Andy Gustafson

Head coach, 1948–1963

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

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Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1948–1963MiamiHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak72Career72

1948–1963 · 16 seasonsRecord 93-65National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 72: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
Peak 72: best five-season stretch, 1953–1957 at Miami (31-14), taking over an average program.
Career 72 (#160 since 1936): total accomplishment over 16 seasons (93-65), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Season	Team	Record	Season rank	vs contemporaries
1963	Miami	3-7	#55	+0.08 SD
1962	Miami	7-4	#32	+0.56 SD
1961	Miami	7-4	#23	+0.75 SD
1960	Miami	6-4	#45	+0.21 SD
1959	Miami	6-4	#33	+0.47 SD
1958	Miami	2-8	#63	-0.32 SD
1957	Miami	5-4-1	#36	+0.46 SD
1956	Miami	8-1-1	#14	+1.03 SD
1955	Miami	6-3	#14	+1.03 SD
1954	Miami	8-1	#12	+1.21 SD
1953	Miami	4-5	#44	+0.15 SD
1952	Miami	4-7	#70	-0.65 SD
1951	Miami	8-3	#35	+0.45 SD
1950	Miami	9-1-1	#24	+0.88 SD
1949	Miami	6-3	#48	+0.06 SD
1948	Miami	4-6	#65	-0.34 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).