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Matt Simon

Matt Simon held North Texas at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

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1995–1997 · 1 stint
North Texas
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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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerNORTH TEXASRegional Programthe building-block levelNorth Texas, 1995: 2-9, Regional Program V1995North Texas, 1996: 5-6, Regional Program V1996North Texas, 1997: 4-7, Regional Program V1997+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

North Texas, 3 seasons
+0.0
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.

One-score games
5–2
71.4% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
0–3 0.0%
National Program
1–5 16.7%
Regional Program
6–11 35.3%

Coaching career

1995–1997
North Texascaretaker
Regional Program V
Matt Simon held North Texas at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

14th-best North Texas tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Darrell Dickey (1998–2006).

1 NFL Draft pick: Anthony Bridges (1995)

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