The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Jack Green

Followed Arthur Guepe. Jack Green slid Vanderbilt from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

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1963–1966 · 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).

Vanderbilt, 4 seasons

−4.4

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.

1–3 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bear Bryant.

Rivalry record

1–3

25.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–7–4

15.4% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Tennessee1–325%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bear Bryant0–4

4 meetings, 1963–1966

’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 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

Dynasty

0–2 0.0%

Blue Blood

0–2 0.0%

Power Program

1–11 8.3%

National Program

1–10 9.1%

Regional Program

3–4 42.9%

Coaching career

1963–1966

Vanderbiltcaretaker

Regional Program I → Regional Program II

Jack Green slid Vanderbilt from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

12th-best Vanderbilt tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Arthur Guepe (1953–1962) · succeeded by Bill Pace (1967–1972).

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