Coaches / Position coach / Dave Steckel
Career
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not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak—best 5 yrs
Career—whole career
confidence
Dave Steckel
Senior Defensive Analyst · Purdue
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
63
continuity at Missouri State · early
Seasons here1
Programs2
Stints2
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
Rating—Peak—
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Missouri State | 0-1 | — | — |
| 2018 | Missouri State | 0-1 | — | — |
| 2017 | Missouri State | 0-1 | — | — |
| 2016 | Missouri State | 0-1 | — | — |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).