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Jim Young

1973-1990 • Arizona, Army, Purdue

3 schools coached, anchored by Army.

Jim Young's coaching record is 120-71-2, highlighted by seasons at Army from 1973 to 1990.

Jim Young coached 17 seasons, won 62.7%, and posted an average SRS of 2.3. Best season: 1975 Arizona. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
120-71-2
Career win rate
62.7%
Average SRS
2.3
Peak SRS
14.8

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
17
Career span
18 years
Best finish
#10
Consistency
18.7

Primary school anchor

Army

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 73.1.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Jim Young
Overall record
120-71-2

193 countable games, 62.7% win rate.

Army record
51-39-1

8 countable seasons at Army.

Full-season record
120-71-2

17 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
5-22

27 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-9

9 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-4

4 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Navy
5-3

Army-Navy Game games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
5-1

6 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 8, 1990. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Jim Young
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Young: 1977 PurdueJim Young: 1983 Army
1973Actual season year • SRS range -18.8 to 14.81990

Active comparison point

Jim Young • 1975

Selected

1975 Arizona

Best season

9-2 • SRS 14.8 • SP Overall 16.2

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

+9.7

SP Off / Def

34.7 / 19.9

Finish

#18

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

5-22

Games
27
Win rate
18.5%

Top 10

0-9

Games
9
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results27
1989 Regular Week 3ArmySyracuse#11L7-10
1988 Regular Week 4ArmyWashington#17L17-31
1988 Postseason Week 1ArmyAlabama#17L28-29
1985 Regular Week 11ArmyAir Force#5L7-45
1984 Regular Week 12ArmyBoston College#13L31-45
1983 Regular Week 12ArmyPittsburgh#17L7-38
1983 Regular Week 11ArmyBoston College#13L14-34
1981 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan#11L10-28
1981 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#13W15-14
1981 Regular Week 2PurdueStanford#19W27-19
1980 Regular Week 12PurdueMichigan#10L0-26
1980 Regular Week 4PurdueUCLA#16L14-23
1980 Regular Week 2PurdueNotre Dame#7L10-31
1979 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan#13W24-21
1979 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#15W28-22
1979 Regular Week 3PurdueUCLA#20L21-31
1978 Regular Week 12PurdueMichigan#6L6-24
1977 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan#5L7-40
1977 Regular Week 6PurdueOhio State#5L0-46
1977 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#14L24-31
1976 Regular Week 8ArizonaTexas Tech#6L27-52
1976 Regular Week 3ArizonaUCLA#5L9-37
1975 Regular Week 13ArizonaArizona State#8L21-24
1975 Regular Week 10ArizonaSan Diego State#13W31-24
1974 Regular Week 7ArizonaTexas Tech#17L8-17
1973 Regular Week 13ArizonaArizona State#11L19-55
1973 Regular Week 8ArizonaTexas Tech#18L17-31

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Army

1983-1990 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS -3.7 • Win % 56.6%

Purdue

1977-1981 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 8.5 • Win % 66.4%

Arizona

1973-1976 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 6.4 • Win % 70.5%

Longest tenure
Army • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Purdue • 8.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arizona • 70.5%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Jim Young sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Young sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Young

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-0.4
Percentile
55th pct

Mixed

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

Army

1983-1990 • 51-39-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -3.7Win % 56.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 3.2 baseline

+3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.7 during vs -9.9 baseline

+6.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.0 during vs -12.3 baseline

+4.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Purdue

1977-1981 • 38-19-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 8.5Win % 66.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 4.8 baseline

+2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.5 during vs 6.1 baseline

+2.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 3.1 baseline

+3.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

60.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+60.0%

Arizona

1973-1976 • 31-13

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 6.4Win % 70.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 4.8 baseline

+3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.4 during vs -0.1 baseline

+6.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.5 during vs -5.0 baseline

+11.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arizona 1975

9-2 • SRS 14.8

Biggest Improvement

Army 1984

8-3-1 • 25.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arizona 1975

9-2 • SP Off 34.7

Best Defensive Season

Purdue 1978

9-2-1 • SP Def 14.1

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Army 1983

2-9 • SRS -18.8

Biggest Drop

Army 1983

2-9 • -22.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Army19901165054.5%——-15.0-24.820.240.9-9.70.0%Season summary
Army19891165054.5%——-5.3-10.017.927.4-7.4-20.4%Season summary
Army19881293075.0%——2.1-1.228.429.7+4.6+29.5%Season summary
Army19871156045.5%——-2.5-10.017.727.0+3.2-9.1%Season summary
Army19861165054.5%——-5.7-9.424.232.4-14.6-20.4%Season summary
Army19851293075.0%——8.98.632.225.2+2.2+4.2%Season summary
Army19841283170.8%——6.78.226.318.9+25.5+52.6%Season summary
Army19831129018.2%——-18.8-25.515.738.6-22.0-27.3%Season summary
Purdue19811156045.5%——3.2-0.326.827.3-9.3-29.5%Season summary
Purdue19801293075.0%#9#1712.513.134.422.5+1.8-8.3%Season summary
Purdue197912102083.3%#6#1010.79.029.922.1-1.7+4.2%Season summary
Purdue19781292179.2%—#1312.411.024.414.1+8.5+33.7%Season summary
Purdue19771156045.5%——3.9-1.825.627.6+5.90.0%Season summary
Arizona19761156045.5%——-2.0-3.429.533.0-16.8-36.4%Season summary
Arizona19751192081.8%#16#1814.816.234.719.9+9.70.0%Season summary
Arizona19741192081.8%#17—5.15.126.222.0-2.7+9.1%Season summary
Arizona19731183072.7%——7.88.230.924.3——Season summary

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