Brian Knorr

Head coach

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

Chemistry

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Programs2

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2022–2025Air ForceDefensive Coordinator

2017–2021Air ForceInside Linebackers, Specialists

2001–2004OhioHead Coach

As head coach

Rating47Peak47Career56

2001–2004 · 4 seasonsRecord 11-35National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)

Rating 47: 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 47: best five-season stretch, 2001–2003 at Ohio (7-28), taking over an average program.

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
2004	Ohio	4-7	#103	-1.20 SD
2003	Ohio	2-10	#103	-1.22 SD
2002	Ohio	4-8	#88	-0.74 SD
2001	Ohio	1-10	#95	-1.05 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

Rating50Peak69

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
2025	Air Force	-0.23	-0.17	-2.65
2024	Air Force	-0.03	0.02	0.00
2023	Air Force	0.01	0.00	0.03
2022	Air Force	0.03	0.02	0.30

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.