The Zeitgeist List · coaching

David Lee

Followed Bob Stull. David Lee held UTEP at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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1989–1993 · 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 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).

UTEP, 5 seasons

+0.4

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.

Winless in 4 tries against Al Luginbill.

One-score games

5–13–1

26.3% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Al Luginbill0–4

4 meetings, 1989–1992

’89 L’90 L’91 L’92 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

Power Program

0–6 0.0%

National Program

2–12 14.3%

Regional Program

6–16 27.3%

Coaching career

1989–1993

UTEPcaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

David Lee held UTEP at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

12th-best UTEP tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Bob Stull (1986–1988).

5 NFL Draft picks: Tony Tolbert (1989), Chris Jacke (1989), Reggie Barrett (1991), Ed Bunn (1993), Barron Wortham (1994)

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