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Bob Toledo

Followed Chris Scelfo. Bob Toledo held Tulane at Regional Program IV for 5 seasons.

Peak, then fade
64–72
1996–2011 · 2 stints
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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 careerUCLATULANEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelUCLA, 1996: 5-6, Power Program II1996UCLA, 1997: 10-2, Power Program II1997UCLA, 1998: 10-2, Power Program I1998UCLA, 1999: 4-7, Power Program II1999UCLA, 2000: 6-6, Power Program II2000UCLA, 2001: 7-4, Power Program II2001UCLA, 2002: 7-5, Power Program II2002+1.5Tulane, 2007: 4-8, Regional Program IV2007Tulane, 2008: 2-10, Regional Program IV2008Tulane, 2009: 3-9, Regional Program V2009Tulane, 2010: 4-8, Regional Program V2010Tulane, 2011: 2-5, Regional Program V2011-7.7One 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).

UCLA, 7 seasons
+1.5
Power Program II → Power Program II.
Tulane, 5 seasons
−7.7
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V.

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.

3–7 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Kevin Sumlin.

Rivalry record
3–7
30.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
23–24
48.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–4
33.3%
Rivalry ledger
USC3–443%
LSU0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Kevin Sumlin0–4
4 meetings, 2008–2011
’08 L’09 L’10 L’11 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
2–4 33.3%
Power Program
18–22 45.0%
National Program
21–16 56.8%
Regional Program
19–36 34.5%

Coaching career

2007–2011
Tulanecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Bob Toledo held Tulane at Regional Program IV for 5 seasons.

20th-best Tulane tenure of 23 by the numbers.

Followed Chris Scelfo (1999–2006) · succeeded by Mark Hutson (2012–2012).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows K from high school
100%
#52 of 56 stints
Grows Tight end from high school
100%
#164 of 188 stints

2 NFL Draft picks: Matt Forte (2008), Troy Kropog (2009)

15–40
1996–2002
UCLAcaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program I
Bob Toledo moved UCLA from Power Program II to Power Program I in 7 seasons.

3rd-best UCLA tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Terry Donahue (1976–1995) · succeeded by Karl Dorrell (2003–2007).

16 NFL Draft picks: Shaun Williams (1998), Skip Hicks (1998), Chad Overhauser (1998), Cade McNown (1999), Kris Farris (1999), Larry Atkins (1999), Danny Farmer (2000), Freddie Mitchell (2001) + 8 more

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