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Dick Scesniak

Followed Ed Chlebek. Dick Scesniak held Kent State at Regional Program IV for 3 seasons.

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1983–1985 · 1 stint
Kent 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 careerKENT STATERegional Programthe building-block levelKent State, 1983: 1-10, Regional Program IV1983Kent State, 1984: 4-7, Regional Program V1984Kent State, 1985: 3-8, Regional Program V1985-3.4One 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).

Kent State, 3 seasons
−3.4
Regional Program IV → 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 3 tries against Dennis Stolz.

One-score games
1–10
9.1% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Dennis Stolz0–3
3 meetings, 1983–1985
’83 L’84 L’85 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
National Program
0–8 0.0%
Regional Program
7–15 31.8%

Coaching career

1983–1985
Kent Statecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Dick Scesniak held Kent State at Regional Program IV for 3 seasons.

10th-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Ed Chlebek (1981–1982) · succeeded by Glen Mason (1986–1987).

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