The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Ron Dickerson

Followed Jerry Berndt. Ron Dickerson slid Temple from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 5 seasons.

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1993–1997 · 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).

Temple, 5 seasons

−3.5

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.

Winless in 5 tries against Don Nehlen.

One-score games

6–9

40.0% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Don Nehlen0–5

5 meetings, 1993–1997

’93 L’94 L’95 L’96 L’97 L

0% win rate across a real, 5-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

Dynasty

0–1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0–8 0.0%

Power Program

0–9 0.0%

National Program

2–15 11.8%

Regional Program

6–14 30.0%

Coaching career

1993–1997

Templecaretaker

Regional Program IV → Regional Program V

Ron Dickerson slid Temple from Regional Program IV to Regional Program V in 5 seasons.

18th-best Temple tenure of 18 by the numbers.

Followed Jerry Berndt (1989–1992) · succeeded by Bobby Wallace (1998–2005).

2 NFL Draft picks: Tre' Johnson (1994), Alshermond Singleton (1997)

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