The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Fred Zechman

Followed Gil Krueger. Fred Zechman held New Mexico State at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

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1983–1985 · 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).

New Mexico State, 3 seasons

−1.3

Regional Program V → 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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Joe Lee Dunn.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

2–4

33.3% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

New Mexico0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Joe Lee Dunn0–3

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

Power Program

0–1 0.0%

National Program

0–2 0.0%

Regional Program

4–12 25.0%

Coaching career

1983–1985

New Mexico Statecaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

Fred Zechman held New Mexico State at Regional Program V for 3 seasons.

8th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Gil Krueger (1978–1982) · succeeded by Mike Knoll (1986–1989).

3 NFL Draft picks: Fredd Young (1984), Leo Barker (1984), Kim Locklin (1985)

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