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Bob Tyler

Followed Jerry Moore. Bob Tyler held North Texas at Regional Program I for 1 season.

Peak, then fade
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1973–1981 · 2 stints
Mississippi StateNorth Texas
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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 careerMISSISSIPPI STATENORTH TEXASNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelMississippi State, 1973: 4-5, Regional Program III1973Mississippi State, 1974: 9-3, Regional Program I1974Mississippi State, 1975: 6-4, National Program III1975Mississippi State, 1976: 9-2, National Program III1976Mississippi State, 1977: 5-6, National Program II1977Mississippi State, 1978: 6-5, National Program II1978+13.9North Texas, 1981: 2-9, Regional Program I1981-1.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 3rd career season — faster than 25% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #454 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Mississippi State, 6 seasons
+13.9
Regional Program III → 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.

3–3 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Bear Bryant.

Rivalry record
3–3
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
15–9–2
57.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–5
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Ole Miss3–350%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bear Bryant0–6
6 meetings, 1973–1978
’73 L’74 L’75 L’76 L’77 L’78 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
Blue Blood
0–5 0.0%
Power Program
11–16 40.7%
National Program
14–10 58.3%
Regional Program
13–2 86.7%

Coaching career

1981–1981
North Texascaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program I
Bob Tyler held North Texas at Regional Program I for 1 season.

5th-best North Texas tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Jerry Moore (1979–1980) · succeeded by Corky Nelson (1982–1982).

3 NFL Draft picks: Ron Battle (1981), Louis Haynes (1982), Tony Elliott (1982)

2–9
1973–1978
Mississippi Statebuilderborderline
Regional Program III → National Program II
Bob Tyler raised Mississippi State from Regional Program III to National Program II.

15th-best Mississippi State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Charles Shira (1967–1972) · succeeded by Emory Bellard (1979–1985).

10 NFL Draft picks: Ken Phares (1973), Wayne Jones (1974), Jimmy Webb (1975), Steve Freeman (1975), Jim Eidson (1976), Larry Buie (1976), Stan Black (1977), Dennis Johnson (1978) + 2 more

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