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Pat Sullivan

Followed Jim Wacker. Pat Sullivan held TCU at Regional Program III for 6 seasons.

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1992–1997 · 1 stint
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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 careerTCURegional Programthe building-block levelTCU, 1992: 2-8, Regional Program III1992TCU, 1993: 4-7, Regional Program III1993TCU, 1994: 7-5, Regional Program III1994TCU, 1995: 6-5, Regional Program III1995TCU, 1996: 4-7, Regional Program III1996TCU, 1997: 1-10, Regional Program III1997+1.0One 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).

TCU, 6 seasons
+1.0
Regional Program III → Regional Program III.

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.

4–6 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against R.C. Slocum.

Rivalry record
4–6
40.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
12–10–1
52.2% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
SMU3–350%
Baylor1–325%
The toughest matchup
vs. R.C. Slocum0–4
4 meetings, 1992–1995
’92 L’93 L’94 L’95 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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
2–11 15.4%
National Program
6–13 31.6%
Regional Program
16–16 50.0%

Coaching career

1992–1997
TCUcaretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program III
Pat Sullivan held TCU at Regional Program III for 6 seasons.

10th-best TCU tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Wacker (1983–1991) · succeeded by Dennis Franchione (1998–2000).

6 NFL Draft picks: Roosevelt Collins (1992), Barret Robbins (1995), Jimmy Oliver (1995), Ryan Tucker (1997), Jason Tucker (1998), Chance McCarty (1998)

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