John Mackovic

Head coach, 1978–2003

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

Chemistry

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index in development

Seasons here—

Programs4

Stints4

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2001–2003ArizonaHead Coach

1992–1997TexasHead Coach

1988–1991IllinoisHead Coach

1978–1980Wake ForestHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak63Career68

1978–2003 · 16 seasonsRecord 95-82National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 59: 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 63: best five-season stretch, 1979–1990 at Wake Forest and Illinois (37-21).
Career 68 (#214 since 1936): total accomplishment over 16 seasons (95-82), 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
2003	Arizona	1-4	#94	-0.90 SD
2002	Arizona	4-8	#71	-0.28 SD
2001	Arizona	5-6	#77	-0.35 SD
1997	Texas	4-7	#76	-0.45 SD
1996	Texas	8-5	#14	+1.18 SD
1995	Texas	10-2-1	#21	+0.83 SD
1994	Texas	8-4	#31	+0.54 SD
1993	Texas	5-5-1	#38	+0.40 SD
1992	Texas	6-5	#53	+0.04 SD
1991	Illinois	6-5	#26	+0.66 SD
1990	Illinois	8-4	#28	+0.63 SD
1989	Illinois	10-2	#17	+1.11 SD
1988	Illinois	6-5-1	#52	+0.05 SD
1980	Wake Forest	5-6	#37	+0.46 SD
1979	Wake Forest	8-4	#48	+0.33 SD
1978	Wake Forest	1-10	#94	-0.76 SD

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