Coaches / Head coach / Bobby Ross
Career
64
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak69best 5 yrs
Career64whole career
confidence
Bobby Ross
Head coach, 1973–2006
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs4
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
1973–1977The CitadelHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak69Career64
1973–2006 · 18 seasonsRecord 103-101National titles 1Great seasons 1 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 61: 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 69: best five-season stretch, 1982–1986 at Maryland (39-19, 2 top-10 seasons by team strength), taking over a good program.
- Career 64 (#281 since 1936): total accomplishment over 18 seasons (103-101), 1 national title, 1 elite season; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Won big at one of his 4 programs (Maryland).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Army | 3-9 | #108 | -1.40 SD |
| 2005 | Army | 4-7 | #87 | -0.60 SD |
| 2004 | Army | 2-9 | #102 | -1.11 SD |
| 1991 | Georgia Tech | 8-5 | #20 | +0.84 SD |
| 1990 | Georgia Tech | 11-0-1 | #5 | +1.64 SD |
| 1989 | Georgia Tech | 7-4 | #38 | +0.38 SD |
| 1988 | Georgia Tech | 3-8 | #49 | +0.10 SD |
| 1987 | Georgia Tech | 2-9 | #71 | -0.69 SD |
| 1986 | Maryland | 5-5-1 | #26 | +0.71 SD |
| 1985 | Maryland | 9-3 | #13 | +1.31 SD |
| 1984 | Maryland | 9-3 | #10 | +1.23 SD |
| 1983 | Maryland | 8-4 | #26 | +0.91 SD |
| 1982 | Maryland | 8-4 | #9 | +1.40 SD |
| 1977 | The Citadel | 5-6 | #92 | -0.79 SD |
| 1976 | The Citadel | 6-5 | #69 | -0.21 SD |
| 1975 | The Citadel | 6-5 | #106 | -1.35 SD |
| 1974 | The Citadel | 4-7 | #95 | -0.99 SD |
| 1973 | The Citadel | 3-8 | #105 | -1.59 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).