Top 25
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Defense-FirstDefense-First
Coach Profile
Jack Murphy
College football coaching record, Toledo years & career stats
1971-1976 • Toledo
One defining program at Toledo.
Jack Murphy's coaching record is 35-32, highlighted by seasons at Toledo from 1971 to 1976.
Jack Murphy coached 6 seasons, won 52.2%, and posted an average SRS of -6.3. Best season: 1971 Toledo. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 35-32
- Career win rate
- 52.2%
- Average SRS
- -6.3
- Peak SRS
- 14.7
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #14
- Consistency
- 13.8
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
- 35-32
- Toledo record
- 35-32
- Full-season record
- 35-32
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Bowling Green
- 2-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
67 countable games, 52.2% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Toledo.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Bowling Green-Toledo games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career Résumé
Jack Murphy season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 3
- 10-win seasons
- 1
- Undefeated seasons
- 1
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
50% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
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 20, 1976. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about Jack Murphy
Who is Jack Murphy?
Jack Murphy is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at Toledo, with a 35-32 career record from 1971-1976 across 6 countable seasons.
What is Jack Murphy's college football coaching record?
Jack Murphy's college football coaching record is 35-32 across 6 countable seasons, anchored by Toledo.
Which schools did Jack Murphy coach?
Jack Murphy coached at Toledo in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did Jack Murphy have?
Jack Murphy had 3 winning seasons across 6 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did Jack Murphy have?
Jack Murphy had 1 season with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did Jack Murphy have?
Jack Murphy recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did Jack Murphy coach at Toledo?
Jack Murphy's Toledo head coach years were 1971-1976, covering 6 countable seasons with a 35-32 record.
How did Jack Murphy do against ranked opponents?
Jack Murphy's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-3 across 3 games.
How does CFBTrack count Jack Murphy's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Jack Murphy 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
Jack Murphy
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -14.0 to 14.71976
Active comparison point
Jack Murphy • 1971
1971 Toledo
Best season12-0 • SRS 14.7 • SP Overall 21.2
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
33.8 / 13.5
Finish
#14
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
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
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results3
| 1975 Regular Week 9 | Toledo | Miami (OH) | #19 | L21-35 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | Toledo | Miami (OH) | #19 | L22-38 |
| 1973 Regular Week 9 | Toledo | Miami (OH) | #16 | L0-16 |
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- Toledo • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Toledo • -6.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Toledo • 52.2%
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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.
Overall Strength
Jack Murphy sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jack Murphy
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -0.1
- Percentile
- 56th pct
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Jack Murphy coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Toledo
1971-1976 • 35-32
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.3Win % 52.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 7.8 baseline
-2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.3 during vs 3.4 baseline
-9.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.1 during vs 21.9 baseline
-22.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 20.0% baseline
-3.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Toledo 1971
12-0 • SRS 14.7
Biggest Improvement
Toledo 1974
6-5 • 6.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Toledo 1971
12-0 • SP Off 33.8
Best Defensive Season
Toledo 1971
12-0 • SP Def 13.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Toledo 1976
3-8 • SRS -14.0
Biggest Drop
Toledo 1972
6-5 • -28.1 SRS
Jack Murphy coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| ToledoLowest | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -14.0 | -7.6 | 18.9 | 26.3 | -7.2 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Toledo | 1975 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.8 | 0.7 | 28.5 | 28.1 | -0.9 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Toledo | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -5.9 | -3.1 | 28.8 | 32.1 | +6.5 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Toledo | 1973 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -12.4 | -6.3 | 26.3 | 32.1 | +1.0 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| Toledo | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -13.4 | -5.7 | 20.7 | 26.6 | -28.1 | -45.5% | Season summary |
| ToledoBest | 1971 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #14 | 14.7 | 21.2 | 33.8 | 13.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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