Coaches / Head coach / Barry Odom
Form · last two seasons
69
performing to its level
Rating70recent
Peak70best 5 yrs
Career67whole career
confidence
Barry Odom
Head Coach · Purdue
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
58
continuity at Purdue · early
Seasons here2
Programs4
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating70Form69≈ as usualPeak70Career67
2016–2026 · 8 seasonsRecord 47-43National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 70: 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 70: best five-season stretch, 2017–2024 at Missouri and UNLV (41-25, 1 top-10 season by team strength).
- Career 67 (#234 since 1936): total accomplishment over 8 seasons (47-43), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Over expectation · 2016 on71Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
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.
Program lift76
Evaluation74
Results65
Recruiting69
Staff building68
Game management62
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Purdue | 0-0 | #63 | +0.19 SD |
| 2025 | Purdue | 2-10 | #76 | -0.14 SD |
| 2024 | UNLV | 11-3 | #38 | +0.64 SD |
| 2023 | UNLV | 9-5 | #59 | +0.08 SD |
| 2019 | Missouri | 6-6 | #47 | +0.33 SD |
| 2018 | Missouri | 8-5 | #8 | +1.49 SD |
| 2017 | Missouri | 7-6 | #46 | +0.40 SD |
| 2016 | Missouri | 4-8 | #79 | -0.29 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As defensive coordinator
Rating68Peak78
His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arkansas | -0.03 | -0.09 | -0.95 |
| 2021 | Arkansas | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.62 |
| 2020 | Arkansas | 0.03 | 0.10 | 1.04 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.