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Jim Strong

Followed Wayne Nunnely. Jim Strong held UNLV at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

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1990–1993 · 1 stint
UNLV
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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 careerUNLVRegional Programthe building-block levelUNLV, 1990: 4-7, Regional Program IV1990UNLV, 1991: 4-7, Regional Program IV1991UNLV, 1992: 6-5, Regional Program V1992UNLV, 1993: 3-8, Regional Program V1993-5.9One 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).

UNLV, 4 seasons
−5.9
Regional Program IV → 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.

0–3 against his rivals.

Rivalry record
0–3
0.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
5–2
71.4% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Nevada0–20%
Hawai'i0–10%
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–1 0.0%
National Program
1–7 12.5%
Regional Program
9–10 47.4%

Coaching career

1990–1993
UNLVcaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Jim Strong held UNLV at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.

7th-best UNLV tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed Wayne Nunnely (1986–1989) · succeeded by Jeff Horton (1994–1998).

3 NFL Draft picks: Don Odegard (1990), Lonnie Palelei (1993), Jerry Reynolds (1994)

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