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Jerry Ippoliti

1971-1975 • Northern Illinois

One defining program at Northern Illinois.

Jerry Ippoliti's coaching record is 25-29-1, highlighted by seasons at Northern Illinois from 1971 to 1975.

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 stint defined the run.

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Career record: 25-29-1
Career win rate: 46.4%
Average SRS: -12.1
Peak SRS: -7.0

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: 81.3

Primary school anchor

Northern Illinois

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 20.6.

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

Compare Jerry Ippoliti

Overall record: 25-29-1
Northern Illinois record: 25-29-1
Full-season record: 25-29-1
Vs AP Top 25: 0-1
Vs AP Top 10: 0-0
Vs AP Top 5: 0-0
Vs Ball State: 1-2-1
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

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, 1975. 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.

Jerry Ippoliti

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1971Actual season year • SRS range -18.6 to -7.01975

Active comparison point

Jerry Ippoliti • 1971

Selected

1971 Northern Illinois

Best season

5-5-1 • SRS -7.0 • SP Overall -6.7

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

22.2 / 28.3

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-1

Games: 1
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

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1971 Regular Week 9	Northern Illinois	Toledo	#14	L8-23

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Northern Illinois

1971-1975 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -12.1 • Win % 46.4%

Longest tenure: Northern Illinois • 5 seasons
Best tenure: Northern Illinois • -12.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Northern Illinois • 46.4%

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.

Jerry Ippoliti sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jerry Ippoliti sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jerry Ippoliti

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -12.5
Percentile: 21th 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.

Northern Illinois

1971-1975 • 25-29-1

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

Avg SRS -12.1Win % 46.4%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

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

Lowest SRS Season

Northern Illinois 1974

4-7 • SRS -18.6

Biggest Drop

Northern Illinois 1973

6-5 • -6.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

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%	Season summary
Northern Illinois	1974	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	-18.6	-24.8	12.6	35.4	-3.0	-18.2%	Season summary
Northern Illinois	1973	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-15.6	-14.4	26.6	37.5	-6.7	-9.1%	Season summary
Northern Illinois	1972	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	-8.9	-4.6	15.9	20.2	-1.9	+13.6%	Season summary
Northern Illinois	1971	11	5	5	1	50.0%	—	—	-7.0	-6.7	22.2	28.3	—	—	Season summary

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