Top 25
2-8
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 20.0%
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Joe Moorhead
2018-2025 • Akron, Mississippi State
2 schools coached, anchored by Akron.
Joe Moorhead coached 6 seasons, won 36.5%, and posted an average SRS of -6.4. Best season: 2018 Mississippi State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 27-47
- Career win rate
- 36.5%
- Average SRS
- -6.4
- Peak SRS
- 19.8
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
- 6
- Career span
- 8 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 1.7
Primary school anchor
Akron
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 83.7.
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
- 27-47
- Akron record
- 13-35
- Full-season record
- 22-40
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Kent State
- 2-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
74 countable games, 36.5% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Akron.
5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Akron-Kent State games in this dataset.
2 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, 2025. At least one season record was backfilled from completed games, so current-season totals may move as more scores are loaded.
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 Moorhead
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Joe Moorhead: 2022 Akron
2018Actual season year • SRS range -21.8 to 19.82025
Active comparison point
Joe Moorhead • 2018
2018 Mississippi State
Best season8-5 • SRS 19.8 • SP Overall 23.2
Win %
61.5%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
34.6 / 10.5
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
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results10
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Akron
2022-2025 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -15.8 • Win % 27.1%
Mississippi State
2018-2019 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 12.4 • Win % 53.8%
- Longest tenure
- Akron • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Mississippi State • 12.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Mississippi State • 53.8%
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 Moorhead sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJoe Moorhead sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Joe Moorhead
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -8.3
- Percentile
- 32th 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.
Akron
2022-2025 • 13-35
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -15.8Win % 27.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 2.6 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.8 during vs -20.2 baseline
+4.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-19.2 during vs -22.4 baseline
+3.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Mississippi State
2018-2019 • 14-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.4Win % 53.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.3 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.4 during vs 12.4 baseline
-0.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.3 during vs 13.9 baseline
-0.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Mississippi State 2018
8-5 • SRS 19.8
Biggest Improvement
Akron 2024
4-8 • 8.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Mississippi State 2018
8-5 • SP Off 34.6
Best Defensive Season
Mississippi State 2018
8-5 • SP Def 10.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Akron 2023
2-10 • SRS -21.8
Biggest Drop
Akron 2022
2-10 • -18.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Akron | 2025 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -14.6 | -13.9 | 17.2 | 29.3 | -1.7 | +8.3% | Completed-game fallback |
| Akron | 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -12.9 | -17.9 | 15.7 | 34.6 | +8.9 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Akron | 2023 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -21.8 | -21.6 | 10.5 | 30.1 | -8.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Akron | 2022 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -13.8 | -23.4 | 16.7 | 38.5 | -18.8 | -29.5% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 2019 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 5.0 | 3.5 | 33.1 | 28.7 | -14.8 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 2018 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #18 | — | 19.8 | 23.2 | 34.6 | 10.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
Rod Rust
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.8
Avg SRS -5.6 • Peak SRS 11.9 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 13.4
Open profile →Gerry Faust
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.3
Avg SRS -5.0 • Peak SRS 13.6 • 13 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 15.1
Open profile →Jack Murphy
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.1
Avg SRS -6.3 • Peak SRS 14.7 • 6 seasons
Best finish #14 • Volatility 9.9
Open profile →Bill Blankenship
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -5.9 • Peak SRS 5.5 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.0
Open profile →Fred Bennion
avg SRS within 0.3 • volatility within 0.4
Avg SRS -6.1 • Peak SRS 15.4 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 13.9
Open profile →John Maulbetsch
avg SRS within 0.3 • career span within 1 years
Avg SRS -6.7 • Peak SRS 5.9 • 9 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 12.2
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