The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Jerry Baldwin

Followed Nelson Stokley. Jerry Baldwin held Louisiana at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

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1999–2001 · 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).

Louisiana, 3 seasons

−3.6

Regional Program V → 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.

2–1 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Andy McCollum.

Rivalry record

2–1

66.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–5

28.6% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

UL Monroe2–167%

The toughest matchup

vs. Andy McCollum1–2

3 meetings, 1999–2001

’99 W’00 L’01 L

33% 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

0–2 0.0%

National Program

0–7 0.0%

Regional Program

3–15 16.7%

Coaching career

1999–2001

Louisianacaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

Jerry Baldwin held Louisiana at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

9th-best Louisiana tenure of 9 by the numbers.

Followed Nelson Stokley (1986–1998) · succeeded by Rickey Bustle (2002–2010).

2 NFL Draft picks: Brandon Stokley (1999), Brad Franklin (2002)

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