Coaches / Head coach / Chuck Shelton
Career
19
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak38best 5 yrs
Career19whole career
confidence
Chuck Shelton
Head coach, 1977–1995
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs3
Stints3
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating—Peak38Career19
1977–1995 · 19 seasonsRecord 81-127National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 37: 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 38: best five-season stretch, 1990–1994 at Utah State and Pacific (22-32).
- Career 19 (#526 since 1936): total accomplishment over 19 seasons (81-127), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Pacific | 3-8 | #101 | -1.57 SD |
| 1994 | Pacific | 6-5 | #79 | -0.82 SD |
| 1993 | Pacific | 3-8 | #83 | -0.87 SD |
| 1992 | Pacific | 3-8 | #95 | -1.02 SD |
| 1991 | Utah State | 5-6 | #77 | -0.61 SD |
| 1990 | Utah State | 5-5-1 | #81 | -0.75 SD |
| 1989 | Utah State | 4-7 | #95 | -1.30 SD |
| 1988 | Utah State | 4-7 | #94 | -1.54 SD |
| 1987 | Utah State | 5-6 | #95 | -1.35 SD |
| 1986 | Utah State | 3-8 | #89 | -1.21 SD |
| 1985 | Drake | 4-7 | #90 | -1.28 SD |
| 1984 | Drake | 4-7 | #103 | -2.39 SD |
| 1983 | Drake | 1-10 | #104 | -2.17 SD |
| 1982 | Drake | 4-7 | #104 | -1.77 SD |
| 1981 | Drake | 10-1 | #82 | -0.45 SD |
| 1980 | Drake | 8-3 | #81 | -0.45 SD |
| 1979 | Drake | 3-8 | #103 | -1.04 SD |
| 1978 | Drake | 4-7 | #106 | -1.16 SD |
| 1977 | Drake | 2-9 | #117 | -1.88 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).