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Darrell Hazell
2011-2016 • Kent State, Purdue
2 schools coached, anchored by Purdue.
Darrell Hazell's coaching record is 25-43, highlighted by seasons at Purdue from 2011 to 2016.
Darrell Hazell coached 6 seasons, won 36.8%, and posted an average SRS of -9.3. Best season: 2012 Kent State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 25-43
- Career win rate
- 36.8%
- Average SRS
- -9.3
- Peak SRS
- -0.5
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 76.3
Primary school anchor
Purdue
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 33.5.
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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
- 25-43
- Purdue record
- 9-33
- Full-season record
- 22-40
- Partial-season record
- 3-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2
- Vs Indiana
- 0-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
68 countable games, 36.8% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Purdue.
5 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.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.
1 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 26, 2016. 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.
Darrell Hazell
EliteStrongAverageLean
Darrell Hazell: 2013 Purdue
2011Actual season year • SRS range -15.7 to -0.52016
Active comparison point
Darrell Hazell • 2012
2012 Kent State
Best seasonBiggest improvement11-3 • SRS -0.5 • SP Overall -0.1
Win %
78.6%
YoY SRS
+10.2
SP Off / Def
26.6 / 28.4
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results12
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Purdue
2013-2016 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -11.1 • Win % 21.4%
Kent State
2011-2012 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -5.6 • Win % 61.5%
- Longest tenure
- Purdue • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kent State • -5.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kent State • 61.5%
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.
Darrell Hazell sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDarrell Hazell sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Darrell Hazell
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -8.5
- 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.
Purdue
2013-2016 • 9-33
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -11.1Win % 21.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 4.3 baseline
-2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.5 during vs -3.3 baseline
-7.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.8 during vs 0.6 baseline
-10.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Kent State
2011-2012 • 16-10
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.6Win % 61.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 4.6 baseline
+3.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.6 during vs -14.0 baseline
+8.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.3 during vs -9.3 baseline
+4.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kent State 2012
11-3 • SRS -0.5
Biggest Improvement
Kent State 2012
11-3 • 10.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kent State 2012
11-3 • SP Off 26.6
Best Defensive Season
Kent State 2011
5-7 • SP Def 21.9
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Purdue 2013
1-11 • SRS -15.7
Biggest Drop
Purdue 2013
1-11 • -15.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Purdue | 2016 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -12.7 | -11.0 | 25.1 | 35.6 | -3.5 | +33.3% | Partial season |
| Purdue | 2015 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -9.2 | -7.4 | 26.6 | 33.5 | -2.5 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 2014 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.7 | -6.2 | 22.7 | 30.2 | +9.0 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 2013 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -15.7 | -15.7 | 19.2 | 33.4 | -15.2 | -70.2% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 2012 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | — | -0.5 | -0.1 | 26.6 | 28.4 | +10.2 | +36.9% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 2011 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -10.7 | -10.4 | 11.8 | 21.9 | — | — | 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
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.4
Open profile →Sam Robertson
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Avg SRS -7.1 • Peak SRS 0.6 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.9
Open profile →Mike Cavan
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -9.8 • Peak SRS -2.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.1
Open profile →Greg Robinson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -8.8 • Peak SRS -2.6 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.8
Open profile →Thomas Hammock
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.2
Avg SRS -10.4 • Peak SRS -1.1 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.7
Open profile →Ted Roof
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.8
Avg SRS -11.0 • Peak SRS -5.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.4
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