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Gregg Brandon

Followed Urban Meyer. Gregg Brandon moved Bowling Green from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 6 seasons.

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2003–2008 · 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 careerBOWLING GREENNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBowling Green, 2003: 11-3, Regional Program II2003Bowling Green, 2004: 9-3, Regional Program I2004Bowling Green, 2005: 6-5, Regional Program I2005Bowling Green, 2006: 4-8, Regional Program I2006Bowling Green, 2007: 8-5, Regional Program II2007Bowling Green, 2008: 6-6, Regional Program II2008+3.2One 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).

Bowling Green, 6 seasons
+3.2
Regional Program II → 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.

3–3 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Shane Montgomery.

Rivalry record
3–3
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
9–9
50.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–3
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Toledo3–350%
The toughest matchup
vs. Shane Montgomery1–3
4 meetings, 2005–2008
’05 W’06 L’07 L’08 L
25% 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
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
1–4 20.0%
National Program
5–9 35.7%
Regional Program
35–14 71.4%

Coaching career

2003–2008
Bowling Greencaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program I
Gregg Brandon moved Bowling Green from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 6 seasons.

5th-best Bowling Green tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Urban Meyer (2001–2002) · succeeded by Dave Clawson (2009–2013).

4 NFL Draft picks: Josh Harris (2004), Scott Mruczkowski (2005), Omar Jacobs (2006), Kory Lichtensteiger (2008)

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