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Bennie Ellender
1971-1975 • Tulane
One defining program at Tulane.
Bennie Ellender coached 5 seasons, won 48.2%, and posted an average SRS of 2.9. Best season: 1972 Tulane. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 27-29
- Career win rate
- 48.2%
- Average SRS
- 2.9
- Peak SRS
- 10.0
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- #20
- Consistency
- 68.9
Primary school anchor
Tulane
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 61.6.
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.
Bennie Ellender
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -4.9 to 10.01975
Active comparison point
Bennie Ellender • 1972
1972 Tulane
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 10.0 • SP Overall 9.6
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+7.0
SP Off / Def
24.7 / 15.9
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results10
| 1973 Regular Week 14 | Tulane | LSU | #13 | W14-0 |
| 1973 Regular Week 13 | Tulane | Maryland | #18 | L9-42 |
| 1973 Postseason Week 1 | Tulane | Houston | #9 | L7-47 |
| 1972 Regular Week 13 | Tulane | LSU | #11 | L3-9 |
| 1972 Regular Week 4 | Tulane | Michigan | #8 | L7-41 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Tulane | Georgia | #16 | W24-13 |
| 1971 Regular Week 12 | Tulane | LSU | #10 | L7-36 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Tulane | Notre Dame | #8 | L7-21 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Tulane | North Carolina | #18 | W37-29 |
| 1971 Regular Week 2 | Tulane | Georgia | #11 | L7-17 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Tulane
1971-1975 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 48.2%
- Longest tenure
- Tulane • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulane • 2.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tulane • 48.2%
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.
Bennie Ellender sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBennie Ellender sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bennie Ellender
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.9
- Percentile
- 60th pct
Above average
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.
Tulane
1971-1975 • 27-29
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.9Win % 48.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 4.2 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 1.2 baseline
+1.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.9 during vs 12.6 baseline
-11.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tulane 1972
6-5 • SRS 10.0
Biggest Improvement
Tulane 1972
6-5 • 7.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tulane 1973
9-3 • SP Off 25.2
Best Defensive Season
Tulane 1972
6-5 • SP Def 15.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
Tulane 1975
4-7 • SRS -4.9
Biggest Drop
Tulane 1974
5-6 • -8.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Tulane | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.9 | -11.3 | 11.4 | 21.5 | -3.7 | -9.1% |
| Tulane | 1974 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.2 | -7.1 | 17.8 | 24.7 | -8.6 | -29.5% |
| Tulane | 1973 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #20 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 25.2 | 16.7 | -2.6 | +20.4% |
| Tulane | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 10.0 | 9.6 | 24.7 | 15.9 | +7.0 | +27.3% |
| Tulane | 1971 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 3.0 | 3.7 | 21.1 | 18.3 | — | — |
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