The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Rat Rogers

Rat Rogers slid West Virginia from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

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1943–1945 · 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).

West Virginia, 3 seasons

−5.2

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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Clark Shaughnessy.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

3–2–2

42.9% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Pittsburgh0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Clark Shaughnessy0–3

3 meetings, 1943–1945

’43 L’44 L’45 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

Power Program

0–1 0.0%

National Program

0–2 0.0%

Regional Program

3–8 27.3%

Coaching career

1943–1945

West Virginiacaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program III

Rat Rogers slid West Virginia from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

16th-best West Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.

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