The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Richard Voris

Followed Ben Martin. Richard Voris slid Virginia from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

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1958–1960 · 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).

Virginia, 3 seasons

−14.2

Regional Program III → 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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Frank Howard.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

1–3

25.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Virginia Tech0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Frank Howard0–3

3 meetings, 1958–1960

’58 L’59 L’60 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

1–7 12.5%

National Program

0–9 0.0%

Regional Program

0–11 0.0%

Coaching career

1958–1960

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Regional Program II → Regional Program III

Richard Voris slid Virginia from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

11th-best Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Ben Martin (1956–1957) · succeeded by William Elias (1961–1964).

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