The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Vic Koenning

Followed Dana Dimel. Vic Koenning slid Wyoming from National Program III to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

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2000–2002 · 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).

Wyoming, 3 seasons

−11.4

Regional Program II → 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 John Robinson.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–9

18.2% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Colorado State0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. John Robinson0–3

3 meetings, 2000–2002

’00 L’01 L’02 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

Blue Blood

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

0–7 0.0%

National Program

1–11 8.3%

Regional Program

2–9 18.2%

Coaching career

2000–2002

Wyomingcaretaker

National Program III → Regional Program II

Vic Koenning slid Wyoming from National Program III to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

11th-best Wyoming tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Dana Dimel (1997–1999) · succeeded by Joe Glenn (2003–2008).

1 NFL Draft pick: Patrick Chukwurah (2001)

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