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Sam Robertson

Followed Augie Tammariello. Sam Robertson held Louisiana at Regional Program III for 6 seasons.

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1980–1985 · 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, 1980: 7-4, Regional Program III1980Louisiana, 1981: 1-9, Regional Program III1981Louisiana, 1982: 7-3, Regional Program III1982Louisiana, 1983: 4-6, Regional Program III1983Louisiana, 1984: 6-5, Regional Program III1984Louisiana, 1985: 4-7, Regional Program III1985-0.3One 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).

Louisiana, 6 seasons
−0.3
Regional Program III → Regional Program III.

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.

0–2 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Jim Carmody.

Rivalry record
0–2
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
10–7–1
55.6% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
UL Monroe0–20%
The toughest matchup
vs. Jim Carmody1–3
4 meetings, 1982–1985
’82 L’83 L’84 W’85 L
25% 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
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–2 0.0%
National Program
8–6 57.1%
Regional Program
8–11 42.1%

Coaching career

1980–1985
Louisianacaretaker
Regional Program III → Regional Program III
Sam Robertson held Louisiana at Regional Program III for 6 seasons.

4th-best Louisiana tenure of 9 by the numbers.

Followed Augie Tammariello (1974–1979) · succeeded by Nelson Stokley (1986–1998).

1 NFL Draft pick: Charles Bennett (1985)

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