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Jack Mollenkopf

1956-1969 • Purdue

One defining program at Purdue.

Jack Mollenkopf's coaching record is 84-39-9, highlighted by seasons at Purdue from 1956 to 1969.

Jack Mollenkopf coached 14 seasons, won 67.0%, and posted an average SRS of 17.1. Best season: 1958 Purdue. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
84-39-9
Career win rate
67.0%
Average SRS
17.1
Peak SRS
21.3

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
14
Career span
14 years
Best finish
#7
Consistency
85.7

Primary school anchor

Purdue

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 87.2.

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Records fans search first

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

Compare Jack Mollenkopf
Overall record
84-39-9

132 countable games, 67.0% win rate.

Purdue record
84-39-9

14 countable seasons at Purdue.

Full-season record
84-39-9

14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
11-26-2

39 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
8-18

26 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
2-15

17 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Indiana
11-2-1

Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
1-0

1 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 22, 1969. 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.

Jack Mollenkopf
EliteStrongAverageLean
1956Actual season year • SRS range 8.5 to 21.31969

Active comparison point

Jack Mollenkopf • 1958

Selected

1958 Purdue

Best season

6-1-2 • SRS 21.3 • SP Overall —

Win %

77.8%

YoY SRS

+4.7

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

#13

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

11-26-2

Games
39
Win rate
30.8%

Top 10

8-18

Games
26
Win rate
30.8%

Top 5

2-15

Games
17
Win rate
11.8%
View ranked game results39
1969 Regular Week 10PurdueOhio State#1L14-42
1969 Regular Week 5PurdueMichigan#13L20-31
1969 Regular Week 4PurdueStanford#16W36-35
1968 Regular Week 5PurdueOhio State#4L0-13
1968 Regular Week 3PurdueNotre Dame#2W37-22
1967 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#6W28-21
1966 Regular Week 7PurdueMichigan State#2L20-41
1966 Regular Week 3PurdueNotre Dame#4L14-26
1965 Regular Week 7PurdueMichigan State#1L10-14
1965 Regular Week 3PurdueNotre Dame#8W25-21
1964 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#4L15-34
1963 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan State#4L0-23
1963 Regular Week 8PurdueIllinois#2L21-41
1963 Regular Week 5PurdueWisconsin#2L20-38
1962 Regular Week 10PurdueMinnesota#5L6-7
1961 Regular Week 10PurdueMinnesota#3L7-10
1961 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan State#9W7-6
1961 Regular Week 7PurdueIowa#9W9-0
1961 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#8L20-22
1960 Regular Week 10PurdueMinnesota#4W23-14
1960 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan State#13L13-17
1960 Regular Week 7PurdueIowa#1L14-21
1960 Regular Week 6PurdueOhio State#9W24-21
1960 Regular Week 5PurdueWisconsin#12L13-24
1960 Regular Week 3PurdueUCLA#16T27-27
1959 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan State#19L0-15
1959 Regular Week 6PurdueOhio State#20L0-15
1958 Regular Week 10PurdueNorthwestern#20W23-6
1958 Regular Week 9PurdueOhio State#16T14-14
1958 Regular Week 6PurdueMichigan State#20W14-6
1958 Regular Week 5PurdueWisconsin#4L6-31
1957 Regular Week 9PurdueOhio State#6L7-20
1957 Regular Week 6PurdueMichigan State#8W20-13
1957 Regular Week 5PurdueWisconsin#13L14-23
1957 Regular Week 4PurdueMinnesota#4L17-21
1957 Regular Week 3PurdueNotre Dame#16L0-12
1956 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan State#3L9-12
1956 Regular Week 7PurdueIowa#7L20-21
1956 Regular Week 4PurdueMinnesota#17L14-21

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

1956-1969 • 14 seasons

Avg SRS 17.1 • Win % 67.0%

Longest tenure
Purdue • 14 seasons
Best tenure
Purdue • 17.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Purdue • 67.0%

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 edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jack Mollenkopf

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

1956-1969 • 84-39-9

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 17.1Win % 67.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 4.2 baseline

+1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

17.1 during vs 10.9 baseline

+6.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+30.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Purdue 1958

6-1-2 • SRS 21.3

Biggest Improvement

Purdue 1960

4-4-1 • 7.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Purdue 1963

5-4 • SRS 8.5

Biggest Drop

Purdue 1963

5-4 • -11.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Purdue19691082080.0%#18#1819.8———-0.40.0%Season summary
Purdue19681082080.0%#1#1020.2———+0.70.0%Season summary
Purdue19671082080.0%—#919.5———+1.2-1.8%Season summary
Purdue19661192081.8%#8#718.3———-1.6+6.8%Season summary
Purdue19651072175.0%#9—19.9———+5.8+8.3%Season summary
Purdue1964963066.7%——14.1———+5.6+11.1%Season summary
Purdue1963954055.6%——8.5———-11.8+5.6%Season summary
Purdue1962944150.0%#7—20.3———+3.8-16.7%Season summary
Purdue1961963066.7%—#1216.5———-4.0+16.7%Season summary
Purdue1960944150.0%—#1920.5———+7.8-16.7%Season summary
Purdue1959952266.7%#11—12.7———-8.6-11.1%Season summary
Purdue1958961277.8%—#1321.3———+4.7+22.2%Season summary
Purdue1957954055.6%——16.6———+5.0+11.1%Season summary
Purdue1956934244.4%——11.6—————Season summary

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