The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bud Carson

Followed Bobby Dodd. Bud Carson held Georgia Tech at Power Program II for 5 seasons.

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1967–1971 · 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).

Georgia Tech, 5 seasons

−14.4

Power Program II → National Program I.

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.

2–3 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Ralph Jordan.

Rivalry record

2–3

40.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

12–8

60.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–5

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Georgia2–340%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Ralph Jordan1–4

5 meetings, 1967–1971

’67 L’68 W’69 L’70 L’71 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0–5 0.0%

Power Program

4–15 21.1%

National Program

13–4 76.5%

Regional Program

9–3 75.0%

Coaching career

1967–1971

Georgia Techcaretakerborderline

Power Program II → Power Program II

Bud Carson held Georgia Tech at Power Program II for 5 seasons.

3rd-best Georgia Tech tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Bobby Dodd (1945–1966) · succeeded by Bill Fulcher (1972–1973).

1 NFL Draft pick: Lenny Snow (1968)

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