The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Rich Ellerson

Followed Stan Brock. Rich Ellerson held Army at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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2009–2013 · 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).

Army, 5 seasons

+2.3

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.

1–9 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Ken Niumatalolo.

Rivalry record

1–9

10.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

7–11

38.9% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Air Force1–420%

Navy0–50%

The toughest matchup

vs. Ken Niumatalolo0–5

5 meetings, 2009–2013

’09 L’10 L’11 L’12 L’13 L

0% win rate across a real, 5-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

0–2 0.0%

National Program

1–9 10.0%

Regional Program

13–28 31.7%

Coaching career

2009–2013

Armycaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

Rich Ellerson held Army at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

14th-best Army tenure of 17 by the numbers.

Followed Stan Brock (2007–2008) · succeeded by Jeff Monken (2014–2026).

Where the roster comes from, by position

Grows Edge from high school

100%

#191 of 208 stints

Grows Running back from high school

100%

#196 of 208 stints

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