Top 25
1-8
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 11.1%
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Coach Profile
Bob DeMoss
1970-1972 • Purdue
One defining program at Purdue.
Bob DeMoss coached 3 seasons, won 41.9%, and posted an average SRS of 10.7. Best season: 1972 Purdue. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 13-18
- Career win rate
- 41.9%
- Average SRS
- 10.7
- Peak SRS
- 14.3
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 90.3
Primary school anchor
Purdue
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 71.8.
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.
Bob DeMoss
EliteStrongAverageLean
1970Actual season year • SRS range 6.3 to 14.31972
Active comparison point
Bob DeMoss • 1972
1972 Purdue
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 14.3 • SP Overall 11.6
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+8.0
SP Off / Def
25.9 / 15.0
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
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results9
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Purdue | Michigan | #3 | L6-9 |
| 1972 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #10 | L14-35 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Washington | #15 | L21-22 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Michigan | #3 | L17-20 |
| 1971 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #2 | L7-8 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Purdue | Ohio State | #2 | L7-10 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Michigan | #5 | L0-29 |
| 1970 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Stanford | #9 | W26-14 |
| 1970 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #3 | L0-48 |
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
1970-1972 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 10.7 • Win % 41.9%
- Longest tenure
- Purdue • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Purdue • 10.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Purdue • 41.9%
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.
Bob DeMoss sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBob DeMoss sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob DeMoss
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 6.7
- Percentile
- 76th pct
Strong
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
1970-1972 • 13-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.7Win % 41.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 8.0 baseline
-3.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.7 during vs 19.5 baseline
-8.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.7 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-80.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Purdue 1972
6-5 • SRS 14.3
Biggest Improvement
Purdue 1972
6-5 • 8.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Purdue 1971
3-7 • SP Off 27.8
Best Defensive Season
Purdue 1972
6-5 • SP Def 15.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Purdue 1971
3-7 • SRS 6.3
Biggest Drop
Purdue 1971
3-7 • -5.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Purdue | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #18 | — | 14.3 | 11.6 | 25.9 | 15.0 | +8.0 | +24.6% |
| Purdue | 1971 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 6.3 | 2.8 | 27.8 | 25.8 | -5.1 | -10.0% |
| Purdue | 1970 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 11.4 | 5.7 | 23.4 | 18.3 | — | — |
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