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Jeff Genyk

Followed Jeff Woodruff. Jeff Genyk held Eastern Michigan at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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2004–2008 · 1 stint
Eastern Michigan
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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 careerEASTERN MICHIGANRegional Programthe building-block levelEastern Michigan, 2004: 4-7, Regional Program V2004Eastern Michigan, 2005: 4-7, Regional Program V2005Eastern Michigan, 2006: 1-11, Regional Program V2006Eastern Michigan, 2007: 4-8, Regional Program V2007Eastern Michigan, 2008: 3-9, Regional Program V2008+0.2One 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).

Eastern Michigan, 5 seasons
+0.2
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.

6–4 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Tom Amstutz.

Rivalry record
6–4
60.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
11–16
40.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Western Michigan2–340%
Central Michigan4–180%
The toughest matchup
vs. Tom Amstutz1–4
5 meetings, 2004–2008
’04 L’05 L’06 W’07 L’08 L
20% 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
0–2 0.0%
National Program
1–7 12.5%
Regional Program
13–30 30.2%

Coaching career

2004–2008
Eastern Michigancaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Jeff Genyk held Eastern Michigan at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

11th-best Eastern Michigan tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Jeff Woodruff (2000–2003) · succeeded by Ron English (2009–2013).

3 NFL Draft picks: Chris Roberson (2005), Jason Jones (2008), T.J. Lang (2009)

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