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Gil Krueger

Followed Jim Bradley. Gil Krueger slid New Mexico State from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 5 seasons.

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1978–1982 · 1 stint
New Mexico State
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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 careerNEW MEXICO STATERegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico State, 1978: 6-5, Regional Program IV1978New Mexico State, 1979: 2-9, Regional Program IV1979New Mexico State, 1980: 3-7, Regional Program IV1980New Mexico State, 1981: 3-8, Regional Program IV1981New Mexico State, 1982: 3-8, Regional Program V1982-4.7One 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).

New Mexico State, 5 seasons
−4.7
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.

0–5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Joe Morrison.

Rivalry record
0–5
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
7–10
41.2% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico0–50%
The toughest matchup
vs. Joe Morrison0–3
3 meetings, 1980–1982
’80 L’81 L’82 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%
National Program
1–5 16.7%
Regional Program
7–19 26.9%

Coaching career

1978–1982
New Mexico Statecaretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program IV
Gil Krueger slid New Mexico State from Regional Program III to Regional Program IV in 5 seasons.

6th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Bradley (1973–1977) · succeeded by Fred Zechman (1983–1985).

1 NFL Draft pick: Kerry Locklin (1982)

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