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11-26-2
- Games
- 39
- Win rate
- 30.8%
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Coach Profile
Jack Mollenkopf
1956-1969 • Purdue
One defining program at Purdue.
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.
- 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
- 85.8
Primary school anchor
Purdue
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 87.2.
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
1958 Purdue
Best season6-1-2 • 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.
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 10 | Purdue | Ohio State | #1 | L14-42 |
| 1969 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Michigan | #13 | L20-31 |
| 1969 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Stanford | #16 | W36-35 |
| 1968 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Ohio State | #4 | L0-13 |
| 1968 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #2 | W37-22 |
| 1967 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #6 | W28-21 |
| 1966 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Michigan State | #2 | L20-41 |
| 1966 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #4 | L14-26 |
| 1965 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Michigan State | #1 | L10-14 |
| 1965 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #8 | W25-21 |
| 1964 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #4 | L15-34 |
| 1963 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Michigan State | #4 | L0-23 |
| 1963 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Illinois | #2 | L21-41 |
| 1963 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #2 | L20-38 |
| 1962 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Minnesota | #5 | L6-7 |
| 1961 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Minnesota | #3 | L7-10 |
| 1961 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Michigan State | #9 | W7-6 |
| 1961 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Iowa | #9 | W9-0 |
| 1961 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #8 | L20-22 |
| 1960 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Minnesota | #4 | W23-14 |
| 1960 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Michigan State | #13 | L13-17 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Iowa | #1 | L14-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Ohio State | #9 | W24-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #12 | L13-24 |
| 1960 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | UCLA | #16 | T27-27 |
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Michigan State | #19 | L0-15 |
| 1959 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Ohio State | #20 | L0-15 |
| 1958 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Northwestern | #20 | W23-6 |
| 1958 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Ohio State | #16 | T14-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Michigan State | #20 | W14-6 |
| 1958 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #4 | L6-31 |
| 1957 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Ohio State | #6 | L7-20 |
| 1957 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Michigan State | #8 | W20-13 |
| 1957 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Wisconsin | #13 | L14-23 |
| 1957 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Minnesota | #4 | L17-21 |
| 1957 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #16 | L0-12 |
| 1956 Regular Week 9 | Purdue | Michigan State | #3 | L9-12 |
| 1956 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Iowa | #7 | L20-21 |
| 1956 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Minnesota | #17 | L14-21 |
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
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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
Worst 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.
| Purdue | 1969 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #18 | #18 | 19.8 | — | — | — | -0.4 | 0.0% |
| Purdue | 1968 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #1 | #10 | 20.2 | — | — | — | +0.7 | 0.0% |
| Purdue | 1967 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #9 | 19.5 | — | — | — | +1.2 | -1.8% |
| Purdue | 1966 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #8 | #7 | 18.3 | — | — | — | -1.6 | +6.8% |
| Purdue | 1965 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #9 | — | 19.9 | — | — | — | +5.8 | +8.3% |
| Purdue | 1964 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 14.1 | — | — | — | +5.6 | +11.1% |
| Purdue | 1963 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | -11.8 | +5.6% |
| Purdue | 1962 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | #7 | — | 20.3 | — | — | — | +3.8 | -16.7% |
| Purdue | 1961 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #12 | 16.5 | — | — | — | -4.0 | +16.7% |
| Purdue | 1960 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | #19 | 20.5 | — | — | — | +7.8 | -16.7% |
| Purdue | 1959 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | #11 | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | -8.6 | -11.1% |
| Purdue | 1958 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 77.8% | — | #13 | 21.3 | — | — | — | +4.7 | +22.2% |
| Purdue | 1957 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 16.6 | — | — | — | +5.0 | +11.1% |
| Purdue | 1956 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.4% | — | — | 11.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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