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Doug Weaver

Doug Weaver slid Southern Illinois from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 2 seasons.

The journeyman
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1960–1975 · 2 stints
Kansas StateSouthern Illinois
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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 careerKANSAS STATESOUTHERN ILLINOISRegional Programthe building-block levelKansas State, 1960: 1-9, Regional Program V1960Kansas State, 1961: 2-8, Regional Program V1961Kansas State, 1962: 0-10, Regional Program V1962Kansas State, 1963: 2-7, Regional Program V1963Kansas State, 1964: 3-7, Regional Program V1964Kansas State, 1965: 0-10, Regional Program VI1965Kansas State, 1966: 0-9, Regional Program VI1966-7.2Southern Illinois, 1974: 2-9, Regional Program III1974Southern Illinois, 1975: 1-9, Regional Program IV1975-4.6One 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).

Kansas State, 7 seasons
−7.2
Regional Program V → Regional Program VI.
Southern Illinois, 2 seasons
−4.6
Regional Program III → 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.

0–6 against his rivals. Winless in 7 tries against Dan Devine.

Rivalry record
0–6–1
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
5–8–1
35.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–7
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Kansas0–6–10%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dan Devine0–7
7 meetings, 1960–1966
’60 L’61 L’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 L
0% win rate across a real, 7-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
0–7 0.0%
Power Program
0–10 0.0%
National Program
0–24 0.0%
Regional Program
7–30 18.9%

Coaching career

1974–1975
Southern Illinoiscaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program III
Doug Weaver slid Southern Illinois from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 2 seasons.

2nd-best Southern Illinois tenure of 2 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Rey Dempsey (1976–1983).

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1960–1966
Kansas Statecaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V
Doug Weaver slid Kansas State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 7 seasons.

14th-best Kansas State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Bernard Mertes (1955–1959) · succeeded by Vince Gibson (1967–1974).

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