The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Hobbs Adams

Followed Wesley Fry. Kansas State fell from National Program III to Regional Program V under Hobbs Adams.

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1940–1946 · 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 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).

Kansas State, 3 seasons

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Regional Program I → Regional Program V.

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.

1–2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Don Faurot.

Rivalry record

1–2

33.3% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–6–1

22.2% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Kansas1–233%

The toughest matchup

vs. Don Faurot0–3

3 meetings, 1940–1946

’40 L’41 L’46 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-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

Power Program

1–6 14.3%

National Program

0–7 0.0%

Regional Program

2–7 22.2%

Coaching career

1940–1946

Kansas Statedecliner

National Program III → Regional Program I

Kansas State fell from National Program III to Regional Program V under Hobbs Adams.

6th-best Kansas State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Wesley Fry (1936–1939) · succeeded by Sam Francis (1947–1947).

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