Top 25
15-18
- Games
- 33
- Win rate
- 45.5%
Coach Profile
2005-2021 • LSU, Ole Miss, USC
3 schools coached, anchored by LSU.
Ed Orgeron's coaching record is 67-47, highlighted by seasons at LSU from 2005 to 2021.
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.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
LSU
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 98.7.
Quick Answers
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
114 countable games, 58.8% win rate.
6 countable seasons at LSU.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
24 games using AP ranking at game time.
11 games using AP ranking at game time.
LSU-Mississippi State games in this dataset.
4 scored postseason games in this dataset.
2 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
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: Jan 5, 2022. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Active comparison point
15-0 • SRS 34.2 • SP Overall 33.1
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+15.9
SP Off / Def
48.9 / 17.7
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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 25
15-18
Top 10
12-12
Top 5
4-7
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
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%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Ed Orgeron sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ed Orgeron sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ed Orgeron
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
2016-2021 • 51-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.8 during vs 10.0 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.2 during vs 19.6 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
21.1 during vs 25.1 baseline
-4.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-30.0%
2013-2013 • 6-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
2005-2007 • 10-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
Lowest SRS Season
Ole Miss 2005
3-8 • SRS -9.5
Biggest Drop
LSU 2020
5-5 • -30.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| LSU | 2021 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #16 | — | 5.4 | 4.1 | 28.0 | 25.6 | +1.2 | 0.0% | Partial season |
| LSU | 2020 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | #6 | — | 4.2 | 6.0 | 33.8 | 28.3 | -30.0 | -50.0% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2019 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #6 | #1 | 34.2 | 33.1 | 48.9 | 17.7 | +15.9 | +23.1% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2018 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #25 | — | 18.3 | 24.2 | 34.8 | 13.4 | +6.2 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2017 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #13 | #18 | 12.1 | 21.1 | 35.6 | 14.0 | -9.1 | -5.8% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2016 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | #5 | #13 | 21.2 | 25.3 | 34.2 | 9.0 | +5.5 | 0.0% | Partial season |
| USC | 2013 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | #24 | #19 | 15.7 | 22.5 | 36.6 | 12.5 | +16.6 | +50.0% | Partial season |
| Ole Miss | 2007 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -0.9 | -2.7 | 28.1 | 29.0 | +2.4 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2006 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -3.3 | -3.2 | 20.1 | 23.7 | +6.2 | +6.1% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2005 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -9.5 | -4.2 | 15.7 | 20.0 | — | — | Season summary |
Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
same defense-first identity • volatility within 0.5
Avg SRS 6.7 • Peak SRS 26.1 • 16 seasons
Best finish #2 • Volatility 11.9
Open profile →same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.1
Avg SRS 9.6 • Peak SRS 24.1 • 25 seasons
Best finish #4 • Volatility 10.7
Open profile →avg SRS within 0.9 • volatility within 0.8
Avg SRS 10.6 • Peak SRS 23.2 • 8 seasons
Best finish #5 • Volatility 13.3
Open profile →avg SRS within 0.2 • volatility within 1.6
Avg SRS 10.0 • Peak SRS 22.3 • 14 seasons
Best finish #5 • Volatility 10.8
Open profile →same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.3
Avg SRS 11.0 • Peak SRS 25.2 • 17 seasons
Best finish #1 • Volatility 8.4
Open profile →same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.2
Avg SRS 11.0 • Peak SRS 22.0 • 19 seasons
Best finish #3 • Volatility 7.7
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