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Bobby Keasler

Followed Ed Zaunbrecher. Bobby Keasler slid UL Monroe from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 4 seasons.

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1999–2002 · 1 stint
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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 careerUL MONROERegional Programthe building-block levelUL Monroe, 1999: 5-6, Regional Program V1999UL Monroe, 2000: 1-10, Regional Program V2000UL Monroe, 2001: 2-9, Regional Program V2001UL Monroe, 2002: 0-3, Regional Program V2002-4.1One 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).

UL Monroe, 4 seasons
−4.1
Regional Program V → 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.

2–2 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Andy McCollum.

Rivalry record
2–2
50.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
2–2
50.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Louisiana1–233%
Arkansas State1–0100%
The toughest matchup
vs. Andy McCollum1–2
3 meetings, 1999–2001
’99 W’00 L’01 L
33% win rate across a real, 3-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%
National Program
0–6 0.0%
Regional Program
5–13 27.8%

Coaching career

1999–2002
UL Monroecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V
Bobby Keasler slid UL Monroe from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 4 seasons.

6th-best UL Monroe tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Ed Zaunbrecher (1994–1998) · succeeded by Charlie Weatherbie (2003–2009).

3 NFL Draft picks: Marty Booker (1999), Lionel Barnes (1999), Pat Dennis (2000)

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