Top 25
1-2
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 33.3%
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Elmer Burnham
1942-1943 • Purdue
One defining program at Purdue.
Elmer Burnham coached 2 seasons, won 55.6%, and posted an average SRS of 9.6. Best season: 1943 Purdue. The profile was balanced with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 10-8
- Career win rate
- 55.6%
- Average SRS
- 9.6
- Peak SRS
- 23.5
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
- 2
- Career span
- 2 years
- Best finish
- #5
- Consistency
- —
Primary school anchor
Purdue
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 90.4.
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.
Elmer Burnham
EliteStrongAverageLean
1942Actual season year • SRS range -4.4 to 23.51943
Active comparison point
Elmer Burnham • 1943
1943 Purdue
Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop9-0 • SRS 23.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+27.9
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#5
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
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results3
| 1943 Regular Week 2 | Purdue | Great Lakes Navy | #14 | W23-13 |
| 1942 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #4 | L0-13 |
| 1942 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Ohio State | #5 | L0-26 |
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
1942-1943 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 9.6 • Win % 55.6%
- Longest tenure
- Purdue • 2 seasons
- Best tenure
- Purdue • 9.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Purdue • 55.6%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Elmer Burnham
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1942-1943 • 10-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.6Win % 55.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 3.2 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.6 during vs 6.5 baseline
+3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Purdue 1943
9-0 • SRS 23.5
Biggest Improvement
Purdue 1943
9-0 • 27.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Purdue 1942
1-8 • SRS -4.4
Biggest Drop
Purdue 1943
9-0 • 27.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Purdue | 1943 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #5 | 23.5 | — | — | — | +27.9 | +88.9% |
| Purdue | 1942 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -4.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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