Coaches / Head coach / Tim Polasek
Form · last two seasons
75
performing to its level
Rating76recent
Peak76best 5 yrs
Career67whole career
confidence
Tim Polasek
Head Coach · North Dakota State
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
66
continuity at North Dakota State · early
Seasons here3
Programs3
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating76Form75≈ as usualPeak76Career67
2024–2026 · 3 seasonsRecord 26-3National titles 1Great seasons 1 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
- Rating 76: 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 76: best five-season stretch, 2024–2026 at North Dakota State (26-3, 1 national title), taking over an average program.
- All of it at one program (North Dakota State) — unproven elsewhere; historically about half of a coach's lift carries to a new job.
Over expectation · 2016 on77Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
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.
Program lift75
Evaluation99
Results64
Recruiting67
Staff building77
Game management60
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Dakota State | 0-0 | #55 | +0.31 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating60Peak60
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wyoming | -0.02 | 0.02 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | Wyoming | -0.08 | -0.01 | -0.45 |
| 2021 | Wyoming | -0.03 | -0.03 | -0.40 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.