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Bill Doba

Followed Mike Price. Bill Doba held Washington State at National Program I for 5 seasons.

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2003–2007 · 1 stint
Washington State
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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 careerWASHINGTON STATEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyWashington State, 2003: 10-3, National Program I2003Washington State, 2004: 5-6, National Program I2004Washington State, 2005: 4-7, National Program I2005Washington State, 2006: 6-6, National Program I2006Washington State, 2007: 5-7, National Program II2007-2.7One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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, 5 seasons
−2.7
National Program I → National 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.

3–2 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Pete Carroll.

Rivalry record
3–2
60.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
10–14
41.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Washington3–260%
The toughest matchup
vs. Pete Carroll0–5
5 meetings, 2003–2007
’03 L’04 L’05 L’06 L’07 L
0% win rate across a real, 5-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
Dynasty
0–2 0.0%
Blue Blood
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
8–12 40.0%
National Program
9–12 42.9%
Regional Program
9–0 100.0%

Coaching career

2003–2007
Washington Statecaretaker
National Program I → National Program I
Bill Doba held Washington State at National Program I for 5 seasons.

1st-best Washington State tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Mike Price (1989–2002) · succeeded by Paul Wulff (2008–2011).

12 NFL Draft picks: Marcus Trufant (2003), Rien Long (2003), Devard Darling (2004), Jason David (2004), Erik Coleman (2004), Karl Paymah (2005), Calvin Armstrong (2005), Hamza Abdullah (2005) + 4 more

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