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Joe Peace

Joe Peace held Louisiana Tech at Regional Program I for 8 seasons.

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1988–1995 · 1 stint
Louisiana Tech
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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 careerLOUISIANA TECHNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelLouisiana Tech, 1988: 4-7, Regional Program III1988Louisiana Tech, 1989: 5-4, Regional Program III1989Louisiana Tech, 1990: 8-3, Regional Program II1990Louisiana Tech, 1991: 8-1, Regional Program I1991Louisiana Tech, 1992: 5-6, Regional Program I1992Louisiana Tech, 1993: 2-9, Regional Program II1993Louisiana Tech, 1994: 3-8, Regional Program III1994Louisiana Tech, 1995: 5-6, Regional Program III1995+0.0One 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).

Louisiana Tech, 8 seasons
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Regional Program III → Regional 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.

1–2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Sparky Woods.

Rivalry record
1–2
33.3% · 1 rival
One-score games
12–16–4
37.5% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Southern Miss1–233%
The toughest matchup
vs. Sparky Woods0–2–1
3 meetings, 1991–1993
’91 T’92 L’93 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
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
0–7 0.0%
National Program
4–12 25.0%
Regional Program
23–19 54.8%

Coaching career

1988–1995
Louisiana Techcaretaker
Regional Program I
Joe Peace held Louisiana Tech at Regional Program I for 8 seasons.

6th-best Louisiana Tech tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Gary Crowton (1996–1998).

5 NFL Draft picks: Derrick Douglas (1990), Willie Roaf (1993), Myron Baker (1993), Artie Smith (1993), Doug Evans (1993)

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