Top 25
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Defense-FirstDefense-First
Coach Profile
Rod Rust
College football coaching record, North Texas years & career stats
1967-1972 • North Texas
One defining program at North Texas.
Rod Rust's coaching record is 29-32-1, highlighted by seasons at North Texas from 1967 to 1972.
Rod Rust coached 6 seasons, won 47.6%, and posted an average SRS of -5.6. Best season: 1967 North Texas. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 29-32-1
- Career win rate
- 47.6%
- Average SRS
- -5.6
- Peak SRS
- 11.9
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 2.6
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
- 29-32-1
- North Texas record
- 29-32-1
- Full-season record
- 29-32-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
62 countable games, 47.6% win rate.
6 countable seasons at North Texas.
6 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.
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.
Career Résumé
Rod Rust season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 3
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
50% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
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 25, 1972. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about Rod Rust
Who is Rod Rust?
Rod Rust is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at North Texas, with a 29-32-1 career record from 1967-1972 across 6 countable seasons.
What is Rod Rust's college football coaching record?
Rod Rust's college football coaching record is 29-32-1 across 6 countable seasons, anchored by North Texas.
Which schools did Rod Rust coach?
Rod Rust coached at North Texas in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did Rod Rust have?
Rod Rust had 3 winning seasons across 6 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did Rod Rust have?
Rod Rust had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did Rod Rust have?
Rod Rust recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did Rod Rust coach at North Texas?
Rod Rust's North Texas head coach years were 1967-1972, covering 6 countable seasons with a 29-32-1 record.
How did Rod Rust do against ranked opponents?
Rod Rust's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-3 across 3 games.
How does CFBTrack count Rod Rust's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Rod Rust 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
Rod Rust
EliteStrongAverageLean
1967Actual season year • SRS range -24.3 to 11.91972
Active comparison point
Rod Rust • 1967
1967 North Texas
Best season7-1-1 • SRS 11.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
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 results3
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | North Texas | Arkansas | #18 | L16-42 |
| 1971 Regular Week 7 | North Texas | Arkansas | #9 | L21-60 |
| 1968 Regular Week 7 | North Texas | Arkansas | #16 | L15-17 |
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- North Texas • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- North Texas • -5.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- North Texas • 47.6%
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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.
Overall Strength
Rod Rust sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rod Rust
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -16.8
- Percentile
- 11th pct
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Rod Rust coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
North Texas
1967-1972 • 29-32-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.6Win % 47.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 4.4 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.6 during vs -8.5 baseline
+2.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-16.8 during vs — baseline
—
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 1967
7-1-1 • SRS 11.9
Biggest Improvement
North Texas 1969
7-3 • 1.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
North Texas 1971
3-8 • SP Off 22.7
Best Defensive Season
North Texas 1970
3-8 • SP Def 27.3
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
North Texas 1972
1-10 • SRS -24.3
Biggest Drop
North Texas 1970
3-8 • -18.7 SRS
Rod Rust coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| North TexasLowest | 1972 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -24.3 | -23.5 | 16.7 | 37.4 | -6.6 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| North Texas | 1971 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -17.7 | -14.9 | 22.7 | 35.3 | -4.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| North Texas | 1970 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -13.2 | -12.0 | 16.0 | 27.3 | -18.7 | -42.7% | Season summary |
| North Texas | 1969 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 5.5 | — | — | — | +1.3 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| North Texas | 1968 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 4.2 | — | — | — | -7.7 | -3.3% | Season summary |
| North TexasBest | 1967 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Open profile →Jack Murphy
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS -6.3 • Peak SRS 14.7 • 6 seasons
Best finish #14 • Volatility 9.9
Open profile →Thomas Fitzpatrick
avg SRS within 0.2 • volatility within 1.8
Avg SRS -5.8 • Peak SRS 3.9 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.7
Open profile →Fred Bennion
avg SRS within 0.5 • volatility within 0.4
Avg SRS -6.1 • Peak SRS 15.4 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 13.9
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -5.0 • Peak SRS 13.6 • 13 seasons
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