The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Greg Davis

Followed Mack Brown. Greg Davis slid Tulane from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 4 seasons.

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1988–1991 · 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).

Tulane, 4 seasons

−1.6

Regional Program III → Regional Program III.

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.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bobby Bowden.

Rivalry record

0–4

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

8–7

53.3% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

LSU0–40%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bobby Bowden0–4

4 meetings, 1988–1991

’88 L’89 L’90 L’91 L

0% win rate across a real, 4-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

1–10 9.1%

National Program

1–9 10.0%

Regional Program

11–12 47.8%

Coaching career

1988–1991

Tulanecaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program III

Greg Davis slid Tulane from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 4 seasons.

19th-best Tulane tenure of 23 by the numbers.

Followed Mack Brown (1985–1987) · succeeded by Buddy Teevens (1992–1996).

2 NFL Draft picks: Terrence Jones (1989), Mike Riley (1991)

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