The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Fritz Shurmur

Followed Lloyd Eaton. Fritz Shurmur slid Wyoming from National Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

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1971–1974 · 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 National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Wyoming, 4 seasons

−13.2

National Program II → Regional Program II.

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.

3–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Rudy Feldman.

Rivalry record

3–1

75.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

4–8

33.3% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Colorado State3–175%

The toughest matchup

vs. Rudy Feldman0–3

3 meetings, 1971–1973

’71 L’72 L’73 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

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

1–5 16.7%

National Program

2–11 15.4%

Regional Program

9–11 45.0%

Coaching career

1971–1974

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National Program I → National Program II

Fritz Shurmur slid Wyoming from National Program I to National Program II in 4 seasons.

3rd-best Wyoming tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970) · succeeded by Fred Akers (1975–1976).

3 NFL Draft picks: Bob Jacobs (1971), Conrad Dobler (1972), Nick Bebout (1973)

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