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0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
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Jack Lengyel
1971-1974 • Marshall
One defining program at Marshall.
Jack Lengyel coached 4 seasons, won 21.4%, and posted an average SRS of -22.1. Best season: 1973 Marshall. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 9-33
- Career win rate
- 21.4%
- Average SRS
- -22.1
- 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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 76.3
Primary school anchor
Marshall
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 9.1.
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.
Jack Lengyel
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -28.3 to -14.81974
Active comparison point
Jack Lengyel • 1973
1973 Marshall
Best seasonBiggest improvement4-7 • SRS -14.8 • SP Overall -9.0
Win %
36.4%
YoY SRS
+13.5
SP Off / Def
24.7 / 32.7
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
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- Games
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- Win rate
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Top 5
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- Games
- 0
- Win rate
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| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Marshall | Kent State | #19 | L3-35 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | Marshall | Miami (OH) | #20 | L6-31 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Marshall | Toledo | #14 | L0-43 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Marshall
1971-1974 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -22.1 • Win % 21.4%
- Longest tenure
- Marshall • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Marshall • -22.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Marshall • 21.4%
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.
Jack Lengyel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJack Lengyel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jack Lengyel
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -17.3
- Percentile
- 10th 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.
Marshall
1971-1974 • 9-33
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -22.1Win % 21.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.3 during vs 1.6 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-22.1 during vs -21.5 baseline
-0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-17.3 during vs -8.7 baseline
-8.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Marshall 1973
4-7 • SRS -14.8
Biggest Improvement
Marshall 1973
4-7 • 13.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Marshall 1973
4-7 • SP Off 24.7
Best Defensive Season
Marshall 1972
2-8 • SP Def 29.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Marshall 1972
2-8 • SRS -28.3
Biggest Drop
Marshall 1974
1-10 • -7.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Marshall | 1974 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -22.7 | -19.6 | 14.2 | 33.1 | -7.9 | -27.3% |
| Marshall | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -14.8 | -9.0 | 24.7 | 32.7 | +13.5 | +16.4% |
| Marshall | 1972 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -28.3 | -21.1 | 9.0 | 29.7 | -5.6 | 0.0% |
| Marshall | 1971 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -22.7 | -19.6 | 11.6 | 30.9 | — | — |
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