Top 25
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Coach Profile
Corky Nelson
1982-1982 • North Texas
One defining program at North Texas.
Corky Nelson's coaching record is 2-9, highlighted by seasons at North Texas from 1982 to 1982.
Corky Nelson coached 1 seasons, won 18.2%, and posted an average SRS of -15.1. Best season: 1982 North Texas. The profile was defense-first with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 2-9
- Career win rate
- 18.2%
- Average SRS
- -15.1
- Peak SRS
- -15.1
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
- 1
- Career span
- 1 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- —
Primary school anchor
North Texas
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 8.8.
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.
- Overall record
- 2-9
- North Texas record
- 2-9
- Full-season record
- 2-9
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs SMU
- 0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
11 countable games, 18.2% win rate.
1 countable seasons at North Texas.
1 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Safeway Bowl games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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: Nov 20, 1982. 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.
Corky Nelson
EliteStrongAverageLean
1981Actual season year • SRS range -16.1 to -14.11983
Active comparison point
Corky Nelson • 1982
1982 North Texas
Best seasonWorst season2-9 • SRS -15.1 • SP Overall -14.6
Win %
18.2%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
19.7 / 33.0
Finish
Unranked
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.
Top 10
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results2
| 1982 Regular Week 12 | North Texas | Tulsa | #20 | L20-38 |
| 1982 Regular Week 5 | North Texas | SMU | #7 | L10-38 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
North Texas
1982-1982 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -15.1 • Win % 18.2%
- Longest tenure
- North Texas • 1 seasons
- Best tenure
- North Texas • -15.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- North Texas • 18.2%
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.
Corky Nelson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCorky Nelson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Corky Nelson
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -14.6
- Percentile
- 16th pct
Lower end
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.
North Texas
1982-1982 • 2-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -15.1Win % 18.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 6.2 baseline
-4.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.1 during vs 2.4 baseline
-17.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-14.6 during vs 4.6 baseline
-19.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
North Texas 1982
2-9 • SRS -15.1
Biggest Improvement
Unavailable
Best Offensive Season
North Texas 1982
2-9 • SP Off 19.7
Best Defensive Season
North Texas 1982
2-9 • SP Def 33.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
North Texas 1982
2-9 • SRS -15.1
Biggest Drop
Unavailable
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| North Texas | 1982 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -15.1 | -14.6 | 19.7 | 33.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Open profile →Tim Lappano
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -14.6 • Peak SRS -14.6 • 1 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 0.0
Open profile →David Blackwell
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS -15.7 • Peak SRS -15.7 • 1 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 0.0
Open profile →Eddie George
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS -14.4 • Peak SRS -14.4 • 1 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 0.0
Open profile →Todd Fitch
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS -14.4 • Peak SRS -14.4 • 1 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 0.0
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