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Ed Zaunbrecher

Ed Zaunbrecher held UL Monroe at Regional Program III for 5 seasons.

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1994–1998 · 1 stint
UL Monroe
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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 careerUL MONROERegional Programthe building-block levelUL Monroe, 1994: 3-8, Regional Program III1994UL Monroe, 1995: 2-9, Regional Program IV1995UL Monroe, 1996: 5-6, Regional Program IV1996UL Monroe, 1997: 5-7, Regional Program IV1997UL Monroe, 1998: 5-6, Regional Program IV1998+0.0One 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).

UL Monroe, 5 seasons
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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.

2–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Terry Bowden.

Rivalry record
2–1
66.7% · 2 rivals
One-score games
7–3
70.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–3
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Louisiana2–0100%
Arkansas State0–10%
The toughest matchup
vs. Terry Bowden0–3
3 meetings, 1994–1996
’94 L’95 L’96 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
0–9 0.0%
National Program
1–6 14.3%
Regional Program
7–13 35.0%

Coaching career

1994–1998
UL Monroecaretaker
Regional Program III
Ed Zaunbrecher held UL Monroe at Regional Program III for 5 seasons.

4th-best UL Monroe tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Bobby Keasler (1999–2002).

6 NFL Draft picks: James Folston (1994), Larry Whigham (1994), Shawn King (1995), Steve Foley (1998), Marty Booker (1999), Lionel Barnes (1999)

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