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Doug Marrone

Followed Greg Robinson. Doug Marrone moved Syracuse from Regional Program I to National Program III in 4 seasons.

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2009–2012 · 1 stint
Syracuse
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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 careerSYRACUSENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelSyracuse, 2009: 4-8, Regional Program I2009Syracuse, 2010: 8-5, Regional Program I2010Syracuse, 2011: 5-7, Regional Program I2011Syracuse, 2012: 8-5, National Program III2012+5.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 4th career season — faster than 19% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #505 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Syracuse, 4 seasons
+5.4
Regional Program I → National Program III.

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.

Just 1–2 against Butch Jones.

One-score games
11–8
57.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Butch Jones1–2
3 meetings, 2010–2012
’10 W’11 L’12 L
33% 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
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
4–2 66.7%
National Program
10–19 34.5%
Regional Program
6–1 85.7%

Coaching career

2009–2012
Syracusecaretaker
Regional Program I → National Program III
Doug Marrone moved Syracuse from Regional Program I to National Program III in 4 seasons.

6th-best Syracuse tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Greg Robinson (2005–2008) · succeeded by Scott Shafer (2013–2015).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows K from high school
100%
#52 of 56 stints
Grows Tight end from high school
100%
#164 of 188 stints

11 NFL Draft picks: Tony Fiammetta (2009), Ryan Durand (2009), Mike Williams (2010), Arthur Jones (2010), Delone Carter (2011), Douglas Hogue (2011), Chandler Jones (2012), Andrew Tiller (2012) + 3 more

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