The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bud Moore

Bud Moore moved Kansas from National Program II to National Program I in 4 seasons.

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1975–1978 · 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 National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Kansas, 4 seasons

+3.8

National Program II → National Program II.

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.

6–2 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bill Mallory.

Rivalry record

6–2

75.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

5–6–1

41.7% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

1–1

50.0%

Rivalry ledger

Kansas State3–175%

Missouri3–175%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bill Mallory0–3–1

4 meetings, 1975–1978

’75 L’76 L’77 T’78 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

Dynasty

1–1 50.0%

Blue Blood

0–6 0.0%

Power Program

4–10 28.6%

National Program

3–8 27.3%

Regional Program

9–2 81.8%

Coaching career

1975–1978

Kansascaretaker

National Program II → National Program I

Bud Moore moved Kansas from National Program II to National Program I in 4 seasons.

2nd-best Kansas tenure of 21 by the numbers.

19 NFL Draft picks: Emmett Edwards (1975), Bruce Adams (1975), Robert Miller (1975), Steve Towle (1975), Mike Lemon (1975), Kurt Knoff (1976), Eddie Lewis (1976), Dave Scott (1976) + 11 more

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