Coaches / Head coach / Billy Napier
Form · last two seasons
70
performing to its level
Rating71recent
Peak71best 5 yrs
Career69whole career
confidence
Billy Napier
Head Coach · James Madison
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
41
continuity at James Madison · early
Seasons here1
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
Rating71Form70≈ as usualPeak71Career69
2018–2026 · 9 seasonsRecord 62-35National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 71: 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 71: best five-season stretch, 2018–2021 at Louisiana (40-12), taking over a losing program.
- Career 69 (#208 since 1936): total accomplishment over 9 seasons (62-35), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Won big at one of his 3 programs (Louisiana).
Over expectation · 2016 on84Results 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 lift85
Evaluation68
Results77
Recruiting68
Staff building77
Game management77
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | James Madison | 0-0 | #38 | +0.62 SD |
| 2025 | Florida | 3-4 | #47 | +0.47 SD |
| 2024 | Florida | 8-5 | #25 | +1.05 SD |
| 2023 | Florida | 5-7 | #50 | +0.27 SD |
| 2022 | Florida | 6-7 | #35 | +0.61 SD |
| 2021 | Louisiana | 12-1 | #45 | +0.53 SD |
| 2020 | Louisiana | 10-1 | #16 | +0.76 SD |
| 2019 | Louisiana | 11-3 | #34 | +0.58 SD |
| 2018 | Louisiana | 7-7 | #94 | -0.58 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating74Peak74
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arizona State | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.78 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.