The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Otis Douglas

Followed John Barnhill. Otis Douglas held Arkansas at National Program II for 3 seasons.

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1950–1952 · 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 National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Arkansas, 3 seasons

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National Program II → National Program II.

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 Dutch Meyer.

One-score games

3–10

23.1% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Dutch Meyer0–3

3 meetings, 1950–1952

’50 L’51 L’52 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

2–10 16.7%

National Program

5–10 33.3%

Regional Program

1–0 100.0%

Coaching career

1950–1952

Arkansascaretaker

National Program II → National Program II

Otis Douglas held Arkansas at National Program II for 3 seasons.

15th-best Arkansas tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed John Barnhill (1946–1949) · succeeded by Bowden Wyatt (1953–1954).

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