Top 25
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Coach Profile
2002-2010 • Louisiana
One defining program at Louisiana.
Rickey Bustle coached 9 seasons, won 38.7%, and posted an average SRS of -15.3. Best season: 2008 Louisiana. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Louisiana
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 17.3.
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.
Active comparison point
6-6 • SRS -9.0 • SP Overall -11.1
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+5.3
SP Off / Def
29.3 / 39.9
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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 25
0-8
Top 10
0-1
Top 5
0-0
| 2010 Regular Week 6 | Louisiana | Oklahoma State | #22 | L28-54 |
| 2010 Regular Week 1 | Louisiana | Georgia | #23 | L7-55 |
| 2009 Regular Week 4 | Louisiana | Nebraska | #25 | L0-55 |
| 2009 Regular Week 3 | Louisiana | LSU | #9 | L3-31 |
| 2008 Regular Week 3 | Louisiana | Illinois | #24 | L17-20 |
| 2007 Regular Week 10 | Louisiana | Tennessee | #24 | L7-59 |
| 2002 Regular Week 7 | Louisiana | LSU | #21 | L0-48 |
| 2002 Regular Week 2 | Louisiana | Texas A&M | #23 | L7-31 |
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Louisiana
2002-2010 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS -15.3 • Win % 38.7%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Rickey Bustle sets the reference point in overall strength.
Rickey Bustle sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rickey Bustle
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
2002-2010 • 41-65
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 1.8 baseline
+2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.3 during vs -25.1 baseline
+9.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-19.9 during vs -29.7 baseline
+9.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Louisiana 2008
6-6 • SRS -9.0
Biggest Improvement
Louisiana 2008
6-6 • 5.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Louisiana 2008
6-6 • SP Off 29.3
Best Defensive Season
Louisiana 2006
6-6 • SP Def 30.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Louisiana 2010
3-9 • SRS -20.5
Biggest Drop
Louisiana 2010
3-9 • -5.9 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Louisiana | 2010 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -20.5 | -28.2 | 15.5 | 41.0 | -5.9 | -25.0% |
| Louisiana | 2009 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -14.6 | -23.8 | 13.5 | 37.5 | -5.6 | 0.0% |
| Louisiana | 2008 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -9.0 | -11.1 | 29.3 | 39.9 | +5.3 | +25.0% |
| Louisiana | 2007 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -14.3 | -22.3 | 21.0 | 42.4 | +0.7 | -25.0% |
| Louisiana | 2006 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -15.0 | -19.3 | 11.4 | 30.3 | -0.3 | -4.5% |
| Louisiana | 2005 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -14.7 | -17.7 | 20.8 | 38.5 | +0.7 | +18.2% |
| Louisiana | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -15.4 | -15.9 | 23.2 | 36.5 | +3.2 | +3.0% |
| Louisiana | 2003 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -18.6 | -21.3 | 25.4 | 42.2 | -3.1 | +8.3% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -15.5 | -19.6 | 18.7 | 36.5 | — | — |
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