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Cleve Bryant

Followed Brian Burke. Cleve Bryant slid Ohio from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 5 seasons.

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1985–1989 · 1 stint
Ohio
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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 careerOHIORegional Programthe building-block levelOhio, 1985: 2-9, Regional Program V1985Ohio, 1986: 1-10, Regional Program V1986Ohio, 1987: 1-10, Regional Program V1987Ohio, 1988: 4-6, Regional Program V1988Ohio, 1989: 1-9, Regional Program V1989-5.0One 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).

Ohio, 5 seasons
−5.0
Regional Program V → Regional Program V.

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. Just 1–4 against Dan Simrell.

Rivalry record
1–3–1
20.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
4–13–2
21.1% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Miami (OH)1–3–120%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Dan Simrell1–4
5 meetings, 1985–1989
’85 L’86 L’87 L’88 W’89 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
0–5 0.0%
Regional Program
8–35 18.6%

Coaching career

1985–1989
Ohiocaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V
Cleve Bryant slid Ohio from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 5 seasons.

10th-best Ohio tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Brian Burke (1979–1984) · succeeded by Tom Lichtenberg (1990–1994).

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