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John David Crow

1976-1980UL Monroe

One defining program at UL Monroe.

John David Crow's coaching record is 20-34-1, highlighted by seasons at UL Monroe from 1976 to 1980.

John David Crow coached 5 seasons, won 37.3%, and posted an average SRS of -14.0. Best season: 1978 UL Monroe. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
20-34-1
Career win rate
37.3%
Average SRS
-14.0
Peak SRS
-6.2

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
5
Career span
5 years
Best finish
Consistency
29.0

Primary school anchor

UL Monroe

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 21.6.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

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Overall record
20-34-1

55 countable games, 37.3% win rate.

UL Monroe record
20-34-1

5 countable seasons at UL Monroe.

Full-season record
20-34-1

5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Louisiana
1-2

Battle on the Bayou games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 22, 1980. 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.

John David Crow
EliteStrongAverageLean
1976Actual season year • SRS range -27.1 to -6.21980

Active comparison point

John David Crow1978

Selected

1978 UL Monroe

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-4-1 • SRS -6.2 • SP Overall 2.2

Win %

59.1%

YoY SRS

+20.9

SP Off / Def

19.3 / 17.7

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing
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

UL Monroe

1976-19805 seasons

Avg SRS -14.0 • Win % 37.3%

Longest tenure
UL Monroe • 5 seasons
Best tenure
UL Monroe • -14.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
UL Monroe • 37.3%

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.

John David Crow sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

John David Crow sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

John David Crow

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-12.8
Percentile
20th 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.

UL Monroe

1976-198020-34-1

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -14.0Win % 37.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

UL Monroe 1978

6-4-1SRS -6.2

Biggest Improvement

UL Monroe 1978

6-4-120.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UL Monroe 1980

7-4SP Off 25.6

Best Defensive Season

UL Monroe 1978

6-4-1SP Def 17.7

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

UL Monroe 1977

2-9SRS -27.1

Biggest Drop

UL Monroe 1977

2-9-7.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

UL Monroe19801174063.6%-6.3-2.425.628.1+4.4+36.4%Season summary
UL Monroe19791138027.3%-10.7-13.314.927.3-4.5-31.8%Season summary
UL Monroe19781164159.1%-6.22.219.317.7+20.9+40.9%Season summary
UL Monroe19771129018.2%-27.1-33.37.337.7-7.40.0%Season summary
UL Monroe19761129018.2%-19.7-17.223.237.7Season summary

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