Coaches / Head coach / Tyson Helton
Form · last two seasons
53
▼ Underperforming -4
Rating57recent
Peak57best 5 yrs
Career59whole career
confidence
Tyson Helton
Head Coach · Western Kentucky
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
50
continuity at Western Kentucky · early
Seasons here8
Programs3
Stints3
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
Rating57Form53▼ 4 under-performingPeak57Career59
2019–2026 · 8 seasonsRecord 57-36National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 57: 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 57: best five-season stretch, 2019–2022 at Western Kentucky (32-21), taking over an average program.
- Career 59 (#355 since 1936): total accomplishment over 8 seasons (57-36), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Over expectation · 2016 on62Results 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 lift65
Evaluation51
Results59
Recruiting77
Staff building69
Game management67
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 0-0 | #130 | -1.56 SD |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 9-4 | #89 | -0.36 SD |
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 8-6 | #89 | -0.48 SD |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 8-5 | #76 | -0.26 SD |
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 9-5 | #66 | -0.01 SD |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 9-5 | #49 | +0.47 SD |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 5-7 | #62 | -0.91 SD |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 9-4 | #60 | 0.00 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
Rating64Peak64
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tennessee | -0.03 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.