The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Jerry Wampfler

Followed Milo Lude. Jerry Wampfler slid Colorado State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

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1970–1972 · 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).

Colorado State, 3 seasons

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Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV.

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.

0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Ben Martin.

Rivalry record

0–3

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

1–4

20.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Wyoming0–30%

The toughest matchup

vs. Ben Martin0–3

3 meetings, 1970–1972

’70 L’71 L’72 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

Power Program

0–3 0.0%

National Program

2–14 12.5%

Regional Program

4–5 44.4%

Coaching career

1970–1972

Colorado Statecaretaker

Regional Program IV → Regional Program III

Jerry Wampfler slid Colorado State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 3 seasons.

10th-best Colorado State tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Milo Lude (1962–1969) · succeeded by Sarkis Arslanian (1973–1981).

3 NFL Draft picks: Lawrence McCutcheon (1972), Jim White (1972), Perry Smith (1973)

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