Lorenzo Ward

Head coach

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

Chemistry

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index in development

Seasons here—

Programs2

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2018LouisvilleHead Coach

2017LouisvilleAssoc. Head Coach/Secondary

2016Fresno StateAssociate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator

As head coach

Rating60Peak60Career62

2018–2018 · 1 seasonsRecord 0-2National 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 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.

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
2018	Louisville	0-2	#112	-1.22 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

Rating61Peak61

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
2016	Fresno State	-0.07	—	-0.36

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