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Tom Lichtenberg

Followed Cleve Bryant. Tom Lichtenberg held Ohio at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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1990–1994 · 1 stint
Ohio
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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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerOHIORegional Programthe building-block levelOhio, 1990: 1-9, Regional Program V1990Ohio, 1991: 2-8, Regional Program VI1991Ohio, 1992: 1-10, Regional Program VI1992Ohio, 1993: 4-7, Regional Program VI1993Ohio, 1994: 0-11, Regional Program VI1994-2.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

Ohio, 5 seasons
−2.1
Regional Program V → Regional Program VI.

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.

1–4 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Randy Walker.

Rivalry record
1–4
20.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
5–12–2
26.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Miami (OH)1–420%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Randy Walker1–4
5 meetings, 1990–1994
’90 L’91 L’92 L’93 W’94 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
0–4 0.0%
Regional Program
6–37 14.0%

Coaching career

1990–1994
Ohiocaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Tom Lichtenberg held Ohio at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

11th-best Ohio tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Cleve Bryant (1985–1989) · succeeded by Jim Grobe (1995–2000).

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