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Dave Baldwin

Followed John Ralston. Dave Baldwin held San José State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

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1997–2000 · 1 stint
San José State
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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 careerSAN JOSÉ STATERegional Programthe building-block levelSan José State, 1997: 4-7, Regional Program IV1997San José State, 1998: 4-8, Regional Program IV1998San José State, 1999: 3-7, Regional Program V1999San José State, 2000: 7-5, Regional Program IV2000-3.0One 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).

San José State, 4 seasons
−3.0
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.

Winless in 4 tries against Pat Hill.

One-score games
5–5
50.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Pat Hill0–4
4 meetings, 1997–2000
’97 L’98 L’99 L’00 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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
4–12 25.0%
Regional Program
11–9 55.0%

Coaching career

1997–2000
San José Statecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Dave Baldwin held San José State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

15th-best San José State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed John Ralston (1993–1996) · succeeded by Fitz Hill (2001–2004).

3 NFL Draft picks: David Loverne (1999), Lyle West (1999), Sean Brewer (2001)

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