The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Fred Vonappen

Followed Bob Wagner. Fred Vonappen slid Hawai'i from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

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1996–1998 · 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).

Hawai'i, 3 seasons

−14.5

Regional Program II → 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.

1–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against LaVell Edwards.

Rivalry record

1–1

50.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

0–5

0.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

UNLV1–150%

The toughest matchup

vs. LaVell Edwards0–3

3 meetings, 1996–1998

’96 L’97 L’98 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

0–2 0.0%

Power Program

0–4 0.0%

National Program

1–13 7.1%

Regional Program

2–12 14.3%

Coaching career

1996–1998

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Regional Program I → Regional Program II

Fred Vonappen slid Hawai'i from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 3 seasons.

8th-best Hawai'i tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed Bob Wagner (1987–1995) · succeeded by June Jones (1999–2007).

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