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Al Molde

1987-1996 • Western Michigan

One defining program at Western Michigan.

Al Molde coached 10 seasons, won 56.8%, and posted an average SRS of -11.6. Best season: 1995 Western Michigan. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
62-47-2
Career win rate
56.8%
Average SRS
-11.6
Peak SRS
-4.8

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
10
Career span
10 years
Best finish
—
Consistency
85.8

Primary school anchor

Western Michigan

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 24.3.

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.

Al Molde
EliteStrongAverageLean
1987Actual season year • SRS range -19.4 to -4.81996

Active comparison point

Al Molde • 1995

Selected

1995 Western Michigan

Best seasonBiggest improvement

7-4 • SRS -4.8 • SP Overall -3.5

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

+6.5

SP Off / Def

22.0 / 25.6

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-3

Games
3
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results3
1996 Regular Week 8Western MichiganWyoming#24L28-42
1995 Regular Week 9Western MichiganAuburn#13L13-34
1991 Regular Week 3Western MichiganFlorida State#1L0-58

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

1987-1996 • 10 seasons

Avg SRS -11.6 • Win % 56.8%

Longest tenure
Western Michigan • 10 seasons
Best tenure
Western Michigan • -11.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Western Michigan • 56.8%

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.

Al Molde sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Al Molde sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Al Molde

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-5.1
Percentile
41th pct

Mixed

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

1987-1996 • 62-47-2

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

Avg SRS -11.6Win % 56.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 5.0 baseline

+1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.6 during vs -13.7 baseline

+2.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-5.1 during vs -4.4 baseline

-0.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Western Michigan 1995

7-4 • SRS -4.8

Biggest Improvement

Western Michigan 1995

7-4 • 6.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Western Michigan 1988

9-3 • SP Off 31.5

Best Defensive Season

Western Michigan 1992

7-3-1 • SP Def 21.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Western Michigan 1996

2-9 • SRS -19.4

Biggest Drop

Western Michigan 1996

2-9 • -14.6 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Western Michigan19961129018.2%——-19.4-15.721.034.9-14.6-45.5%
Western Michigan19951174063.6%——-4.8-3.522.025.6+6.50.0%
Western Michigan19941174063.6%——-11.3-4.722.927.4+1.3-4.5%
Western Michigan19931173168.2%——-12.6-2.922.325.4-2.60.0%
Western Michigan19921173168.2%——-10.0-3.118.521.5+0.8+13.6%
Western Michigan19911165054.5%——-10.8-6.123.529.0+0.8-9.1%
Western Michigan19901174063.6%——-11.6-3.425.228.5+3.6+18.2%
Western Michigan19891156045.5%——-15.2-10.318.227.8-8.0-29.5%
Western Michigan19881293075.0%——-7.25.131.528.0+5.5+29.5%
Western Michigan19871156045.5%——-12.7-6.823.429.7——

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