Eastern Michigan
1982-1982 • 1-6-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -23.6Win % 18.8%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
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Bob LaPointe
1982-1982 • Eastern Michigan
One defining program at Eastern Michigan.
Bob LaPointe's coaching record is 1-6-1, highlighted by seasons at Eastern Michigan from 1982 to 1982.
Bob LaPointe coached 1 seasons, won 18.8%, and posted an average SRS of -23.6. Best season: 1982 Eastern Michigan. The profile was defense-first with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 1-6-1
- Career win rate
- 18.8%
- Average SRS
- -23.6
- Peak SRS
- -23.6
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
- 1
- Career span
- 1 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- —
Primary school anchor
Eastern Michigan
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 2.9.
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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
- 1-6-1
- Eastern Michigan record
- 1-6-1
- Full-season record
- 0-0
- Partial-season record
- 1-6-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
8 countable games, 18.8% win rate.
1 countable seasons at Eastern Michigan.
0 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 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 20, 1982. 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.
Bob LaPointe
EliteStrongAverageLean
1981Actual season year • SRS range -24.6 to -22.61983
Active comparison point
Bob LaPointe • 1982
1982 Eastern Michigan
Best seasonWorst season1-6-1 • SRS -23.6 • SP Overall -13.0
Win %
18.8%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
6.6 / 18.4
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
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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.
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Eastern Michigan
1982-1982 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -23.6 • Win % 18.8%
- Longest tenure
- Eastern Michigan • 1 seasons
- Best tenure
- Eastern Michigan • -23.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Eastern Michigan • 18.8%
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.
Bob LaPointe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBob LaPointe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob LaPointe
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -13.0
- Percentile
- 19th 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.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Eastern Michigan 1982
1-6-1 • SRS -23.6
Biggest Improvement
Unavailable
Best Offensive Season
Eastern Michigan 1982
1-6-1 • SP Off 6.6
Best Defensive Season
Eastern Michigan 1982
1-6-1 • SP Def 18.4
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Eastern Michigan 1982
1-6-1 • SRS -23.6
Biggest Drop
Unavailable
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Eastern Michigan | 1982 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18.8% | — | — | -23.6 | -13.0 | 6.6 | 18.4 | — | — | Partial season |
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Statistical comps
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Open profile →Chris Naeole
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Open profile →Lou Spanos
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Avg SRS -21.4 • Peak SRS -21.4 • 1 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 0.0
Open profile →Jan Quarless
same defense-first identity • volatility within 0.0
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Open profile →Eric Kiesau
same defense-first identity • volatility within 0.0
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