The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bo Hagan

Followed Jess Neely. Bo Hagan slid Rice from National Program II to National Program III in 4 seasons.

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1967–1970 · 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).

Rice, 4 seasons

−8.1

National Program III → 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.

1–3 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Charles McClendon.

Rivalry record

1–3

25.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

6–5–1

50.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–5

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

SMU1–325%

The toughest matchup

vs. Charles McClendon0–4

4 meetings, 1967–1970

’67 L’68 L’69 L’70 L

0% 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

0–5 0.0%

Power Program

0–8 0.0%

National Program

7–14 33.3%

Regional Program

3–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1967–1970

Ricecaretaker

National Program II → National Program III

Bo Hagan slid Rice from National Program II to National Program III in 4 seasons.

3rd-best Rice tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Jess Neely (1940–1966) · succeeded by Bill Peterson (1971–1971).

1 NFL Draft pick: Brownie Wheless (1971)

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