The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Snorter Luster

Followed Tom Stidham. Snorter Luster held Oklahoma at Power Program III for 5 seasons.

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1941–1945 · 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 Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Oklahoma, 5 seasons

−1.1

Power Program III → Power 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.

2–7 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Dana Bible.

Rivalry record

2–7–1

20.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

4–9–3

25.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Oklahoma State2–2–140%

Texas0–50%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Dana Bible0–5

5 meetings, 1941–1945

’41 L’42 L’43 L’44 L’45 L

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

2–9 18.2%

National Program

3–5 37.5%

Regional Program

17–2 89.5%

Coaching career

1941–1945

Oklahomacaretaker

Power Program III → Power Program III

Snorter Luster held Oklahoma at Power Program III for 5 seasons.

12th-best Oklahoma tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Tom Stidham (1937–1940) · succeeded by Jim Tatum (1946–1946).

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