Coaches / Head coach / Joe Moorhead
Form · last two seasons
51
▼ Underperforming -5
Rating56recent
Peak69best 5 yrs
Career59whole career
confidence
Joe Moorhead
Head Coach · Akron
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
64
continuity at Akron · early
Seasons here5
Programs4
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating56Form51▼ 5 under-performingPeak69Career59
2012–2026 · 11 seasonsRecord 65-60National titles 0Great seasons 1 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 56: 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 69: best five-season stretch, 2012–2018 at Fordham and Mississippi State (46-18, 1 top-10 season by team strength).
- Career 59 (#363 since 1936): total accomplishment over 11 seasons (65-60), 0 national titles, 1 elite season; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Won big at one of his 3 programs (Fordham).
Over expectation · 2016 on26Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
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.
Program lift32
Evaluation80
Results26
Recruiting59
Staff building26
Game management63
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Akron | 0-0 | #134 | -1.76 SD |
| 2025 | Akron | 5-7 | #123 | -1.26 SD |
| 2024 | Akron | 4-8 | #119 | -1.16 SD |
| 2023 | Akron | 2-10 | #132 | -1.98 SD |
| 2022 | Akron | 2-10 | #120 | -1.31 SD |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 6-7 | #44 | +0.38 SD |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 8-5 | #5 | +1.56 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating74Peak84
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oregon | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0.25 |
| 2020 | Oregon | 0.06 | -0.05 | -0.11 |
| 2017 | Penn State | 0.17 | 0.12 | 1.84 |
| 2016 | Penn State | 0.08 | — | 0.36 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.