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Jerry Stovall

Followed Charles McClendon. Jerry Stovall held LSU at Power Program II for 4 seasons.

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1980–1983 · 1 stint
LSU
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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 careerLSUPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyLSU, 1980: 7-4, Power Program II1980LSU, 1981: 3-7, Power Program III1981LSU, 1982: 8-3, Power Program II1982LSU, 1983: 4-7, Power Program III1983-2.9One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

LSU, 4 seasons
−2.9
Power Program II → Power 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.

5–6 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Emory Bellard.

Rivalry record
5–6–1
41.7% · 3 rivals
One-score games
5–8–2
33.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Ole Miss2–1–150%
Alabama1–325%
Tulane2–250%
The toughest matchup
vs. Emory Bellard0–4
4 meetings, 1980–1983
’80 L’81 L’82 L’83 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
Dynasty
0–1 0.0%
Blue Blood
1–4 20.0%
Power Program
4–6 40.0%
National Program
9–9 50.0%
Regional Program
8–1 88.9%

Coaching career

1980–1983
LSUcaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program II
Jerry Stovall held LSU at Power Program II for 4 seasons.

13th-best LSU tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Charles McClendon (1962–1979) · succeeded by Bill Arnsparger (1984–1986).

15 NFL Draft picks: Willie Teal (1980), Carlos Carson (1980), John Adams (1980), Chris Williams (1981), Lyman White (1981), Greg LaFleur (1981), Tracy Porter (1981), Orlando McDaniel (1982) + 7 more

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