Tommy West

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—

Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2016–2023Middle TennesseeDefensive Line

2001–2009MemphisHead Coach

1993–1998ClemsonHead Coach

As head coach

Rating52Peak53Career56

1993–2009 · 15 seasonsRecord 80-89National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

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 53: best five-season stretch, 1995–2001 at Clemson and Memphis (30-28).
Career 56 (#399 since 1936): total accomplishment over 15 seasons (80-89), 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
2009	Memphis	2-10	#107	-1.31 SD
2008	Memphis	6-7	#88	-0.69 SD
2007	Memphis	7-6	#99	-1.16 SD
2006	Memphis	2-10	#101	-1.11 SD
2005	Memphis	7-5	#76	-0.32 SD
2004	Memphis	8-4	#69	-0.14 SD
2003	Memphis	9-4	#49	+0.20 SD
2002	Memphis	3-9	#89	-0.76 SD
2001	Memphis	5-6	#72	-0.14 SD
1998	Clemson	3-8	#64	-0.16 SD
1997	Clemson	7-5	#19	+0.93 SD
1996	Clemson	7-5	#50	+0.16 SD
1995	Clemson	8-4	#28	+0.60 SD
1994	Clemson	5-6	#64	-0.19 SD
1993	Clemson	1-0	#54	-0.03 SD

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