The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Jim Shofner

Followed Billy Tohill. Jim Shofner slid TCU from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

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1974–1976 · 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).

TCU, 3 seasons

−10.9

Regional Program II → 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.

0–6 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Darrell Royal.

Rivalry record

0–6

0.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

1–5

16.7% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–7

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

SMU0–30%

Baylor0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Darrell Royal0–3

3 meetings, 1974–1976

’74 L’75 L’76 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

0–7 0.0%

Power Program

0–8 0.0%

National Program

0–10 0.0%

Regional Program

1–5 16.7%

Coaching career

1974–1976

TCUcaretaker

Regional Program I → Regional Program II

Jim Shofner slid TCU from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

11th-best TCU tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Billy Tohill (1971–1973) · succeeded by F. Dry (1977–1982).

1 NFL Draft pick: Merle Wang (1975)

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