The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Leo Strang

Followed Trevor Rees. Leo Strang moved Kent State from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.

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1964–1967 · 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).

Kent State, 4 seasons

+4.8

Regional Program II → 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.

Winless in 4 tries against Bill Doolittle.

One-score games

6–12–2

30.0% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Bill Doolittle0–3–1

4 meetings, 1964–1967

’64 L’65 T’66 L’67 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

Power Program

0–1 0.0%

National Program

2–6 25.0%

Regional Program

9–11 45.0%

Coaching career

1964–1967

Kent Statecaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program I

Leo Strang moved Kent State from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.

3rd-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Trevor Rees (1962–1963) · succeeded by Dave Puddington (1968–1970).

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