Top 25
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Paul Schudel
1985-1994 • Ball State
One defining program at Ball State.
Paul Schudel's coaching record is 60-48-4, highlighted by seasons at Ball State from 1985 to 1994.
Paul Schudel coached 10 seasons, won 55.4%, and posted an average SRS of -13.1. Best season: 1988 Ball State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 60-48-4
- Career win rate
- 55.4%
- Average SRS
- -13.1
- Peak SRS
- -8.6
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 92.6
Primary school anchor
Ball State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 17.7.
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
- 60-48-4
- Ball State record
- 60-48-4
- Full-season record
- 60-48-4
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Northern Illinois
- 4-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
112 countable games, 55.4% win rate.
10 countable seasons at Ball State.
10 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Ball State-Northern Illinois 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, 1994. 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.
Paul Schudel
EliteStrongAverageLean
1985Actual season year • SRS range -18.1 to -8.61994
Active comparison point
Paul Schudel • 1988
1988 Ball State
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-3 • SRS -8.6 • SP Overall 4.8
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+4.7
SP Off / Def
26.2 / 22.4
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
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results2
| 1993 Regular Week 2 | Ball State | Syracuse | #6 | L12-35 |
| 1992 Regular Week 2 | Ball State | Clemson | #13 | L10-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Ball State
1985-1994 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS -13.1 • Win % 55.4%
- Longest tenure
- Ball State • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ball State • -13.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ball State • 55.4%
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.
Paul Schudel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePaul Schudel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Schudel
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -5.8
- Percentile
- 39th 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.
Ball State
1985-1994 • 60-48-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -13.1Win % 55.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.8 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-13.1 during vs -16.3 baseline
+3.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.8 during vs -8.4 baseline
+2.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ball State 1988
8-3 • SRS -8.6
Biggest Improvement
Ball State 1988
8-3 • 4.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ball State 1994
5-5-1 • SP Off 28.8
Best Defensive Season
Ball State 1991
6-5 • SP Def 18.7
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Ball State 1985
4-7 • SRS -18.1
Biggest Drop
Ball State 1992
5-6 • -3.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ball State | 1994 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -14.3 | -7.6 | 28.8 | 34.9 | -1.6 | -20.8% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1993 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | — | -12.7 | -2.4 | 26.2 | 28.5 | +0.7 | +25.4% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -13.4 | -7.4 | 19.0 | 26.1 | -3.8 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1991 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -9.6 | -4.7 | 13.8 | 18.7 | +2.7 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1990 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -12.3 | -5.3 | 14.5 | 19.5 | -1.4 | -3.0% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1989 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | -10.9 | -2.7 | 23.7 | 26.4 | -2.3 | -6.1% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1988 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -8.6 | 4.8 | 26.2 | 22.4 | +4.7 | +36.4% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1987 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -13.3 | -8.6 | 22.6 | 30.4 | +4.3 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1986 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -17.6 | -11.8 | 17.5 | 28.3 | +0.5 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 1985 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -18.1 | -12.4 | 21.6 | 32.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
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Open profile →Danny Gonzales
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.0
Avg SRS -14.1 • Peak SRS -11.1 • 4 seasons
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