The Zeitgeist List · coaching

John Bobo

Followed Ray Perkins. John Bobo held Arkansas State at Regional Program V for 4 seasons.

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1993–1996 · 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).

Arkansas State, 4 seasons

−2.6

Regional Program V → Regional Program VI.

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.

Winless in 4 tries against Nelson Stokley.

One-score games

3–6–1

30.0% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Nelson Stokley0–4

4 meetings, 1993–1996

’93 L’94 L’95 L’96 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

Power Program

0–2 0.0%

National Program

0–7 0.0%

Regional Program

5–18 21.7%

Coaching career

1993–1996

Arkansas Statecaretaker

Regional Program V → Regional Program V

John Bobo held Arkansas State at Regional Program V for 4 seasons.

11th-best Arkansas State tenure of 12 by the numbers.

Followed Ray Perkins (1992–1992) · succeeded by Joe Hollis (1997–2001).

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