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Rudy Feldman

Followed Bill Weeks. Rudy Feldman held New Mexico at Regional Program IV for 6 seasons.

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1968–1973 · 1 stint
New Mexico
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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 careerNEW MEXICORegional Programthe building-block levelNew Mexico, 1968: 0-10, Regional Program V1968New Mexico, 1969: 4-6, Regional Program V1969New Mexico, 1970: 7-3, Regional Program V1970New Mexico, 1971: 6-3, Regional Program IV1971New Mexico, 1972: 3-8, Regional Program IV1972New Mexico, 1973: 4-7, Regional Program IV1973+4.3One 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).

New Mexico, 6 seasons
+4.3
Regional Program V → Regional Program IV.

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.

4–1 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Frank Kush.

Rivalry record
4–1–1
66.7% · 1 rival
One-score games
8–6–2
50.0% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
New Mexico State4–1–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. Frank Kush0–6
6 meetings, 1968–1973
’68 L’69 L’70 L’71 L’72 L’73 L
0% win rate across a real, 6-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
1–8 11.1%
National Program
9–12 42.9%
Regional Program
13–17 43.3%

Coaching career

1968–1973
New Mexicocaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Rudy Feldman held New Mexico at Regional Program IV for 6 seasons.

13th-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Weeks (1960–1967) · succeeded by Bill Mondt (1974–1979).

3 NFL Draft picks: Douglas Dalton (1968), Sam Scarber (1971), Don Woods (1974)

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