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Bill Weeks

Followed Marv Levy. Bill Weeks moved New Mexico from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 8 seasons.

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1960–1967 · 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, 1960: 5-5, Regional Program III1960New Mexico, 1961: 7-4, Regional Program III1961New Mexico, 1962: 7-2, Regional Program II1962New Mexico, 1963: 6-4, Regional Program II1963New Mexico, 1964: 9-2, Regional Program I1964New Mexico, 1965: 3-7, Regional Program II1965New Mexico, 1966: 2-8, Regional Program III1966New Mexico, 1967: 1-9, Regional Program IV1967+7.1One 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, 8 seasons
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Regional Program III → Regional Program IV.

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.

3–5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Frank Kush.

Rivalry record
3–5
37.5% · 1 rival
One-score games
11–6–1
61.1% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico State3–538%
The toughest matchup
vs. Frank Kush0–3
3 meetings, 1965–1967
’65 L’66 L’67 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
Power Program
1–4 20.0%
National Program
6–12 33.3%
Regional Program
24–24 50.0%

Coaching career

1960–1967
New Mexicocaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program I
Bill Weeks moved New Mexico from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 8 seasons.

2nd-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Marv Levy (1958–1959) · succeeded by Rudy Feldman (1968–1973).

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