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Coach Profile

Ed Orgeron

2005-2021 • LSU, Ole Miss, USC

3 schools coached, anchored by LSU.

Ed Orgeron coached 10 seasons, won 58.8%, and posted an average SRS of 9.7. Best season: 2019 LSU. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 67-47
Career win rate: 58.8%
Average SRS: 9.7
Peak SRS: 34.2

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: 17 years
Best finish: #1
Consistency: 4.3

Primary school anchor

LSU

Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 98.7.

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.

Ed Orgeron

EliteStrongAverageLean

Ed Orgeron: 2013 USCEd Orgeron: 2016 LSU

2005Actual season year • SRS range -9.5 to 34.22021

Active comparison point

Ed Orgeron • 2019

Selected

2019 LSU

Best season

15-0 • SRS 34.2 • SP Overall 33.1

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+15.9

SP Off / Def

48.9 / 17.7

Finish

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

21-25

Games: 46
Win rate: 45.6%

Top 10

13-14

Games: 27
Win rate: 48.1%

Top 5

5-9

Games: 14
Win rate: 35.7%

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2021 Regular Week 13	LSU	Texas A&M	#14	W27-24
2021 Regular Week 10	LSU	Alabama	#3	L14-20
2021 Regular Week 8	LSU	Ole Miss	#12	L17-31
2021 Regular Week 7	LSU	Florida	#20	W49-42
2021 Regular Week 6	LSU	Kentucky	#16	L21-42
2021 Regular Week 5	LSU	Auburn	#22	L19-24
2020 Regular Week 15	LSU	Florida	#6	W37-34
2020 Regular Week 14	LSU	Alabama	#1	L17-55
2020 Regular Week 13	LSU	Texas A&M	#5	L7-20
2019 Regular Week 15	LSU	Georgia	#4	W37-10
2019 Regular Week 11	LSU	Alabama	#2	W46-41
2019 Regular Week 9	LSU	Auburn	#9	W23-20
2019 Regular Week 7	LSU	Florida	#7	W42-28
2019 Regular Week 2	LSU	Texas	#9	W45-38
2019 Postseason Week 1	LSU	Clemson	#2	W42-25
2019 Postseason Week 1	LSU	Oklahoma	#7	W63-28
2018 Regular Week 10	LSU	Alabama	#1	L0-29
2018 Regular Week 8	LSU	Mississippi State	#22	W19-3
2018 Regular Week 7	LSU	Georgia	#2	W36-16
2018 Regular Week 6	LSU	Florida	#22	L19-27
2018 Regular Week 3	LSU	Auburn	#7	W22-21
2018 Regular Week 1	LSU	Miami	#8	W33-17
2018 Postseason Week 1	LSU	UCF	#11	W40-32
2017 Regular Week 10	LSU	Alabama	#1	L10-24
2017 Regular Week 7	LSU	Auburn	#10	W27-23
2017 Regular Week 6	LSU	Florida	#21	W17-16
2017 Postseason Week 1	LSU	Notre Dame	#11	L17-21
2016 Regular Week 13	LSU	Texas A&M	#22	W54-39
2016 Regular Week 12	LSU	Florida	#21	L10-16
2016 Regular Week 10	LSU	Alabama	#1	L0-10
2016 Regular Week 8	LSU	Ole Miss	#23	W38-21
2016 Postseason Week 1	LSU	Louisville	#21	W29-9
2013 Regular Week 14	USC	UCLA	#22	L14-35
2013 Regular Week 12	USC	Stanford	#5	W20-17
2007 Regular Week 12	Ole Miss	LSU	#1	L24-41
2007 Regular Week 9	Ole Miss	Auburn	#23	L3-17
2007 Regular Week 5	Ole Miss	Georgia	#15	L17-45
2007 Regular Week 4	Ole Miss	Florida	#3	L24-30
2006 Regular Week 12	Ole Miss	LSU	#9	L20-23
2006 Regular Week 9	Ole Miss	Auburn	#7	L17-23
2006 Regular Week 8	Ole Miss	Arkansas	#15	L3-38
2006 Regular Week 5	Ole Miss	Georgia	#10	L9-14
2005 Regular Week 12	Ole Miss	LSU	#4	L7-40
2005 Regular Week 9	Ole Miss	Auburn	#19	L3-27
2005 Regular Week 7	Ole Miss	Alabama	#6	L10-13
2005 Regular Week 5	Ole Miss	Tennessee	#10	L10-27

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

LSU

2016-2021 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 15.9 • Win % 71.8%

USC

2013-2013 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS 15.7 • Win % 75.0%

Ole Miss

2005-2007 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -4.6 • Win % 28.6%

Longest tenure: LSU • 6 seasons
Best tenure: LSU • 15.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate: USC • 75.0%

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.

Ed Orgeron sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ed Orgeron sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ed Orgeron

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 12.6
Percentile: 90th pct

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.

LSU

2016-2021 • 51-20

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

Avg SRS 15.9Win % 71.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.5 during vs 10.0 baseline

-1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.9 during vs 19.6 baseline

-3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.0 during vs 25.1 baseline

-6.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-30.0%

USC

2013-2013 • 6-2

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

Avg SRS 15.7Win % 75.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 9.2 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.7 during vs 15.7 baseline

-0.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

22.5 during vs 23.1 baseline

-0.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+40.0%

Ole Miss

2005-2007 • 10-25

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

Avg SRS -4.6Win % 28.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 7.0 baseline

-3.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.6 during vs 4.1 baseline

-8.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.4 during vs 5.6 baseline

-8.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

LSU 2019

15-0 • SRS 34.2

Biggest Improvement

USC 2013

6-2 • 16.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

LSU 2019

15-0 • SP Off 48.9

Best Defensive Season

LSU 2016

6-2 • SP Def 9.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ole Miss 2005

3-8 • SRS -9.5

Biggest Drop

LSU 2020

5-5 • -30.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


LSU	2021	12	6	6	50.0%	#16	—	5.4	4.1	28.0	25.6	+1.2	0.0%
LSU	2020	10	5	5	50.0%	#6	—	4.2	6.0	33.8	28.3	-30.0	-50.0%
LSU	2019	15	15	0	100.0%	#6	#1	34.2	33.1	48.9	17.7	+15.9	+23.1%
LSU	2018	13	10	3	76.9%	#25	—	18.3	24.2	34.8	13.4	+6.2	+7.7%
LSU	2017	13	9	4	69.2%	#13	#18	12.1	21.1	35.6	14.0	-9.1	-5.8%
LSU	2016	8	6	2	75.0%	#5	#13	21.2	25.3	34.2	9.0	+5.5	0.0%
USC	2013	8	6	2	75.0%	#24	#19	15.7	22.5	36.6	12.5	+16.6	+50.0%
Ole Miss	2007	12	3	9	25.0%	—	—	-0.9	-2.7	28.1	29.0	+2.4	-8.3%
Ole Miss	2006	12	4	8	33.3%	—	—	-3.3	-3.2	20.1	23.7	+6.2	+6.1%
Ole Miss	2005	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	-9.5	-4.2	15.7	20.0	—	—