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1-20
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 4.8%
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Lou Little
1927-1956 • Columbia, Georgetown
2 schools coached, anchored by Columbia.
Lou Little coached 30 seasons, won 51.9%, and posted an average SRS of -2.4. Best season: 1928 Georgetown. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 131-121-12
- Career win rate
- 51.9%
- Average SRS
- -2.4
- Peak SRS
- 20.0
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
- 30
- Career span
- 30 years
- Best finish
- #20
- Consistency
- 4.3
Primary school anchor
Columbia
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 84.2.
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.
Lou Little
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Lou Little: 1930 Columbia
1927Actual season year • SRS range -25.7 to 20.01956
Active comparison point
Lou Little • 1928
1928 Georgetown
Best season8-2 • SRS 20.0 • SP Overall —
Win %
80.0%
YoY SRS
+15.7
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
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results21
| 1955 Regular Week 9 | Columbia | Navy | #13 | L0-47 |
| 1954 Regular Week 9 | Columbia | Navy | #10 | L6-51 |
| 1954 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Army | #9 | L12-67 |
| 1953 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Army | #15 | L7-40 |
| 1952 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Pennsylvania | #17 | L17-27 |
| 1952 Regular Week 3 | Columbia | Princeton | #10 | L0-14 |
| 1950 Regular Week 7 | Columbia | Army | #1 | L0-34 |
| 1950 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Pennsylvania | #15 | L0-34 |
| 1949 Regular Week 8 | Columbia | Cornell | #20 | L0-54 |
| 1949 Regular Week 7 | Columbia | Army | #4 | L6-63 |
| 1948 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Pennsylvania | #17 | L14-20 |
| 1947 Regular Week 7 | Columbia | Army | #11 | W21-20 |
| 1947 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Pennsylvania | #3 | L14-34 |
| 1947 Regular Week 5 | Columbia | Yale | #20 | L7-17 |
| 1946 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Army | #1 | L14-48 |
| 1944 Regular Week 8 | Columbia | Yale | #18 | L10-27 |
| 1943 Regular Week 7 | Columbia | Pennsylvania | #19 | L0-33 |
| 1943 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Army | #6 | L0-52 |
| 1939 Regular Week 8 | Columbia | Cornell | #4 | L7-13 |
| 1939 Regular Week 6 | Columbia | Princeton | #19 | L7-14 |
| 1938 Regular Week 7 | Columbia | Cornell | #11 | L7-23 |
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
1930-1956 • 27 seasons
Avg SRS -4.0 • Win % 48.7%
Georgetown
1927-1929 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 78.6%
- Longest tenure
- Columbia • 27 seasons
- Best tenure
- Georgetown • 12.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Georgetown • 78.6%
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.
Lou Little
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
1930-1956 • 110-116-10
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -4.0Win % 48.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Georgetown
1927-1929 • 21-5-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 12.0Win % 78.6%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Georgetown 1928
8-2 • SRS 20.0
Biggest Improvement
Columbia 1945
8-1 • 24.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Columbia 1956
3-6 • SRS -25.7
Biggest Drop
Columbia 1930
5-4 • -25.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Columbia | 1956 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -25.7 | — | — | — | -1.5 | +22.2% |
| Columbia | 1955 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -24.2 | — | — | — | -1.3 | 0.0% |
| Columbia | 1954 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -22.9 | — | — | — | -9.6 | -33.3% |
| Columbia | 1953 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -13.3 | — | — | — | -4.4 | +16.7% |
| Columbia | 1952 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -8.9 | — | — | — | -9.5 | -34.7% |
| Columbia | 1951 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 0.6 | — | — | — | +4.8 | +18.1% |
| Columbia | 1950 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -4.2 | — | — | — | +14.1 | +22.2% |
| Columbia | 1949 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -18.3 | — | — | — | -22.1 | -22.2% |
| Columbia | 1948 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | -5.3 | -33.3% |
| Columbia | 1947 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #20 | 9.1 | — | — | — | -0.4 | +11.1% |
| Columbia | 1946 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 9.5 | — | — | — | +0.5 | -22.2% |
| Columbia | 1945 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #20 | 9.0 | — | — | — | +24.6 | +63.9% |
| Columbia | 1944 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -15.6 | — | — | — | +9.0 | +25.0% |
| Columbia | 1943 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -24.6 | — | — | — | -15.1 | -33.3% |
| Columbia | 1942 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.5 | — | — | — | -13.2 | -4.2% |
| Columbia | 1941 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | +0.4 | -29.2% |
| Columbia | 1940 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | +0.3 | +29.2% |
| Columbia | 1939 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 37.5% | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | — | -2.7 | +4.2% |
| Columbia | 1938 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 5.7 | — | — | — | +0.6 | 0.0% |
| Columbia | 1937 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 33.3% | — | — | 5.1 | — | — | — | +2.1 | -29.2% |
| Columbia | 1936 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | — | +15.2 | +12.5% |
| Columbia | 1935 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -12.2 | — | — | — | -19.0 | -37.5% |
| Columbia | 1934 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | -0.7 | -1.4% |
| Columbia | 1933 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | +1.1 | +5.6% |
| Columbia | 1932 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 6.4 | — | — | — | -3.0 | 0.0% |
| Columbia | 1931 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 9.4 | — | — | — | +22.6 | +27.8% |
| Columbia | 1930 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -13.2 | — | — | — | -25.0 | -11.1% |
| Georgetown | 1929 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 11.8 | — | — | — | -8.2 | -13.3% |
| Georgetown | 1928 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 20.0 | — | — | — | +15.7 | -8.9% |
| Georgetown | 1927 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 4.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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