The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Larry Jones

Followed Bill Peterson. Larry Jones held Florida State at National Program I for 3 seasons.

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1971–1973 · 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).

Florida State, 3 seasons

−6.9

National Program I → National Program II.

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.

2–4 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Bill Yeoman.

Rivalry record

2–4

33.3% · 2 rivals

One-score games

2–10

16.7% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Miami2–167%

Florida0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bill Yeoman0–3

3 meetings, 1971–1973

’71 L’72 L’73 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

0–5 0.0%

National Program

6–8 42.9%

Regional Program

8–6 57.1%

Coaching career

1971–1973

Florida Statecaretaker

National Program I → National Program I

Larry Jones held Florida State at National Program I for 3 seasons.

7th-best Florida State tenure of 10 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Peterson (1960–1970) · succeeded by Darrell Mudra (1974–1975).

4 NFL Draft picks: Barry Smith (1973), J.T. Thomas (1973), Gary Huff (1973), Eddie McMillan (1973)

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