Tom Harp

Head coach, 1961–1977

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

Chemistry

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Seasons here—

Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1975–1977Indiana StateHead Coach

1966–1970DukeHead Coach

1961–1965CornellHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak51Career40

1961–1977 · 13 seasonsRecord 52-70National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 39: 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 51: best five-season stretch, 1963–1967 at Cornell and Duke (21-23).
Career 40 (#498 since 1936): total accomplishment over 13 seasons (52-70), 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
1977	Indiana State	3-7	#111	-1.53 SD
1976	Indiana State	3-7	#108	-1.49 SD
1975	Indiana State	5-5	#90	-0.67 SD
1970	Duke	6-5	#61	-0.21 SD
1969	Duke	3-6-1	#89	-0.91 SD
1968	Duke	4-6	#69	-0.34 SD
1967	Duke	4-6	#57	-0.08 SD
1966	Duke	5-5	#58	-0.09 SD
1965	Cornell	4-3-2	#77	-0.57 SD
1964	Cornell	3-5-1	#75	-0.43 SD
1963	Cornell	5-4	#94	-1.25 SD
1962	Cornell	4-5	#104	-2.19 SD
1961	Cornell	3-6	#94	-1.56 SD

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