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Greg Robinson

Followed Paul Pasqualoni. Greg Robinson slid Syracuse from Power Program III to National Program I in 4 seasons.

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2005–2008 · 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 careerSYRACUSENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelSyracuse, 2005: 1-10, National Program I2005Syracuse, 2006: 4-8, National Program II2006Syracuse, 2007: 2-10, National Program III2007Syracuse, 2008: 3-9, Regional Program I2008-12.5One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

Syracuse, 4 seasons
−12.5
National Program I → Regional Program I.

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 4 tries against Dave Wannstedt.

One-score games
6–6
50.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dave Wannstedt0–4
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
3–11 21.4%
National Program
1–13 7.1%
Regional Program
5–11 31.2%

Coaching career

2005–2008
Syracusecaretaker
Power Program III → National Program I
Greg Robinson slid Syracuse from Power Program III to National Program I in 4 seasons.

4th-best Syracuse tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Paul Pasqualoni (1991–2004) · succeeded by Doug Marrone (2009–2012).

9 NFL Draft picks: Adam Terry (2005), Anthony Smith (2006), Quinn Ojinnaka (2006), James Wyche (2006), Ryan LaCasse (2006), Tanard Jackson (2007), Kelvin Smith (2007), Tony Fiammetta (2009) + 1 more

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