Lee Corso

Head coach, 1969–1984

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

Chemistry

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Programs3

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1984Northern IllinoisHead Coach

1973–1982IndianaHead Coach

1969–1972LouisvilleHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak60Career56

1969–1984 · 15 seasonsRecord 73-85National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 60: 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 60: best five-season stretch, 1976–1980 at Indiana (28-27), taking over an average program.
Career 56 (#396 since 1936): total accomplishment over 15 seasons (73-85), 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
1984	Northern Illinois	4-6-1	#95	-1.50 SD
1982	Indiana	5-6	#48	+0.11 SD
1981	Indiana	3-8	#99	-0.75 SD
1980	Indiana	6-5	#54	+0.13 SD
1979	Indiana	8-4	#33	+0.73 SD
1978	Indiana	4-7	#61	+0.01 SD
1977	Indiana	5-5-1	#52	+0.15 SD
1976	Indiana	5-6	#71	-0.28 SD
1975	Indiana	2-8-1	#93	-0.71 SD
1974	Indiana	1-10	#74	-0.39 SD
1973	Indiana	2-9	#61	-0.10 SD
1972	Louisville	9-1	#34	+0.48 SD
1971	Louisville	6-3-1	#63	-0.23 SD
1970	Louisville	8-3-1	#71	-0.45 SD
1969	Louisville	5-4-1	#99	-1.25 SD

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