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Rickey Bustle

Followed Jerry Baldwin. Rickey Bustle held Louisiana at Regional Program V for 9 seasons.

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2002–2010 · 1 stint
Louisiana
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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 careerLOUISIANARegional Programthe building-block levelLouisiana, 2002: 3-9, Regional Program V2002Louisiana, 2003: 4-8, Regional Program V2003Louisiana, 2004: 4-7, Regional Program V2004Louisiana, 2005: 6-5, Regional Program V2005Louisiana, 2006: 6-6, Regional Program V2006Louisiana, 2007: 3-9, Regional Program V2007Louisiana, 2008: 6-6, Regional Program V2008Louisiana, 2009: 6-6, Regional Program V2009Louisiana, 2010: 3-9, Regional Program V2010+2.4One 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, 9 seasons
+2.4
Regional Program V → 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.

4–4 against his rivals. Just 1–5 against Howard Schnellenberger.

Rivalry record
4–4
50.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
18–20
47.4% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–3
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
UL Monroe4–450%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Howard Schnellenberger1–5
6 meetings, 2005–2010
’05 L’06 W’07 L’08 L’09 L’10 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
0–8 0.0%
National Program
1–12 7.7%
Regional Program
31–40 43.7%

Coaching career

2002–2010
Louisianacaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Rickey Bustle held Louisiana at Regional Program V for 9 seasons.

8th-best Louisiana tenure of 9 by the numbers.

Followed Jerry Baldwin (1999–2001) · succeeded by Mark Hudspeth (2011–2017).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Running back from high school
100%
#196 of 208 stints
Grows Interior line from high school
100%
#198 of 224 stints

5 NFL Draft picks: Brad Franklin (2002), Charles Tillman (2003), Ivan Taylor (2003), Ceandris Brown (2005), Hall Davis (2010)

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