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Bryant Vincent

Followed Terry Bowden. Bryant Vincent held UL Monroe at Regional Program VI for 3 seasons.

The journeyman
15–22
2022–now · 2 stints
UABUL Monroe
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In his own words

Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.

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 careerUABUL MONROERegional Programthe building-block levelUAB, 2022: 7-6, Regional Program II2022+1.6UL Monroe, 2024: 5-7, Regional Program VI2024UL Monroe, 2025: 3-9, Regional Program VI2025UL Monroe, 2026: in progress, Regional Program VI2026+0.0One 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).

UL Monroe, 3 seasons (active)
+0.0
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI.

Style position and drift

Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.

40%UAB2022–2022– 0.0ptUL Monroe2024–2026▲ 1.5pt
Pass rate — share of offensive plays that were pass attemptsfirst covered seasonmost recent covered seasonfull season-to-season range (3+ covered seasons)
How much that is, against every other stint

Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.

Typical stint7.010.2 median13.9middle half of all stints
UL Monroe6.2pt#209 of 258 · less than most

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
4–8
33.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Buyout owed
$1,200,000
bigger than 5% of FBS buyouts
Rivalry ledger
Arkansas State1–150%
Louisiana0–20%
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
0–2 0.0%
National Program
0–3 0.0%
Regional Program
9–14 39.1%

His own effect, isolated

A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.

Offense marginal impact
+0.32
#53 of 319 · more than most
Defense marginal impact
-0.05
#200 of 325 · a typical amount

Model fit as of 2026-09-04.

Coaching career

2024–now
UL Monroecaretaker
Regional Program VI → Regional Program VI
Bryant Vincent held UL Monroe at Regional Program VI for 3 seasons.

11th-best UL Monroe tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Recruiter or developer?

Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.

Offense vs. talent
-8.1 pts
#145 of 208 · a typical amount
Defense vs. talent
+4.1 pts
#84 of 208 · a typical amount
Recruiting talent is team-wide (no offense/defense split exists in the source data) -- both sides are scored against the same talent input, only the outcome is side-specific.

Followed Terry Bowden (2021–2023).

Season202420252026Trend
Record & result
Record5–73–90–0
Postseason———
Recruiting rank#114#115#127
Style — pass rate
Pass rate35.141.436.6
Coordinators
OC——Jesse Montalto
DCEarnest HillEarnest HillTroy Reffett
Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile
Offense301830
Defense32445
Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only)
1st-down pass%33.238.326.3
Red-zone pass%26.847.125.0
4th-down go%opp. territory27.848.4—
Roster construction · portal era

A typical amount of portal roster-building.

Portal arrivals
50
2.9★ avg rating
Portal departures
64
left via the portal
Net portal flow
-14
#61 of 187 FBS stints
Who they bring in

Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.

Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.

Avg. size (raw)
6′1″, 226 lbs
across 30 of 50 arrivals — unadjusted for position mix
Size vs. position-typical
+1.7 lbs
#192 of 255 · less than most
Avg. class year
Jr
#252 of 255 · less than most
Top states: LA (5), MS (5), TX (4), AL (4), IA (2)
Who won the portal our read
Talent added
52.5
position-weighted
Talent lost
52.1
position-weighted
Net
+0.4
arrivals minus departures
Best addition: Austin Carlisle (QB) from Houston
Biggest loss: Blake Murphy (QB) to the portal
Position-value-weighted (QB/CB weighted highest, depth-decayed within each position) — the same scoring engine as the Portal Heat feed, not a separate grade.
Does the system survive a coordinator change?
DC: Earnest Hill → Troy Reffett · 2026
44th pct5th pct0th100th
1-season window either side — numbers shown, not enough to badge a verdict.
Roster size, by position
Skill positions · usage-weighted (real participation)
Quarterback
208 lbs
6′3″ avg · #528 of 767 · a typical amount
Running back
204 lbs
5′10″ avg · #512 of 791 · a typical amount
Wide receiver
189 lbs
6′0″ avg · #594 of 791 · less than most
Tight end
240 lbs
6′4″ avg · #559 of 731 · less than most
Trench & secondary · recruited roster, not confirmed starters
Interior line
305 lbs
6′4″ avg · #530 of 779 · a typical amount
D-line
279 lbs
6′3″ avg · #485 of 753 · a typical amount
Linebacker
231 lbs
6′2″ avg · #252 of 772 · a typical amount
Cornerback
192 lbs
6′0″ avg · #290 of 771 · a typical amount
Offensive-line size is one undifferentiated bucket — the source data almost never distinguishes tackle from guard from center, so we can't split them out.
Where the roster comes from, by position
Buys Edge via the portal
100%
#1 of 208 stints
Buys Safety via the portal
83%
#10 of 218 stints

AI Narratives — “UL Monroe — stat check” and 4 more on the team page.

8–16
2022–2022
UABcaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program II
Bryant Vincent held UAB at Regional Program II for 1 season.

2nd-best UAB tenure of 7 by the numbers.

Recruiter or developer?

Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.

Offense vs. talent
+46.4 pts
#3 of 208 · more than most
Defense vs. talent
+1.4 pts
#91 of 208 · a typical amount
Recruiting talent is team-wide (no offense/defense split exists in the source data) -- both sides are scored against the same talent input, only the outcome is side-specific.

Followed Bill Clark (2014–2021) · succeeded by Trent Dilfer (2023–2025).

Roster construction · portal era

Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.

Portal arrivals
2
3.0★ avg rating
Portal departures
10
left via the portal
Net portal flow
-8
#182 of 187 FBS stints
Who they bring in

Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.

Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.

Avg. size (raw)
6′2″, 225 lbs
across 2 of 2 arrivals — unadjusted for position mix
Size vs. position-typical
+7.4 lbs
#49 of 255 · more than most
Avg. class year
Sr
#46 of 255 · more than most
Top states: TX (1), AL (1)
Who won the portal our read
Talent added
12.4
position-weighted
Talent lost
33.0
position-weighted
Net
-20.6
arrivals minus departures
Best addition: Jacob Zeno (QB) from Baylor
Biggest loss: Tyler Johnston (QB) to Towson
Position-value-weighted (QB/CB weighted highest, depth-decayed within each position) — the same scoring engine as the Portal Heat feed, not a separate grade.
Postseason detail2022: Beat Miami (OH) 24–20 HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl

2 NFL Draft picks: Alex Wright (2022), DeWayne McBride (2023)

7–6
How to read this. Bands and archetypes come from the Zeitgeist List’s season-by-season stature model, and only apply once a stint clears 3 coached seasons in our ledger — a newer stint shows its real record with no stature judgment yet.