Coaches / Head coach / Bob Blackman
Career
26
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak61best 5 yrs
Career26whole career
confidence
Bob Blackman
Head coach, 1953–1981
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs4
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
1977–1981CornellHead Coach
1955–1970DartmouthHead Coach
1953–1954DenverHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak61Career26
1953–1981 · 29 seasonsRecord 164-106National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 48: 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 61: best five-season stretch, 1972–1976 at Illinois (24-30), taking over an average program.
- Career 26 (#521 since 1936): total accomplishment over 29 seasons (164-106), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Cornell | 3-7 | #118 | -2.23 SD |
| 1980 | Cornell | 5-5 | #111 | -1.21 SD |
| 1979 | Cornell | 5-4 | #114 | -1.38 SD |
| 1978 | Cornell | 5-3-1 | #102 | -1.02 SD |
| 1977 | Cornell | 1-8 | #109 | -1.43 SD |
| 1976 | Illinois | 5-6 | #32 | +0.56 SD |
| 1975 | Illinois | 5-6 | #51 | +0.24 SD |
| 1974 | Illinois | 6-4-1 | #44 | +0.31 SD |
| 1973 | Illinois | 5-6 | #34 | +0.41 SD |
| 1972 | Illinois | 3-8 | #53 | +0.06 SD |
| 1971 | Illinois | 5-6 | #46 | +0.03 SD |
| 1970 | Dartmouth | 9-0 | #36 | +0.50 SD |
| 1969 | Dartmouth | 8-1 | #77 | -0.58 SD |
| 1968 | Dartmouth | 4-5 | #99 | -1.62 SD |
| 1967 | Dartmouth | 7-2 | #94 | -1.08 SD |
| 1966 | Dartmouth | 7-2 | #59 | -0.09 SD |
| 1965 | Dartmouth | 9-0 | #37 | +0.40 SD |
| 1964 | Dartmouth | 6-3 | #85 | -0.77 SD |
| 1963 | Dartmouth | 7-2 | #60 | -0.12 SD |
| 1962 | Dartmouth | 9-0 | #85 | -0.74 SD |
| 1961 | Dartmouth | 6-3 | #83 | -1.00 SD |
| 1960 | Dartmouth | 5-4 | #83 | -1.06 SD |
| 1959 | Dartmouth | 5-3-1 | #88 | -1.56 SD |
| 1958 | Dartmouth | 7-2 | #81 | -1.10 SD |
| 1957 | Dartmouth | 7-1-1 | #67 | -0.66 SD |
| 1956 | Dartmouth | 5-3-1 | #78 | -0.91 SD |
| 1955 | Dartmouth | 3-6 | #86 | -1.29 SD |
| 1954 | Denver | 9-1 | #59 | -0.36 SD |
| 1953 | Denver | 3-5-2 | #86 | -1.39 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).