Coaches / Position coach / Larry Smith
Career
77
not coaching now
Rating75recent
Peak79best 5 yrs
Career77whole career
confidence
Larry Smith
Wide Receivers · Arkansas
Headline rating: as position coach · receivers. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here1
Programs7
Stints7
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating70Peak75Career77
1976–2000 · 24 seasonsRecord 143-126National titles 0Great seasons 2 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 70: 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 75: best five-season stretch, 1986–1990 at Arizona and USC (44-15, 3 top-10 seasons by team strength).
- Career 77 (#89 since 1936): total accomplishment over 24 seasons (143-126), 0 national titles, 2 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Proven at 2 programs: Arizona · USC.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Missouri | 3-8 | #77 | -0.39 SD |
| 1999 | Missouri | 4-7 | #76 | -0.39 SD |
| 1998 | Missouri | 8-4 | #12 | +1.36 SD |
| 1997 | Missouri | 7-5 | #44 | +0.33 SD |
| 1996 | Missouri | 5-6 | #59 | -0.11 SD |
| 1995 | Missouri | 3-8 | #77 | -0.55 SD |
| 1994 | Missouri | 3-8-1 | #76 | -0.54 SD |
| 1992 | USC | 6-5-1 | #17 | +1.05 SD |
| 1991 | USC | 3-8 | #30 | +0.63 SD |
| 1990 | USC | 8-4-1 | #20 | +0.94 SD |
| 1989 | USC | 9-2-1 | #6 | +1.67 SD |
| 1988 | USC | 10-2 | #3 | +1.85 SD |
| 1987 | USC | 8-4 | #18 | +1.04 SD |
| 1986 | Arizona | 9-3 | #10 | +1.38 SD |
| 1985 | Arizona | 8-3-1 | #25 | +0.72 SD |
| 1984 | Arizona | 7-4 | #35 | +0.54 SD |
| 1983 | Arizona | 7-3-1 | #29 | +0.83 SD |
| 1982 | Arizona | 6-4-1 | #19 | +1.07 SD |
| 1981 | Arizona | 6-5 | #45 | +0.31 SD |
| 1980 | Arizona | 5-6 | #68 | -0.15 SD |
| 1979 | Tulane | 9-3 | #21 | +1.06 SD |
| 1978 | Tulane | 4-7 | #65 | -0.10 SD |
| 1977 | Tulane | 3-8 | #79 | -0.35 SD |
| 1976 | Tulane | 2-9 | #79 | -0.41 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).