Gerry DiNardo

Head coach, 1991–2004

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

2002–2004IndianaHead Coach

1995–1999LSUHead Coach

1991–1994VanderbiltHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak68Career62

1991–2004 · 12 seasonsRecord 59-77National titles 0Great seasons 0 (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 68: best five-season stretch, 1994–1998 at Vanderbilt and LSU (35-22).
Career 62 (#308 since 1936): total accomplishment over 12 seasons (59-77), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Won big at one of his 3 programs (LSU).

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	Indiana	3-8	#80	-0.36 SD
2003	Indiana	2-10	#102	-1.19 SD
2002	Indiana	3-9	#97	-1.05 SD
1999	LSU	3-8	#65	-0.12 SD
1998	LSU	4-7	#30	+0.70 SD
1997	LSU	9-3	#13	+1.25 SD
1996	LSU	10-2	#31	+0.60 SD
1995	LSU	7-4-1	#18	+0.93 SD
1994	Vanderbilt	5-6	#69	-0.24 SD
1993	Vanderbilt	4-7	#69	-0.36 SD
1992	Vanderbilt	4-7	#56	-0.02 SD
1991	Vanderbilt	5-6	#61	-0.27 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).