · 2 rivals

One-score games

10–19–1

33.3% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Air Force1–811%

Navy6–367%

The toughest matchup

vs. Doug Graber0–4

4 meetings, 1991–1994

’91 L’92 L’93 L’94 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

0–2 0.0%

Power Program

0–3 0.0%

National Program

2–16 11.1%

Regional Program

25–31 44.6%

Coaching career

1991–1999

Armycaretaker

Regional Program III → Regional Program III

Bob Sutton held Army at Regional Program III for 9 seasons.

8th-best Army tenure of 17 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Young (1983–1990) · succeeded by Todd Berry (2000–2003).

1 NFL Draft pick: Ronnie McAda (1997)

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