The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Dave Hart

Followed John Michelosen. Pittsburgh fell from National Program I to Regional Program II under Dave Hart.

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1966–1968 · 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 National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Pittsburgh, 3 seasons

−19.7

National Program II → Regional Program II.

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.

1–5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Ara Parseghian.

Rivalry record

1–5

16.7% · 2 rivals

One-score games

2–4

33.3% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–3

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

West Virginia1–233%

Penn State0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Ara Parseghian0–3

3 meetings, 1966–1968

’66 L’67 L’68 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-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

Blue Blood

0–3 0.0%

Power Program

0–12 0.0%

National Program

0–10 0.0%

Regional Program

3–2 60.0%

Coaching career

1966–1968

Pittsburghdecliner

National Program I → National Program II

Pittsburgh fell from National Program I to Regional Program II under Dave Hart.

17th-best Pittsburgh tenure of 23 by the numbers.

Followed John Michelosen (1955–1965) · succeeded by Carl DePasqua (1969–1972).

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