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Form · last two seasons
68
▼ Underperforming -4
Rating72recent
Peak72best 5 yrs
Career67whole career
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Willie Simmons

Head Coach · Florida International

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

Chemistry
Chem 51: typical51
continuity at Florida International · early
Seasons here2
Programs2
Stints2

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
2025–2026Florida InternationalHead Coach
2024DukeAssistant Coach/Running Backs

Chemistry

vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
How much continuity and loyalty his programs carryat Florida International
Tenure here — Seasons as head coach at his current schoolTenure here50Staff continuity — Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked togetherStaff continuity68Player retention — Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)Player retention55Followers — Players and staff who followed him from his previous jobFollowers60QB & coordinator — How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinatorQB & coordinator56Roster continuity — Share of starters returning from one season to the next under himRoster continuity17
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
50
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
68
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
55
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
60
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
56
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
17
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

Rating72Form68▼ 4 under-performingPeak72Career67
2015–2026 · 10 seasonsRecord 73-30National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
  • Rating 72: 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 72: best five-season stretch, 2018–2023 at Florida A&M (45-13), taking over an average program.
  • Career 67 (#232 since 1936): total accomplishment over 10 seasons (73-30), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
  • Won big at one of his 3 programs (Florida A&M).
Over expectation · 2016 on60Results 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 lift63
Evaluation69
Results60
Recruiting63
Staff building63
Game management63
SeasonTeamRecordSeason rankvs contemporaries
2026Florida International0-0#123-1.21 SD
2025Florida International7-6#106-0.90 SD
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).