The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Glenn Dobbs

Followed Robert Dobbs. Glenn Dobbs moved Tulsa from National Program III to National Program II in 8 seasons.

45–37

1961–1968 · 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 4th career season — faster than 19% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #505 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Tulsa, 8 seasons

+9.4

Regional Program I → National Program III.

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.

Just 1–7 against Frank Broyles.

One-score games

11–10

52.4% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Frank Broyles1–7

8 meetings, 1961–1968

’61 L’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 L’67 W’68 L

12% win rate across a real, 8-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

2–10 16.7%

National Program

6–10 37.5%

Regional Program

20–13 60.6%

Coaching career

1961–1968

Tulsacaretaker

National Program III → National Program II

Glenn Dobbs moved Tulsa from National Program III to National Program II in 8 seasons.

4th-best Tulsa tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Robert Dobbs (1955–1960) · succeeded by Vince Carillot (1969–1969).

45–37