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Charlie Weis

Followed Turner Gill. Charlie Weis slid Kansas from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

Peak, then fade
41–49
2005–2014 · 2 stints
Notre DameKansas
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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 careerNOTRE DAMEKANSASPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelNotre Dame, 2005: 9-3, Power Program II2005Notre Dame, 2006: 10-3, Power Program II2006Notre Dame, 2007: 3-9, Power Program II2007Notre Dame, 2008: 7-6, Power Program II2008Notre Dame, 2009: 6-6, Power Program II2009-3.2Kansas, 2012: 1-11, Regional Program II2012Kansas, 2013: 3-9, Regional Program III2013Kansas, 2014: 2-2, Regional Program III2014-6.3One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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).

Notre Dame, 5 seasons
−3.2
Power Program II → Power Program II.
Kansas, 3 seasons
−6.3
Regional Program II → Regional Program III.

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.

Kansas2012–2014– 0.0pt
Pass rate — share of offensive plays that were pass attemptsfirst covered seasonmost recent covered seasonfull season-to-season range (3+ covered seasons)

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.

6–12 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Pete Carroll.

Rivalry record
6–12
33.3% · 4 rivals
One-score games
14–17
45.2% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Michigan2–340%
USC0–50%
Stanford4–180%
Kansas State0–30%
The toughest matchup
vs. Pete Carroll0–5
5 meetings, 2005–2009
’05 L’06 L’07 L’08 L’09 L
0% win rate across a real, 5-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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
1–10 9.1%
Power Program
8–22 26.7%
National Program
15–12 55.6%
Regional Program
14–8 63.6%

Coaching career

2012–2014
Kansascaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program II
Charlie Weis slid Kansas from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

15th-best Kansas tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Turner Gill (2010–2011) · succeeded by David Beaty (2015–2018).

Season201220132014Trend
Record & result
Record1–113–92–2
Postseason———
Recruiting rank——#50
Style — pass rate
Pass rate——44.7
Coordinators
OC——Eric Kiesau / John Reagan (1st season; first 7 games)
DC——Clint Bowen / Dave Campo
Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile
Offense——15
Defense——21
Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only)
1st-down pass%——41.5
Red-zone pass%——37.7
4th-down go%opp. territory——30.6
Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints
Grows Wide receiver from high school
100%
#230 of 243 stints

4 NFL Draft picks: Tanner Hawkinson (2013), Ben Heeney (2015), JaCorey Shepherd (2015), Dexter McDonald (2015)

6–22
2005–2009
Notre Damecaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program II
Charlie Weis held Notre Dame at Power Program II for 5 seasons.

14th-best Notre Dame tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Tyrone Willingham (2002–2004) · succeeded by Brian Kelly (2010–2021).

21 NFL Draft picks: Justin Tuck (2005), Jerome Collins (2005), Anthony Fasano (2006), Maurice Stovall (2006), Dan Stevenson (2006), Brady Quinn (2007), Victor Abiamiri (2007), Ryan Harris (2007) + 13 more

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