The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Brian Knorr

Followed Jim Grobe. Brian Knorr held Ohio at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

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2001–2004 · 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 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).

Ohio, 4 seasons

−0.4

Regional Program IV → 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.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bob Pruett.

Rivalry record

0–4

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–9

18.2% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Miami (OH)0–40%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bob Pruett0–4

4 meetings, 2001–2004

’01 L’02 L’03 L’04 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

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

0–1 0.0%

National Program

0–15 0.0%

Regional Program

8–17 32.0%

Coaching career

2001–2004

Ohiocaretaker

Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV

Brian Knorr held Ohio at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

8th-best Ohio tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Grobe (1995–2000) · succeeded by Frank Solich (2005–2020).

1 NFL Draft pick: Dave Zastudil (2002)

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