John Smith

Head coach, 1995–2012

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

Chemistry

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Seasons here—

Programs4

Stints4

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2012ArkansasHead Coach

2003–2006Michigan StateHead Coach

1998–2002LouisvilleHead Coach

1995–1997Utah StateHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak65Career66

1995–2012 · 13 seasonsRecord 83-73National 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 65: best five-season stretch, 1999–2003 at Louisville and Michigan State (42-21).
Career 66 (#250 since 1936): total accomplishment over 13 seasons (83-73), 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
2012	Arkansas	4-8	#59	+0.19 SD
2006	Michigan State	4-8	#68	-0.21 SD
2005	Michigan State	5-6	#26	+0.85 SD
2004	Michigan State	5-7	#48	+0.30 SD
2003	Michigan State	8-5	#32	+0.66 SD
2002	Louisville	7-6	#58	+0.08 SD
2001	Louisville	11-2	#28	+0.77 SD
2000	Louisville	9-3	#42	+0.40 SD
1999	Louisville	7-5	#32	+0.58 SD
1998	Louisville	7-5	#64	-0.16 SD
1997	Utah State	6-6	#61	-0.10 SD
1996	Utah State	6-5	#81	-0.63 SD
1995	Utah State	4-7	#87	-0.79 SD

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