The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Jeff Tisdel

Jeff Tisdel moved Nevada from Regional Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

23–22

1996–1999 · 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 National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Nevada, 4 seasons

+2.9

National Program III → Regional Program I.

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.

4–0 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Mike Bellotti.

Rivalry record

4–0

100.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

4–6

40.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

UNLV4–0100%

The toughest matchup

vs. Mike Bellotti0–3

3 meetings, 1996–1999

’96 L’97 L’99 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

0–1 0.0%

National Program

1–10 9.1%

Regional Program

19–11 63.3%

Coaching career

1996–1999

Nevadacaretaker

Regional Program I → National Program II

Jeff Tisdel moved Nevada from Regional Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

3rd-best Nevada tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Chris Tormey (2000–2003).

3 NFL Draft picks: DeShone Myles (1998), John Dutton (1998), James Cannida (1998)

23–22