Northern Illinois
1971-1975 • 25-29-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
Coach Profile
1971-1975 • Northern Illinois
One defining stop at Northern Illinois.
Jerry Ippoliti coached 5 seasons, won 46.4%, and posted an average SRS of -12.1. Best season: 1971 Northern Illinois. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Northern Illinois
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 20.5.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
5-5-1 • SRS -7.0 • SP Overall -6.7
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
22.2 / 28.3
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Northern Illinois
1971-1975 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -12.1 • Win % 46.4%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Jerry Ippoliti sets the reference point in overall strength.
Jerry Ippoliti sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jerry Ippoliti
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1971-1975 • 25-29-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Northern Illinois 1971
5-5-1 • SRS -7.0
Biggest Improvement
Northern Illinois 1975
3-8 • 8.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northern Illinois 1973
6-5 • SP Off 26.6
Best Defensive Season
Northern Illinois 1972
7-4 • SP Def 20.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northern Illinois 1974
4-7 • SRS -18.6
Biggest Drop
Northern Illinois 1973
6-5 • -6.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northern Illinois | 1975 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -10.2 | -11.8 | 17.0 | 28.0 | +8.4 | -9.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 1974 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -18.6 | -24.8 | 12.6 | 35.4 | -3.0 | -18.2% |
| Northern Illinois | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -15.6 | -14.4 | 26.6 | 37.5 | -6.7 | -9.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 1972 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -8.9 | -4.6 | 15.9 | 20.2 | -1.9 | +13.6% |
| Northern Illinois | 1971 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -7.0 | -6.7 | 22.2 | 28.3 | — | — |
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