The Zeitgeist List · coaching

George Chaump

Followed Elliot Uzelac. George Chaump slid Navy from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 5 seasons.

14–41

1990–1994 · 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).

Navy, 5 seasons

−7.0

Regional Program IV → 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.

2–8 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against George Welsh.

Rivalry record

2–8

20.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

6–9

40.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–5

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Air Force1–420%

Army1–420%

The toughest matchup

vs. George Welsh0–5

5 meetings, 1990–1994

’90 L’91 L’92 L’93 L’94 L

0% win rate across a real, 5-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

0–5 0.0%

National Program

0–12 0.0%

Regional Program

8–20 28.6%

Coaching career

1990–1994

Navycaretaker

Regional Program III → Regional Program IV

George Chaump slid Navy from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 5 seasons.

18th-best Navy tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Elliot Uzelac (1987–1989) · succeeded by Charlie Weatherbie (1995–2001).

3 NFL Draft picks: Robert Kuberski (1993), Max Lane (1994), Kevin Hickman (1995)

14–41