The Zeitgeist List · coaching

J.R. Boone

Followed Darryl Rogers. J.R. Boone held Fresno State at Regional Program II for 3 seasons.

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1973–1975 · 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).

Fresno State, 3 seasons

−5.5

Regional Program II → Regional 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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Claude Gilbert.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

1–1

50.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

San Diego State0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Claude Gilbert0–3

3 meetings, 1973–1975

’73 L’74 L’75 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

National Program

0–3 0.0%

Regional Program

1–6 14.3%

Coaching career

1973–1975

Fresno Statecaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program II

J.R. Boone held Fresno State at Regional Program II for 3 seasons.

11th-best Fresno State tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed Darryl Rogers (1969–1972) · succeeded by Jim Sweeney (1976–1996).

3 NFL Draft picks: Dwayne Crump (1973), Gary Weaver (1973), Calvin Lane (1976)

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