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Bob Weber

Followed Vince Gibson. Bob Weber held Louisville at Regional Program I for 5 seasons.

The journeyman
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1969–1984 · 2 stints
ArizonaLouisville
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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 careerARIZONALOUISVILLENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelArizona, 1969: 3-7, Regional Program II1969Arizona, 1970: 4-6, Regional Program II1970Arizona, 1971: 5-6, Regional Program I1971Arizona, 1972: 4-7, Regional Program I1972+2.8Louisville, 1980: 5-6, Regional Program I1980Louisville, 1981: 5-6, Regional Program I1981Louisville, 1982: 5-6, Regional Program III1982Louisville, 1983: 3-8, Regional Program III1983Louisville, 1984: 2-9, Regional Program IV1984-7.1One 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).

Arizona, 4 seasons
+2.8
Regional Program II → Regional Program I.
Louisville, 5 seasons
−7.1
Regional Program I → 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.

2–7 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bobby Bowden.

Rivalry record
2–7
22.2% · 2 rivals
One-score games
11–8
57.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–3
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Cincinnati2–340%
Arizona State0–40%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bobby Bowden0–4
4 meetings, 1980–1983
’80 L’81 L’82 L’83 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
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
1–20 4.8%
National Program
10–21 32.3%
Regional Program
17–12 58.6%

Coaching career

1980–1984
Louisvillecaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program I
Bob Weber held Louisville at Regional Program I for 5 seasons.

15th-best Louisville tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Vince Gibson (1975–1979) · succeeded by Howard Schnellenberger (1985–1994).

5 NFL Draft picks: Otis Wilson (1980), Eddie Johnson (1981), Tom Andrews (1984), Dean May (1984), Ron Davenport (1985)

20–35
1969–1972
Arizonacaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program I
Bob Weber moved Arizona from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.

17th-best Arizona tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Darrell Mudra (1967–1968) · succeeded by Jim Young (1973–1976).

9 NFL Draft picks: Ricky Stevenson (1970), Ron Gardin (1970), Bill McKinley (1971), Mark Arneson (1972), Charles McKee (1972), Jackie Wallace (1973), Bob Crum (1973), Bob McCall (1973) + 1 more

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