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Joe McMullen

1969-1970San José State

One defining program at San José State.

Joe McMullen's coaching record is 3-10, highlighted by seasons at San José State from 1969 to 1970.

Joe McMullen coached 2 seasons, won 23.1%, and posted an average SRS of -4.8. Best season: 1970 San José State. The profile was offense-first with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
3-10
Career win rate
23.1%
Average SRS
-4.8
Peak SRS
-2.3

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
2
Career span
2 years
Best finish
Consistency

Primary school anchor

San José State

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 30.0.

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Records fans search first

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

Compare Joe McMullen
Overall record
3-10

13 countable games, 23.1% win rate.

San José State record
3-10

2 countable seasons at San José State.

Full-season record
2-8

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

Partial-season record
1-2

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
0-1

1 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 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: Nov 21, 1970. 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.

Joe McMullen
EliteStrongAverageLean
1969Actual season year • SRS range -7.4 to -2.31970

Active comparison point

Joe McMullen1970

Selected

1970 San José State

Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop

1-2 • SRS -2.3 • SP Overall 0.3

Win %

33.3%

YoY SRS

+5.1

SP Off / Def

28.0 / 28.1

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results1
1969 Regular Week 7San José StateWyoming#15L7-16

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

San José State

1969-19702 seasons

Avg SRS -4.8 • Win % 23.1%

Longest tenure
San José State • 2 seasons
Best tenure
San José State • -4.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
San José State • 23.1%

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.

Joe McMullen sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Joe McMullen sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Joe McMullen

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
0.3
Percentile
58th pct

Above average

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.

San José State

1969-19703-10

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

Avg SRS -4.8Win % 23.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 3.4 baseline

-1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.4 during vs -8.6 baseline

+1.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

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

San José State 1970

1-2SRS -2.3

Biggest Improvement

San José State 1970

1-25.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

San José State 1970

1-2SP Off 28.0

Best Defensive Season

San José State 1970

1-2SP Def 28.1

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

San José State 1969

2-8SRS -7.4

Biggest Drop

San José State 1970

1-25.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

San José State1970312033.3%-2.30.328.028.1+5.1+13.3%Partial season
San José State19691028020.0%-7.4Season summary

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