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1-20-1
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 6.8%
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John Jardine
1970-1977 • Wisconsin
One defining program at Wisconsin.
John Jardine's coaching record is 37-47-3, highlighted by seasons at Wisconsin from 1970 to 1977.
John Jardine coached 8 seasons, won 44.3%, and posted an average SRS of 4.8. Best season: 1974 Wisconsin. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 37-47-3
- Career win rate
- 44.3%
- Average SRS
- 4.8
- Peak SRS
- 16.4
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
- 8
- Career span
- 8 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 45.3
Primary school anchor
Wisconsin
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 76.8.
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
- 37-47-3
- Wisconsin record
- 37-47-3
- Full-season record
- 37-47-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-17
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-14
- Vs Minnesota
- 3-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
87 countable games, 44.3% win rate.
8 countable seasons at Wisconsin.
8 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
18 games using AP ranking at game time.
15 games using AP ranking at game time.
Minnesota-Wisconsin 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 19, 1977. 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.
John Jardine
EliteStrongAverageLean
1970Actual season year • SRS range -3.9 to 16.41977
Active comparison point
John Jardine • 1974
1974 Wisconsin
Best season7-4 • SRS 16.4 • SP Overall 14.3
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+6.5
SP Off / Def
39.1 / 26.4
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
1-17
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 5.6%
Top 5
1-14
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 6.7%
View ranked game results22
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #4 | L0-42 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #1 | L0-56 |
| 1976 Regular Week 7 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #9 | L20-30 |
| 1976 Regular Week 5 | Wisconsin | Kansas | #8 | L24-34 |
| 1976 Regular Week 2 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #1 | L27-40 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #1 | L0-56 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Wisconsin | Missouri | #5 | L21-27 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #2 | L6-23 |
| 1974 Regular Week 7 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #3 | L20-24 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #1 | L7-52 |
| 1974 Regular Week 3 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | #4 | W21-20 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #4 | L6-35 |
| 1973 Regular Week 7 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #1 | L0-24 |
| 1973 Regular Week 5 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | #2 | L16-20 |
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #4 | L20-28 |
| 1972 Regular Week 4 | Wisconsin | LSU | #9 | L7-27 |
| 1971 Regular Week 7 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #12 | L6-31 |
| 1971 Regular Week 3 | Wisconsin | LSU | #18 | L28-38 |
| 1971 Regular Week 2 | Wisconsin | Syracuse | #15 | T20-20 |
| 1970 Regular Week 11 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #5 | L7-24 |
| 1970 Regular Week 10 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #5 | L15-29 |
| 1970 Regular Week 8 | Wisconsin | Northwestern | #20 | L14-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Wisconsin
1970-1977 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 44.3%
- Longest tenure
- Wisconsin • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Wisconsin • 4.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wisconsin • 44.3%
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.
John Jardine sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Jardine sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Jardine
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -2.1
- Percentile
- 50th 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.
Wisconsin
1970-1977 • 37-47-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.8Win % 44.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 1.6 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.8 during vs -7.5 baseline
+12.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.1 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
Wisconsin 1974
7-4 • SRS 16.4
Biggest Improvement
Wisconsin 1973
4-7 • 13.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wisconsin 1974
7-4 • SP Off 39.1
Best Defensive Season
Wisconsin 1970
4-5-1 • SP Def 22.7
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Wisconsin 1975
4-6-1 • SRS -3.9
Biggest Drop
Wisconsin 1975
4-6-1 • -20.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wisconsin | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.3 | -10.8 | 12.6 | 22.7 | -8.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.8 | 0.4 | 31.2 | 31.7 | +10.7 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -3.9 | -13.5 | 17.3 | 29.5 | -20.3 | -22.7% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 16.4 | 14.3 | 39.1 | 26.4 | +6.5 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 9.9 | 4.6 | 26.8 | 23.3 | +13.7 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1972 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.8 | -11.6 | 15.1 | 25.8 | -7.0 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1971 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 3.2 | -2.5 | 26.6 | 29.0 | -7.5 | -4.1% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1970 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 10.7 | 2.6 | 24.9 | 22.7 | — | — | Season summary |
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Avg SRS 6.6 • Peak SRS 17.7 • 10 seasons
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