Thomas Nugent

Head coach, Maryland, 1959 to 1965
Before: Florida State

College career89-80-3

Program liftNo. 1,213tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

Pick a job to see its years on their own.

VMI1949–52 · 19-18-2Florida State1953–58 · 34-28-1Maryland1959–65 · 36-34All jobs89-80-3

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 4 tries against Arthur Guepe.

One-score games

7-4-2

53.8% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Arthur Guepe0-4

4 meetings, 1949–1952

’49 L’50 L’51 L’52 L

0% 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

0-2 0.0%

Power Program

1-1 50.0%

National Program

2-7 22.2%

Regional Program

12-4 75.0%

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.

1-5 against his rivals at Florida State. Winless in 4 tries against Wallace Butts.

Rivalry record

1-5

16.7% · 2 rivals

One-score games

8-5-1

57.1% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Miami1-420%

Florida0-10%

The toughest matchup

vs. Wallace Butts0-4

4 meetings, 1954–1958

’54 L’55 L’56 L’58 L

0% 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

Power Program

1-6 14.3%

National Program

2-10 16.7%

Regional Program

17-6 73.9%

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.

Just 1-5 against Rip Engle.

One-score games

20-16

55.6% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-1

50.0%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Rip Engle1-5

6 meetings, 1960–1965

’60 L’61 W’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

1-1 50.0%

Power Program

5-18 21.7%

National Program

10-5 66.7%

Regional Program

20-10 66.7%

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.

1-5 against his rivals. Just 1-5 against Rip Engle.

Rivalry record

1-5

16.7% · 2 rivals

One-score games

35-25-3

55.6% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-3

25.0%

Rivalry ledger

Miami1-420%

Florida0-10%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Rip Engle1-5

6 meetings, 1960–1965

’60 L’61 W’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

1-3 25.0%

Power Program

7-25 21.9%

National Program

14-22 38.9%

Regional Program

49-20 71.0%

Building the roster

Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Who followed him
2Roster ownership
3The NFL pipeline

Followed him here

VMI→

Florida State1953

No confirmed followers on this move. This move predates this database’s 2021 transfer-portal tracking floor, so real followers may be undercounted here.

Florida State→

Maryland1959

No confirmed followers on this move. This move predates this database’s 2021 transfer-portal tracking floor, so real followers may be undercounted here.

Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1959-1965) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least8Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 1 went in the first round.

At least 8 — his 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 8 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1966	R2.27	Estimated
1964	R7.80	Estimated
1963	R2.21	Estimated
1963	R2.27	Estimated
1963	R3.31	Estimated
1962	R1.04	Estimated
1962	R7.87	Estimated
1960	R3.33	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.

Thomas Nugent

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Followed him here

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

Was he good?