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Coach Profile

Herb Deromedi

1978-1993 • Central Michigan

One defining program at Central Michigan.

Herb Deromedi coached 16 seasons, won 65.7%, and posted an average SRS of -5.8. Best season: 1979 Central Michigan. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 110-55-10
Career win rate: 65.7%
Average SRS: -5.8
Peak SRS: 7.5

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: 16
Career span: 16 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 51.8

Primary school anchor

Central Michigan

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 55.4.

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.

Herb Deromedi

EliteStrongAverageLean

1978Actual season year • SRS range -18.6 to 7.51993

Active comparison point

Herb Deromedi • 1979

Selected

1979 Central Michigan

Best season

10-0-1 • SRS 7.5 • SP Overall 15.3

Win %

95.5%

YoY SRS

+0.8

SP Off / Def

30.1 / 15.9

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

1-0

Games: 1
Win rate: 100.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

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1991 Regular Week 3	Central Michigan	Michigan State	#18	W20-3

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Central Michigan

1978-1993 • 16 seasons

Avg SRS -5.8 • Win % 65.7%

Longest tenure: Central Michigan • 16 seasons
Best tenure: Central Michigan • -5.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Central Michigan • 65.7%

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.

Herb Deromedi sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Herb Deromedi sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Herb Deromedi

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 3.4
Percentile: 69th 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.

Central Michigan

1978-1993 • 110-55-10

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -5.8Win % 65.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.9 during vs 8.3 baseline

-1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-5.8 during vs -0.6 baseline

-5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

3.4 during vs 5.5 baseline

-2.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Central Michigan 1979

10-0-1 • SRS 7.5

Biggest Improvement

Central Michigan 1983

8-3 • 12.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Central Michigan 1978

9-2 • SP Off 33.2

Best Defensive Season

Central Michigan 1979

10-0-1 • SP Def 15.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Central Michigan 1986

5-5 • SRS -18.6

Biggest Drop

Central Michigan 1980

9-2 • -13.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Central Michigan	1993	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-13.5	-5.7	26.3	31.9	-10.0	0.0%
Central Michigan	1992	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-3.5	4.9	24.7	20.5	+4.2	-27.3%
Central Michigan	1991	11	6	1	4	72.7%	—	—	-7.7	-2.0	18.3	20.0	-2.2	+1.9%
Central Michigan	1990	12	8	3	1	70.8%	—	—	-5.5	3.2	22.6	19.8	+3.6	+20.8%
Central Michigan	1989	11	5	5	1	50.0%	—	—	-9.1	0.3	22.7	22.7	-1.9	-13.6%
Central Michigan	1988	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	-7.2	5.4	26.7	22.4	+2.0	+13.6%
Central Michigan	1987	11	5	5	1	50.0%	—	—	-9.2	-5.6	19.8	25.5	+9.4	0.0%
Central Michigan	1986	10	5	5	0	50.0%	—	—	-18.6	-9.8	29.2	36.7	-10.8	-20.0%
Central Michigan	1985	10	7	3	0	70.0%	—	—	-7.8	2.5	20.8	18.9	-4.4	-7.3%
Central Michigan	1984	11	8	2	1	77.3%	—	—	-3.4	6.5	24.0	18.4	-3.3	+4.5%
Central Michigan	1983	11	8	3	0	72.7%	—	—	-0.1	8.6	24.2	16.5	+12.9	+13.6%
Central Michigan	1982	11	6	4	1	59.1%	—	—	-13.0	0.0	23.5	23.4	-10.2	-4.5%
Central Michigan	1981	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	-2.8	6.4	21.8	16.3	+2.8	-18.2%
Central Michigan	1980	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	-5.6	6.4	22.0	16.9	-13.1	-13.6%
Central Michigan	1979	11	10	0	1	95.5%	—	—	7.5	15.3	30.1	15.9	+0.8	+13.6%
Central Michigan	1978	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	6.7	18.6	33.2	15.9	—	—

Best finish #4 • Volatility 6.1

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