The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Tommy O'Boyle

Followed Andy Pilney. Tommy O'Boyle slid Tulane from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

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1962–1965 · 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).

Tulane, 4 seasons

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Regional Program II → 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.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bear Bryant.

Rivalry record

0–4

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

3–5–1

33.3% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

LSU0–40%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bear Bryant0–4

4 meetings, 1962–1965

’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 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

Dynasty

0–1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0–10 0.0%

Power Program

1–12 7.7%

National Program

2–6 25.0%

Regional Program

3–4 42.9%

Coaching career

1962–1965

Tulanecaretaker

Regional Program I → Regional Program II

Tommy O'Boyle slid Tulane from Regional Program I to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

14th-best Tulane tenure of 23 by the numbers.

Followed Andy Pilney (1954–1961) · succeeded by Jim Pittman (1966–1970).

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