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Bill Doolittle
1964-1974 • Western Michigan
One defining program at Western Michigan.
Bill Doolittle's coaching record is 58-49-2, highlighted by seasons at Western Michigan from 1964 to 1974.
Bill Doolittle coached 11 seasons, won 54.1%, and posted an average SRS of -8.2. Best season: 1971 Western Michigan. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 58-49-2
- Career win rate
- 54.1%
- Average SRS
- -8.2
- Peak SRS
- 4.4
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
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 41.7
Primary school anchor
Western Michigan
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 45.4.
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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.
- Overall record
- 58-49-2
- Western Michigan record
- 58-49-2
- Full-season record
- 58-49-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Central Michigan
- 5-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
109 countable games, 54.1% win rate.
11 countable seasons at Western Michigan.
11 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.
Central Michigan-Western Michigan games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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 16, 1974. 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.
Bill Doolittle
EliteStrongAverageLean
1964Actual season year • SRS range -20.7 to 4.41974
Active comparison point
Bill Doolittle • 1971
1971 Western Michigan
Best season7-3 • SRS 4.4 • SP Overall 11.1
Win %
70.0%
YoY SRS
+2.5
SP Off / Def
27.8 / 17.5
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
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- Win rate
- —
Top 5
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- Games
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- Win rate
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View ranked game results4
| 1974 Regular Week 9 | Western Michigan | Miami (OH) | #16 | L0-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Western Michigan | Miami (OH) | #17 | L9-24 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Western Michigan | Toledo | #17 | L24-35 |
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | Western Michigan | Ohio | #19 | L27-34 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Western Michigan
1964-1974 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS -8.2 • Win % 54.1%
- Longest tenure
- Western Michigan • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- Western Michigan • -8.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Western Michigan • 54.1%
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.
Bill Doolittle sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Doolittle sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Doolittle
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.3
- Percentile
- 62th 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.
Western Michigan
1964-1974 • 58-49-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -8.2Win % 54.1%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Western Michigan 1971
7-3 • SRS 4.4
Biggest Improvement
Western Michigan 1969
4-6 • 11.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Western Michigan 1970
7-3 • SP Off 31.1
Best Defensive Season
Western Michigan 1971
7-3 • SP Def 17.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Western Michigan 1964
3-6 • SRS -20.7
Biggest Drop
Western Michigan 1972
7-3-1 • -14.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Western Michigan | 1974 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -11.6 | -10.2 | 20.2 | 29.7 | +0.9 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -12.5 | -5.1 | 19.8 | 25.0 | -2.1 | -13.6% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1972 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | -10.4 | -3.4 | 21.8 | 25.0 | -14.8 | -1.8% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1971 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 4.4 | 11.1 | 27.8 | 17.5 | +2.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1970 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 1.9 | 14.2 | 31.1 | 17.8 | +5.8 | +30.0% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1969 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -3.9 | — | — | — | +11.7 | +6.7% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1968 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -15.6 | — | — | — | -13.2 | -22.2% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1967 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -2.4 | — | — | — | +6.3 | -14.4% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1966 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | -8.7 | — | — | — | +2.3 | -2.2% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1965 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | -11.0 | — | — | — | +9.7 | +38.9% | Season summary |
| Western Michigan | 1964 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -20.7 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -7.8 • Peak SRS 1.2 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.9
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.9
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