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Doug Graber

Followed Dick Anderson. Doug Graber held Rutgers at Regional Program II for 6 seasons.

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1990–1995 · 1 stint
Rutgers
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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 careerRUTGERSNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelRutgers, 1990: 3-8, Regional Program III1990Rutgers, 1991: 6-5, Regional Program III1991Rutgers, 1992: 7-4, Regional Program III1992Rutgers, 1993: 4-7, Regional Program II1993Rutgers, 1994: 5-5, Regional Program II1994Rutgers, 1995: 4-7, Regional Program II1995-1.0One 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).

Rutgers, 6 seasons
−1.0
Regional Program III → Regional 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.

Winless in 6 tries against Joe Paterno.

One-score games
14–9–1
58.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Joe Paterno0–6
6 meetings, 1990–1995
’90 L’91 L’92 L’93 L’94 L’95 L
0% win rate across a real, 6-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
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–8 0.0%
Power Program
2–10 16.7%
National Program
5–12 29.4%
Regional Program
17–5 77.3%

Coaching career

1990–1995
Rutgerscaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program II
Doug Graber held Rutgers at Regional Program II for 6 seasons.

8th-best Rutgers tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Dick Anderson (1984–1989) · succeeded by Terry Shea (1996–2000).

2 NFL Draft picks: Chris Brantley (1994), Keif Bryant (1995)

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