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Bill Mondt

Followed Rudy Feldman. Bill Mondt moved New Mexico from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 6 seasons.

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1974–1979 · 1 stint
New Mexico
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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 careerNEW MEXICONational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico, 1974: 4-6, Regional Program IV1974New Mexico, 1975: 6-5, Regional Program III1975New Mexico, 1976: 4-7, Regional Program II1976New Mexico, 1977: 5-7, Regional Program II1977New Mexico, 1978: 7-5, Regional Program II1978New Mexico, 1979: 6-6, Regional Program I1979+7.9One 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).

New Mexico, 6 seasons
+7.9
Regional Program IV → Regional Program I.

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.

5–1 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against LaVell Edwards.

Rivalry record
5–1
83.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
6–16–1
26.1% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico State5–183%
The toughest matchup
vs. LaVell Edwards0–6
6 meetings, 1974–1979
’74 L’75 L’76 L’77 L’78 L’79 L
0% win rate across a real, 6-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
Power Program
0–7 0.0%
National Program
4–16 20.0%
Regional Program
24–13 64.9%

Coaching career

1974–1979
New Mexicocaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program I
Bill Mondt moved New Mexico from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 6 seasons.

3rd-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Rudy Feldman (1968–1973) · succeeded by Joe Morrison (1980–1982).

7 NFL Draft picks: Don Woods (1974), Steve Myer (1976), Robin Cole (1977), Andy Frederick (1977), Bruce Herron (1977), Charles Baker (1980), Chris Combs (1980)

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