The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Keith Burns

Followed David Rader. Keith Burns held Tulsa at Regional Program IV for 3 seasons.

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2000–2002 · 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).

Tulsa, 3 seasons

−5.6

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.

Winless in 3 tries against Pat Hill.

One-score games

1–3

25.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–2

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Pat Hill0–3

3 meetings, 2000–2002

’00 L’01 L’02 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%

National Program

0–6 0.0%

Regional Program

6–19 24.0%

Coaching career

2000–2002

Tulsacaretaker

Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV

Keith Burns held Tulsa at Regional Program IV for 3 seasons.

22nd-best Tulsa tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed David Rader (1988–1999) · succeeded by Steve Kragthorpe (2003–2006).

2 NFL Draft picks: Todd Franz (2000), Kevin Shaffer (2002)

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