The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bobby Williams

Followed Nick Saban. Bobby Williams held Michigan State at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

15–17

2000–2002 · 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 Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Michigan State, 3 seasons

−4.1

Power Program III → Power Program III.

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.

Rivalry record

1–3

25.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

6–4

60.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

1–1

50.0%

Rivalry ledger

Michigan1–150%

Penn State0–20%

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

1–1 50.0%

Power Program

4–4 50.0%

National Program

4–3 57.1%

Regional Program

3–3 50.0%

Coaching career

2000–2002

Michigan Statecaretaker

Power Program III → Power Program III

Bobby Williams held Michigan State at Power Program III for 3 seasons.

8th-best Michigan State tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Nick Saban (1995–1999) · succeeded by John Smith (2003–2006).

16 NFL Draft picks: Plaxico Burress (2000), Julian Peterson (2000), Gari Scott (2000), Greg Robinson-Randall (2000), Aric Morris (2000), Paul Edinger (2000), Robaire Smith (2000), Renaldo Hill (2001) + 8 more

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