Hal Lahar

Head coach, 1952–1967

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

Chemistry

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index in development

Seasons here—

Programs2

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1962–1967ColgateHead Coach

1957–1961HoustonHead Coach

1952–1956ColgateHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak53Career40

1952–1967 · 16 seasonsRecord 77-63National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 38: 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 53: best five-season stretch, 1957–1961 at Houston (24-23), taking over an average program.
Career 40 (#497 since 1936): total accomplishment over 16 seasons (77-63), 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
1967	Colgate	2-8	#106	-2.78 SD
1966	Colgate	8-1-1	#60	-0.13 SD
1965	Colgate	6-3-1	#94	-1.16 SD
1964	Colgate	7-2	#76	-0.44 SD
1963	Colgate	3-4-1	#101	-1.83 SD
1962	Colgate	3-5-1	#102	-2.09 SD
1961	Houston	5-4-1	#42	+0.23 SD
1960	Houston	6-4	#53	-0.03 SD
1959	Houston	3-7	#65	-0.27 SD
1958	Houston	5-4	#30	+0.48 SD
1957	Houston	5-4-1	#50	-0.03 SD
1956	Colgate	4-5	#77	-0.78 SD
1955	Colgate	6-3	#56	-0.30 SD
1954	Colgate	5-2-2	#70	-0.61 SD
1953	Colgate	3-4-2	#80	-1.06 SD
1952	Colgate	6-3	#65	-0.51 SD

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