Jim Leonhard

Head coach

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

Chemistry

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Seasons here—

Programs1

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2022WisconsinHead Coach

2017–2021WisconsinDefensive Coordinator / Safeties

2016WisconsinDefensive Backs

As head coach

Rating62Peak62Career63

2022–2022 · 1 seasonsRecord 4-3National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)

Rating 62: 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.

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
2022	Wisconsin	4-3	#43	+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).

As defensive coordinator

Rating92Peak95

His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.

Season	Team	Unit (EPA/play)	Over expectation	Season score
2022	Wisconsin	0.10	-0.02	0.38
2021	Wisconsin	0.25	0.09	2.09
2020	Wisconsin	0.18	0.03	1.26
2019	Wisconsin	0.17	0.14	2.09
2018	Wisconsin	0.09	-0.01	0.39
2017	Wisconsin	0.17	0.09	1.66

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.