The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Brent Guy

Followed Mick Dennehy. Brent Guy held Utah State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

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2005–2008 · 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).

Utah State, 4 seasons

−4.6

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.

0–2 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Chris Ault.

Rivalry record

0–2

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

4–7

36.4% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

BYU0–20%

The toughest matchup

vs. Chris Ault0–4

4 meetings, 2005–2008

’05 L’06 L’07 L’08 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

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

0–11 0.0%

National Program

2–7 22.2%

Regional Program

5–19 20.8%

Coaching career

2005–2008

Utah Statecaretaker

Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV

Brent Guy held Utah State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

22nd-best Utah State tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Mick Dennehy (2000–2004) · succeeded by Gary Andersen (2009–2020).

2 NFL Draft picks: Shawn Murphy (2008), Kevin Robinson (2008)

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