The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Gil Bartosh

Followed Tommy Hudspeth. Gil Bartosh slid UTEP from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 3 seasons.

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1974–1976 · 1 stint
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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 careerUTEPRegional Programthe building-block levelUTEP, 1974: 4-7, Regional Program IV1974UTEP, 1975: 1-10, Regional Program IV1975UTEP, 1976: 1-11, Regional Program IV1976-4.7One 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).

UTEP, 3 seasons
−4.7
Regional Program IV → 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.

Winless in 3 tries against Bill Mondt.

One-score games
1–5
16.7% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Bill Mondt0–3
3 meetings, 1974–1976
’74 L’75 L’76 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
1–4 20.0%
National Program
0–8 0.0%
Regional Program
2–14 12.5%

Coaching career

1974–1976
UTEPcaretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program IV
Gil Bartosh slid UTEP from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 3 seasons.

9th-best UTEP tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Tommy Hudspeth (1973–1973) · succeeded by Bill Michael (1977–1981).

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