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- Games
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- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Aldo Donelli
1939-1967 • Boston University, Columbia, Duquesne
3 schools coached, anchored by Columbia.
Aldo Donelli's coaching record is 91-104-7, highlighted by seasons at Columbia from 1939 to 1967.
Aldo Donelli coached 23 seasons, won 46.8%, and posted an average SRS of -13.2. Best season: 1949 Boston University. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 91-104-7
- Career win rate
- 46.8%
- Average SRS
- -13.2
- Peak SRS
- 12.9
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
- 23
- Career span
- 29 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 1.6
Primary school anchor
Columbia
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 68.3.
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.
- Overall record
- 91-104-7
- Columbia record
- 30-67-2
- Full-season record
- 91-104-7
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-2
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
202 countable games, 46.8% win rate.
11 countable seasons at Columbia.
23 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
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 25, 1967. 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.
Aldo Donelli
EliteStrongAverageLean
Aldo Donelli: 1947 Boston UniversityAldo Donelli: 1957 Columbia
1939Actual season year • SRS range -42.7 to 12.91967
Active comparison point
Aldo Donelli • 1949
1949 Boston University
Best season6-2 • SRS 12.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+21.0
SP Off / Def
— / —
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
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results7
| 1958 Regular Week 11 | Columbia | Rutgers | #20 | L0-61 |
| 1956 Regular Week 7 | Boston University | Syracuse | #17 | L7-21 |
| 1955 Regular Week 6 | Boston University | Holy Cross | #20 | L12-20 |
| 1952 Regular Week 8 | Boston University | Maryland | #3 | L7-34 |
| 1950 Regular Week 6 | Boston University | Miami | #8 | L7-34 |
| 1947 Regular Week 7 | Boston University | William & Mary | #14 | L13-47 |
| 1940 Regular Week 6 | Duquesne | Ole Miss | #11 | L6-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Columbia
1957-1967 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS -24.0 • Win % 31.3%
Boston University
1947-1956 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS -5.3 • Win % 55.8%
Duquesne
1939-1940 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 6.2 • Win % 91.2%
- Longest tenure
- Columbia • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- Duquesne • 6.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Duquesne • 91.2%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Aldo Donelli
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Columbia
1957-1967 • 30-67-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -24.0Win % 31.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 2.2 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-24.0 during vs -19.0 baseline
-5.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Boston University
1947-1956 • 46-36-4
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -5.3Win % 55.8%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Duquesne
1939-1940 • 15-1-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 6.2Win % 91.2%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Boston University 1949
6-2 • SRS 12.9
Biggest Improvement
Columbia 1963
4-4-1 • 29.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Columbia 1958
1-8 • SRS -42.7
Biggest Drop
Columbia 1962
5-4 • -31.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Columbia | 1967 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -28.9 | — | — | — | -1.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1966 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -27.4 | — | — | — | -4.7 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1965 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -22.7 | — | — | — | -7.7 | -5.6% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1964 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -15.0 | — | — | — | -6.7 | -22.2% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1963 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -8.3 | — | — | — | +29.0 | -5.6% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1962 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -37.3 | — | — | — | -31.6 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1961 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -5.7 | — | — | — | +13.5 | +33.3% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1960 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -19.2 | — | — | — | +9.6 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1959 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -28.8 | — | — | — | +13.9 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1958 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -42.7 | — | — | — | -15.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Columbia | 1957 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -27.7 | — | — | — | -14.4 | -13.9% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1956 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25.0% | — | — | -13.3 | — | — | — | +6.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1955 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -19.3 | — | — | — | -24.3 | -52.8% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1954 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 5.0 | — | — | — | +2.1 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1953 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | +14.1 | +6.1% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1952 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -11.2 | — | — | — | -12.1 | -5.0% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1951 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | #16 | 0.9 | — | — | — | +11.2 | +22.5% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1950 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | -10.3 | — | — | — | -23.2 | -37.5% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1949 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | +21.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1948 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | -8.1 | — | — | — | +4.2 | +12.5% | Season summary |
| Boston University | 1947 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | -12.3 | — | — | — | -15.4 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Duquesne | 1940 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 3.1 | — | — | — | -6.2 | -6.9% | Season summary |
| Duquesne | 1939 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | #10 | 9.3 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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