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Jack Lengyel

Followed Rick Tolley. Jack Lengyel held Marshall at Regional Program V for 4 seasons.

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1971–1974 · 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 careerMARSHALLRegional Programthe building-block levelMarshall, 1971: 2-8, Regional Program V1971Marshall, 1972: 2-8, Regional Program V1972Marshall, 1973: 4-7, Regional Program V1973Marshall, 1974: 1-10, Regional Program V1974-1.8One 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).

Marshall, 4 seasons
−1.8
Regional Program V → 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.

Winless in 4 tries against Bill Doolittle.

One-score games
3–4
42.9% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchup
vs. Bill Doolittle0–4
4 meetings, 1971–1974
’71 L’72 L’73 L’74 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
National Program
2–13 13.3%
Regional Program
2–12 14.3%

Coaching career

1971–1974
Marshallcaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Jack Lengyel held Marshall at Regional Program V for 4 seasons.

9th-best Marshall tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Rick Tolley (1969–1970) · succeeded by Frank Ellwood (1975–1978).

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