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4-22-1
- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 16.7%
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Coach Profile
Jim Colletto
1975-1996 • Cal State Fullerton, Purdue
2 schools coached, anchored by Purdue.
Jim Colletto's coaching record is 37-81-4, highlighted by seasons at Purdue from 1975 to 1996.
Jim Colletto coached 11 seasons, won 32.0%, and posted an average SRS of -6.3. Best season: 1995 Purdue. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 37-81-4
- Career win rate
- 32.0%
- Average SRS
- -6.3
- Peak SRS
- 11.7
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
- 11
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 7.7
Primary school anchor
Purdue
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 65.6.
Quick Answers
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
- 37-81-4
- Purdue record
- 20-43-3
- Full-season record
- 37-81-4
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-12
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-7
- Vs Indiana
- 2-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
122 countable games, 32.0% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Purdue.
11 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
13 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.
0 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 23, 1996. 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.
Jim Colletto
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Jim Colletto: 1991 Purdue
1975Actual season year • SRS range -24.4 to 11.71996
Active comparison point
Jim Colletto • 1995
1995 Purdue
Best season4-6-1 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 11.9
Win %
40.9%
YoY SRS
+5.5
SP Off / Def
35.7 / 25.6
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
1-12
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 7.7%
Top 5
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results27
| 1996 Regular Week 13 | Purdue | Northwestern | #13 | L24-27 |
| 1996 Regular Week 12 | Purdue | Michigan | #9 | W9-3 |
| 1996 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Ohio State | #2 | L14-42 |
| 1996 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Penn State | #10 | L14-31 |
| 1996 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #9 | L0-35 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | Purdue | Northwestern | #5 | L8-23 |
| 1995 Regular Week 12 | Purdue | Michigan | #13 | L0-5 |
| 1995 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Ohio State | #4 | L0-28 |
| 1995 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Penn State | #20 | L23-26 |
| 1995 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #25 | L28-35 |
| 1995 Regular Week 2 | Purdue | West Virginia | #23 | W26-24 |
| 1994 Regular Week 11 | Purdue | Michigan | #20 | L23-45 |
| 1994 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Ohio State | #24 | L14-48 |
| 1994 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #23 | T27-27 |
| 1994 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Illinois | #25 | W22-16 |
| 1994 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #9 | L21-39 |
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | Purdue | Indiana | #21 | L17-24 |
| 1993 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Ohio State | #3 | L24-45 |
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #16 | L28-42 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #4 | L0-17 |
| 1993 Regular Week 2 | Purdue | NC State | #24 | L7-20 |
| 1992 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Michigan | #3 | L17-24 |
| 1992 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #6 | L0-48 |
| 1992 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | California | #17 | W41-14 |
| 1991 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Michigan | #4 | L0-42 |
| 1991 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Iowa | #11 | L21-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #8 | L20-45 |
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
1991-1996 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 2.0 • Win % 32.6%
Cal State Fullerton
1975-1979 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -16.1 • Win % 31.3%
- Longest tenure
- Purdue • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Purdue • 2.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Purdue • 32.6%
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.
Jim Colletto sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Colletto sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Colletto
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -6.0
- Percentile
- 39th 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
1991-1996 • 20-43-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.0Win % 32.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 3.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.0 during vs -8.4 baseline
+10.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.9 during vs -9.9 baseline
+12.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Cal State Fullerton
1975-1979 • 17-38-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -16.1Win % 31.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Purdue 1995
4-6-1 • SRS 11.7
Biggest Improvement
Purdue 1991
4-7 • 12.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Purdue 1994
4-5-2 • SP Off 40.8
Best Defensive Season
Purdue 1995
4-6-1 • SP Def 25.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Cal State Fullerton 1976
3-7-1 • SRS -24.4
Biggest Drop
Purdue 1996
3-8 • -13.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Purdue | 1996 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.7 | -0.3 | 28.8 | 29.0 | -13.4 | -13.6% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 1995 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 11.7 | 11.9 | 35.7 | 25.6 | +5.5 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.2 | 9.0 | 40.8 | 34.4 | +9.0 | +36.4% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 1993 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -2.8 | -2.8 | 29.2 | 32.1 | -2.5 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 1992 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -0.3 | -0.7 | 26.2 | 27.1 | +1.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Purdue | 1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.3 | 0.3 | 27.4 | 27.4 | +12.6 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1979 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -13.9 | -17.0 | 14.5 | 31.1 | -10.7 | -14.4% | Season summary |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1978 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -3.2 | -8.5 | 26.8 | 34.0 | +12.2 | +5.3% | Season summary |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -15.4 | -16.9 | 25.9 | 39.7 | +9.0 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -24.4 | -23.5 | 7.3 | 30.9 | -0.8 | +13.6% | Season summary |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1975 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -23.6 | -17.8 | 23.4 | 38.7 | — | — | 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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Best finish #12 • Volatility 12.0
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Avg SRS -6.7 • Peak SRS 8.7 • 20 seasons
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