Jim Young

Head coach, 1973–1990

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

Chemistry

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index in development

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Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1983–1990ArmyHead Coach

1977–1981PurdueHead Coach

1973–1976ArizonaHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak66Career65

1973–1990 · 17 seasonsRecord 120-71National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 65: 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 66: best five-season stretch, 1973–1975 at Arizona (26-7), taking over an average program.
Career 65 (#266 since 1936): total accomplishment over 17 seasons (120-71), 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
1990	Army	6-5	#92	-1.14 SD
1989	Army	6-5	#71	-0.42 SD
1988	Army	9-3	#48	+0.13 SD
1987	Army	5-6	#62	-0.23 SD
1986	Army	6-5	#70	-0.48 SD
1985	Army	9-3	#27	+0.66 SD
1984	Army	8-3-1	#36	+0.53 SD
1983	Army	2-9	#100	-1.71 SD
1981	Purdue	5-6	#54	+0.14 SD
1980	Purdue	9-3	#25	+0.85 SD
1979	Purdue	10-2	#33	+0.73 SD
1978	Purdue	9-2-1	#26	+0.86 SD
1977	Purdue	5-6	#54	+0.12 SD
1976	Arizona	5-6	#72	-0.29 SD
1975	Arizona	9-2	#20	+1.09 SD
1974	Arizona	9-2	#49	+0.24 SD
1973	Arizona	8-3	#40	+0.33 SD

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