The Zeitgeist List · coaching
VMI: a coaching history
See VMI’s full 91-year Zeitgeist History →← all coaches
Program GOAT
John McKenna
0 Dynasty · 0 Blue-Blood seasons
Built by
John McKenna
Regional Program III → Regional Program I (+7.3)
The fall
John McKenna
Regional Program III → Regional Program III (−5.8)
Right now
John McKenna
already the greatest coach in VMI history by the numbers
John McKenna is already the greatest coach in VMI history by the numbers.
VMI's highest stature since 1968
Stature & coaches, 1936–1981
The program’s standing over time, with every coach’s tenure beneath it — read down to see who was there for each rise and fall.
Every coach
1953–1965
John McKennacaretaker
Regional Program I
62–60
1949–1952
Thomas Nugentcaretaker
Regional Program III
19–18