Houston Nutt

Head coach, 1997–2011

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

2008–2011Ole MissHead Coach

1998–2007ArkansasHead Coach

1997Boise StateHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak76Career74

1997–2011 · 15 seasonsRecord 103-81National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 76: 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 76: best five-season stretch, 2005–2009 at Arkansas and Ole Miss (40-23).
Career 74 (#128 since 1936): total accomplishment over 15 seasons (103-81), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Won big at one of his 3 programs (Arkansas).

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
2011	Ole Miss	2-10	#88	-0.63 SD
2010	Ole Miss	4-8	#63	-0.03 SD
2009	Ole Miss	9-4	#15	+1.19 SD
2008	Ole Miss	9-4	#15	+1.22 SD
2007	Arkansas	8-4	#17	+0.99 SD
2006	Arkansas	10-4	#14	+1.24 SD
2005	Arkansas	4-7	#42	+0.38 SD
2004	Arkansas	5-6	#29	+0.72 SD
2003	Arkansas	9-4	#15	+1.08 SD
2002	Arkansas	9-5	#27	+0.80 SD
2001	Arkansas	7-5	#33	+0.63 SD
2000	Arkansas	6-6	#68	-0.11 SD
1999	Arkansas	8-4	#22	+0.86 SD
1998	Arkansas	9-3	#16	+1.18 SD
1997	Boise State	4-7	#87	-0.83 SD

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