Ron Cooper

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—

Programs5

Stints5

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2018–2019ArkansasSecondary

2017Texas A&MSecondary

2016Florida InternationalDefensive Coordinator

1995–1997LouisvilleHead Coach

1993–1994Eastern MichiganHead Coach

As head coach

Rating54Peak54Career56

1993–1997 · 5 seasonsRecord 22-33National 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 54: 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 54: best five-season stretch, 1993–1996 at Eastern Michigan and Louisville (21-23).

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
1997	Louisville	1-10	#103	-1.29 SD
1996	Louisville	5-6	#55	-0.03 SD
1995	Louisville	7-4	#42	+0.27 SD
1994	Eastern Michigan	5-6	#92	-1.09 SD
1993	Eastern Michigan	4-7	#103	-1.71 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	Florida International	-0.07	—	-0.35

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