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Coach Profile

Nelson Stokley

1986-1998 • Louisiana

One defining program at Louisiana.

Nelson Stokley coached 13 seasons, won 43.7%, and posted an average SRS of -10.7. Best season: 1988 Louisiana. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 62-80-1
Career win rate: 43.7%
Average SRS: -10.7
Peak SRS: 2.6

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: 13
Career span: 13 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 20.7

Primary school anchor

Louisiana

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 40.6.

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.

Nelson Stokley

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1986Actual season year • SRS range -29.8 to 2.61998

Active comparison point

Nelson Stokley • 1988

Selected

1988 Louisiana

Best season

6-5 • SRS 2.6 • SP Overall 1.5

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

+12.4

SP Off / Def

29.0 / 28.2

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

1-10

Games: 11
Win rate: 9.1%

Top 10

0-2

Games: 2
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-1

Games: 1
Win rate: 0.0%

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1998 Regular Week 10	Louisiana	Tulane	#15	L20-72
1997 Regular Week 12	Louisiana	Washington State	#16	L7-77
1996 Regular Week 4	Louisiana	Texas A&M	#25	W29-22
1996 Regular Week 2	Louisiana	Florida	#4	L21-55
1995 Regular Week 12	Louisiana	Arkansas	#15	L13-24
1993 Regular Week 11	Louisiana	Florida	#9	L14-61
1992 Regular Week 2	Louisiana	Tennessee	#22	L3-38
1990 Regular Week 4	Louisiana	Texas A&M	#12	L14-63
1989 Regular Week 7	Louisiana	Alabama	#11	L17-24
1988 Regular Week 12	Louisiana	Alabama	#18	L0-17
1987 Regular Week 6	Louisiana	Alabama	#15	L10-38

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Louisiana

1986-1998 • 13 seasons

Avg SRS -10.7 • Win % 43.7%

Longest tenure: Louisiana • 13 seasons
Best tenure: Louisiana • -10.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Louisiana • 43.7%

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.

Nelson Stokley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Nelson Stokley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Nelson Stokley

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.3
Percentile: 24th pct

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.

Louisiana

1986-1998 • 62-80-1

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

Avg SRS -10.7Win % 43.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 4.4 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-10.7 during vs -7.0 baseline

-3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.3 during vs -8.6 baseline

-2.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Louisiana 1988

6-5 • SRS 2.6

Biggest Improvement

Louisiana 1993

8-3 • 16.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Louisiana 1996

5-6 • SP Off 35.4

Best Defensive Season

Louisiana 1989

7-4 • SP Def 21.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Louisiana 1997

1-10 • SRS -29.8

Biggest Drop

Louisiana 1997

1-10 • -20.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Louisiana	1998	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-22.4	-23.8	26.6	43.7	+7.4	+9.1%
Louisiana	1997	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-29.8	-33.4	24.5	50.5	-20.4	-36.4%
Louisiana	1996	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-9.4	-9.8	35.4	41.7	-2.1	-9.1%
Louisiana	1995	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-7.3	-5.7	30.9	35.7	+3.1	0.0%
Louisiana	1994	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-10.4	-8.0	22.3	29.7	-3.5	-18.2%
Louisiana	1993	11	8	3	0	72.7%	—	—	-6.9	-7.0	23.4	29.7	+16.9	+54.5%
Louisiana	1992	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-23.8	-29.4	10.1	37.2	-11.4	-4.5%
Louisiana	1991	11	2	8	1	22.7%	—	—	-12.4	-11.7	17.9	28.5	-7.5	-22.7%
Louisiana	1990	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-4.9	-4.0	21.9	25.8	-3.4	-18.2%
Louisiana	1989	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	-1.5	3.7	24.5	21.6	-4.1	+9.1%
Louisiana	1988	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	2.6	1.5	29.0	28.2	+12.4	0.0%
Louisiana	1987	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-9.8	-13.6	21.3	33.3	-6.5	0.0%
Louisiana	1986	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-3.3	-6.2	21.0	27.0	—	—

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.2

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