The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Ralph Staub

Followed Tony Mason. Ralph Staub moved Cincinnati from National Program III to National Program II in 4 seasons.

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1977–1980 · 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).

Cincinnati, 4 seasons

+1.6

National Program II → Regional Program I.

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.

1–6 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Wayne Hardin.

Rivalry record

1–6–1

12.5% · 2 rivals

One-score games

1–10–2

7.7% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Louisville0–3–10%

Miami (OH)1–325%

The toughest matchup

vs. Wayne Hardin0–3–1

4 meetings, 1977–1980

’77 T’78 L’79 L’80 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

6–15 28.6%

Regional Program

5–7 41.7%

Coaching career

1977–1980

Cincinnaticaretaker

National Program III → National Program II

Ralph Staub moved Cincinnati from National Program III to National Program II in 4 seasons.

7th-best Cincinnati tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Tony Mason (1973–1976) · succeeded by Mike Gottfried (1981–1982).

3 NFL Draft picks: Keith Jenkins (1977), Mike Woods (1978), Farley Bell (1980)

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