The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bill Beall

Followed John Bridgers. Bill Beall slid Baylor from National Program III to Regional Program I in 3 seasons.

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1969–1971 · 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).

Baylor, 3 seasons

−14.0

Regional Program I → 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.

0–5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Darrell Royal.

Rivalry record

0–5

0.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

2–8

20.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–3

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Texas Tech0–30%

TCU0–20%

The toughest matchup

vs. Darrell Royal0–3

3 meetings, 1969–1971

’69 L’70 L’71 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

0–3 0.0%

Power Program

0–6 0.0%

National Program

2–12 14.3%

Regional Program

1–6 14.3%

Coaching career

1969–1971

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National Program III → Regional Program I

Bill Beall slid Baylor from National Program III to Regional Program I in 3 seasons.

14th-best Baylor tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed John Bridgers (1959–1968) · succeeded by Grant Teaff (1972–1992).

1 NFL Draft pick: Jackie Allen (1969)

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