The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bert Clark

Followed Jim Sutherland. Bert Clark held Washington State at National Program III for 4 seasons.

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1964–1967 · 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 National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Washington State, 4 seasons

−1.1

National Program III → Regional Program II.

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.

1–3 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Dee Andros.

Rivalry record

1–3

25.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

8–4–1

61.5% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Washington1–325%

The toughest matchup

vs. Dee Andros1–3

4 meetings, 1964–1967

’64 L’65 W’66 L’67 L

25% win rate across a real, 4-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

0–2 0.0%

Power Program

3–6 33.3%

National Program

4–11 26.7%

Regional Program

4–4 50.0%

Coaching career

1964–1967

Washington Statecaretaker

National Program III → National Program III

Bert Clark held Washington State at National Program III for 4 seasons.

13th-best Washington State tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Sutherland (1956–1963) · succeeded by Jim Sweeney (1968–1975).

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