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Joe Tiller

1991-2008 • Purdue, Wyoming

2 schools coached, anchored by Purdue.

Joe Tiller's coaching record is 126-92-1, highlighted by seasons at Purdue from 1991 to 2008.

Joe Tiller coached 18 seasons, won 57.8%, and posted an average SRS of 5.7. Best season: 1998 Purdue. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
126-92-1
Career win rate
57.8%
Average SRS
5.7
Peak SRS
18.5

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
18
Career span
18 years
Best finish
#13
Consistency
47.5

Primary school anchor

Purdue

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 81.3.

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.

Compare Joe Tiller
Overall record
126-92-1

219 countable games, 57.8% win rate.

Purdue record
87-62

12 countable seasons at Purdue.

Full-season record
126-92-1

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

Vs AP Top 25
13-44

57 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
4-15

19 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
1-8

9 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Indiana
10-2

Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
4-8

12 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, 2008. 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.

Joe Tiller
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Joe Tiller: 1997 Purdue
1991Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 18.52008

Active comparison point

Joe Tiller • 1998

Selected

1998 Purdue

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-4 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 21.7

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+9.2

SP Off / Def

43.0 / 24.0

Finish

#24

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

13-44

Games
57
Win rate
22.8%

Top 10

4-15

Games
19
Win rate
21.1%

Top 5

1-8

Games
9
Win rate
11.1%
View ranked game results57
2008 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan State#18L7-21
2008 Regular Week 9PurdueMinnesota#25L6-17
2008 Regular Week 7PurdueOhio State#12L3-16
2008 Regular Week 6PurduePenn State#6L6-20
2008 Regular Week 3PurdueOregon#16L26-32
2007 Regular Week 6PurdueOhio State#4L7-23
2006 Regular Week 13PurdueHawai'i#25L35-42
2006 Regular Week 8PurdueWisconsin#21L3-24
2006 Regular Week 6PurdueIowa#19L17-47
2006 Regular Week 5PurdueNotre Dame#12L21-35
2005 Regular Week 9PurduePenn State#11L15-33
2005 Regular Week 8PurdueWisconsin#19L20-31
2005 Regular Week 5PurdueNotre Dame#13L28-49
2004 Regular Week 11PurdueIowa#20L21-23
2004 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan#13L14-16
2004 Regular Week 8PurdueWisconsin#10L17-20
2004 Postseason Week 1PurdueArizona State#19L23-27
2003 Regular Week 13PurdueOhio State#4L13-16
2003 Regular Week 12PurdueIowa#10W27-14
2003 Regular Week 10PurdueMichigan#13L3-31
2003 Regular Week 9PurdueWisconsin#14W26-23
2003 Regular Week 4PurdueWake Forest#20W16-10
2003 Postseason Week 1PurdueGeorgia#7L27-34
2002 Regular Week 12PurdueOhio State#3L6-10
2002 Regular Week 9PurdueMichigan#11L21-23
2002 Regular Week 7PurdueIowa#24L28-31
2002 Regular Week 3PurdueNotre Dame#23L17-24
2001 Regular Week 11PurdueIllinois#21L13-38
2001 Regular Week 8PurdueMichigan#12L10-24
2001 Postseason Week 1PurdueWashington State#13L27-33
2000 Regular Week 10PurdueOhio State#12W31-27
2000 Regular Week 8PurdueNorthwestern#17W41-28
2000 Regular Week 7PurdueMichigan#6W32-31
2000 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#21L21-23
2000 Postseason Week 1PurdueWashington#3L24-34
1999 Regular Week 11PurdueWisconsin#10L21-28
1999 Regular Week 9PurduePenn State#2L25-31
1999 Regular Week 8PurdueMichigan State#5W52-28
1999 Regular Week 7PurdueOhio State#21L22-25
1999 Regular Week 6PurdueMichigan#4L12-38
1999 Regular Week 3PurdueNotre Dame#16W28-23
1999 Postseason Week 1PurdueGeorgia#16L25-28
1998 Regular Week 8PurduePenn State#10L13-31
1998 Regular Week 7PurdueWisconsin#9L24-31
1998 Regular Week 5PurdueNotre Dame#23L30-31
1998 Postseason Week 1PurdueKansas State#10W37-34
1997 Regular Week 13PurduePenn State#6L17-42
1997 Regular Week 11PurdueIowa#15L17-35
1997 Regular Week 9PurdueWisconsin#24W45-20
1997 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#12W28-17
1997 Postseason Week 1PurdueOklahoma State#24W33-20
1996 Postseason Week 1WyomingBYU#5L25-28
1995 Regular Week 12WyomingSan Diego State#25W34-31
1994 Regular Week 11WyomingColorado State#14L24-35
1994 Regular Week 6WyomingNebraska#2L32-42
1993 Postseason Week 1WyomingKansas State#20L17-52
1991 Regular Week 2WyomingColorado#12L13-30

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

1997-2008 • 12 seasons

Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 58.4%

Wyoming

1991-1996 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS -0.6 • Win % 56.4%

Longest tenure
Purdue • 12 seasons
Best tenure
Purdue • 8.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Purdue • 58.4%

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.

Joe Tiller sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Joe Tiller sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Joe Tiller

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
8.7
Percentile
82th 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

1997-2008 • 87-62

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

Avg SRS 8.9Win % 58.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 3.2 baseline

+4.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.9 during vs 2.6 baseline

+6.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 3.4 baseline

+8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

41.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+41.7%

Wyoming

1991-1996 • 39-30-1

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

Avg SRS -0.6Win % 56.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 8.2 baseline

-1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.6 during vs 3.6 baseline

-4.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.9 during vs 6.3 baseline

-4.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Purdue 1998

9-4 • SRS 18.5

Biggest Improvement

Purdue 1998

9-4 • 9.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Purdue 1998

9-4 • SP Off 43.0

Best Defensive Season

Purdue 2003

9-4 • SP Def 19.6

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Wyoming 1991

4-6-1 • SRS -6.3

Biggest Drop

Purdue 2006

8-6 • -11.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Purdue20081248033.3%——0.32.424.620.6-5.7-28.2%Season summary
Purdue20071385061.5%——6.012.433.222.2+7.2+4.4%Season summary
Purdue20061486057.1%——-1.24.433.228.2-11.2+11.7%Season summary
Purdue20051156045.5%#15—10.011.837.125.3-5.5-12.9%Season summary
Purdue20041275058.3%#24—15.518.338.021.3+3.7-10.9%Season summary
Purdue20031394069.2%#19#1811.814.933.319.6+3.2+15.4%Season summary
Purdue20021376053.8%——8.611.335.926.6+5.3+3.9%Season summary
Purdue20011266050.0%——3.36.829.524.0-8.3-16.7%Season summary
Purdue20001284066.7%#14#1311.613.739.227.3-1.2+8.3%Season summary
Purdue19991275058.3%#23#2512.814.740.829.0-5.7-10.9%Season summary
Purdue19981394069.2%—#2418.521.743.024.0+9.2-5.8%Season summary
Purdue19971293075.0%—#159.312.039.129.0+2.9-8.3%Season summary
Wyoming199612102083.3%—#226.411.342.433.6+7.0+28.8%Season summary
Wyoming19951165054.5%——-0.63.533.831.9-0.5+4.5%Season summary
Wyoming19941266050.0%——-0.11.234.033.6-0.9-16.7%Season summary
Wyoming19931284066.7%——0.82.434.233.0+4.7+25.0%Season summary
Wyoming19921257041.7%——-3.9-0.732.433.5+2.4+0.8%Season summary
Wyoming19911146140.9%——-6.3-6.234.238.8——Season summary

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