The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Pete Cordelli

Followed Dick Crum. Pete Cordelli held Kent State at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

3–30

1991–1993 · 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, 3 seasons

−2.6

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.

1–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Al Molde.

Rivalry record

1–1

50.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–10

16.7% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Akron1–150%

The toughest matchup

vs. Al Molde0–3

3 meetings, 1991–1993

’91 L’92 L’93 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

National Program

0–3 0.0%

Regional Program

2–26 7.1%

Coaching career

1991–1993

Kent Statecaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

Pete Cordelli held Kent State at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

15th-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Dick Crum (1988–1990) · succeeded by Jim Corrigall (1994–1997).

1 NFL Draft pick: Andy Harmon (1991)

3–30