Kerry Coombs

Head coach

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

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2023–2024CincinnatiSpecial Teams Coordinator / Cornerbacks

2022CincinnatiHead Coach

2020–2021Ohio StateDefensive Coordinator

As head coach

Rating63Peak63Career62

2022–2022 · 1 seasonsRecord 0-1National 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 63: 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	Cincinnati	0-1	#39	+0.54 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

Rating66Peak66

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
2021	Ohio State	0.07	-0.01	0.26
2020	Ohio State	0.07	-0.06	-0.15

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