Coaches / Defensive coordinator / Ted Roof
Career
56
not coaching now
Rating69recent
Peak74best 5 yrs
Career56whole career
confidence
Ted Roof
Kevin T. Fee Family Defensive Coordinator · Boston College
Headline rating: as defensive coordinator. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here1
Programs7
Stints8
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating52Peak52Career56
2003–2007 · 5 seasonsRecord 6-45National 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 52: 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 52: best five-season stretch, 2003–2005 at Duke (5-22), taking over a losing program.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Duke | 1-11 | #93 | -0.98 SD |
| 2006 | Duke | 0-12 | #105 | -1.25 SD |
| 2005 | Duke | 1-10 | #103 | -1.30 SD |
| 2004 | Duke | 2-9 | #86 | -0.57 SD |
| 2003 | Duke | 2-3 | #76 | -0.43 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
Rating69Peak74
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UCF | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 0.13 | 0.10 | 1.61 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | -0.01 | -0.04 | -0.44 |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | -0.15 | -0.12 | -1.80 |
| 2019 | App State | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.61 |
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | -0.00 | 0.03 | 0.27 |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | -0.06 | — | -0.29 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.