The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Paul Amen

Followed Tom Rogers. Paul Amen held Wake Forest at National Program III for 4 seasons.

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1956–1959 · 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).

Wake Forest, 4 seasons

−5.7

National Program III → Regional 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.

Winless in 4 tries against Bill Murray.

One-score games

5–11–3

26.3% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bill Murray0–4

4 meetings, 1956–1959

’56 L’57 L’58 L’59 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

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

2–7 22.2%

National Program

1–10 9.1%

Regional Program

7–7 50.0%

Coaching career

1956–1959

Wake Forestcaretaker

National Program III → National Program III

Paul Amen held Wake Forest at National Program III for 4 seasons.

6th-best Wake Forest tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Tom Rogers (1951–1955) · succeeded by Billy Hildebrand (1960–1963).

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