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J.D. Brookhart

Followed Lee Owens. J.D. Brookhart moved Akron from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 6 seasons.

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2004–2009 · 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 careerAKRONRegional Programthe building-block levelAkron, 2004: 6-5, Regional Program IV2004Akron, 2005: 7-6, Regional Program III2005Akron, 2006: 5-7, Regional Program III2006Akron, 2007: 4-8, Regional Program IV2007Akron, 2008: 5-7, Regional Program IV2008Akron, 2009: 3-9, Regional Program IV2009+0.9One 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).

Akron, 6 seasons
+0.9
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV.

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.

8–4 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Al Golden.

Rivalry record
8–4
66.7% · 2 rivals
One-score games
15–12
55.6% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Kent State5–183%
Buffalo3–350%
The toughest matchup
vs. Al Golden0–3
3 meetings, 2007–2009
’07 L’08 L’09 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
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–6 0.0%
National Program
3–4 42.9%
Regional Program
26–29 47.3%

Coaching career

2004–2009
Akroncaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program III
J.D. Brookhart moved Akron from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 6 seasons.

3rd-best Akron tenure of 9 by the numbers.

Followed Lee Owens (1995–2003) · succeeded by Rob Ianello (2010–2011).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Wide receiver from high school
100%
#230 of 243 stints

4 NFL Draft picks: Charlie Frye (2005), Domenik Hixon (2006), Andy Alleman (2007), Reggie Corner (2008)

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