The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Joe Hollis

Followed John Bobo. Joe Hollis held Arkansas State at Regional Program VI for 5 seasons.

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1997–2001 · 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).

Arkansas State, 5 seasons

−1.1

Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI.

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.

1–1 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Rip Scherer.

Rivalry record

1–1

50.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

5–11

31.2% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

UL Monroe1–150%

The toughest matchup

vs. Rip Scherer0–4

4 meetings, 1997–2000

’97 L’98 L’99 L’00 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

Blue Blood

0–2 0.0%

Power Program

0–4 0.0%

National Program

0–5 0.0%

Regional Program

8–25 24.2%

Coaching career

1997–2001

Arkansas Statecaretaker

Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI

Joe Hollis held Arkansas State at Regional Program VI for 5 seasons.

12th-best Arkansas State tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed John Bobo (1993–1996) · succeeded by Steve Roberts (2002–2010).

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