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Ron Zook

2002-2011 • Florida, Illinois

2 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.

Ron Zook's coaching record is 57-65, highlighted by seasons at Illinois from 2002 to 2011.

Ron Zook coached 10 seasons, won 46.7%, and posted an average SRS of 3.5. Best season: 2004 Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 57-65
Career win rate: 46.7%
Average SRS: 3.5
Peak SRS: 13.3

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: #20
Consistency: 28.9

Primary school anchor

Illinois

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 69.4.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Ron Zook

Overall record: 57-65
Illinois record: 34-51
Full-season record: 44-55
Partial-season record: 13-10
Vs AP Top 25: 8-25
Vs AP Top 10: 6-9
Vs AP Top 5: 5-6
Vs Northwestern: 2-4
Postseason / bowl record: 1-3
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

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: Dec 31, 2011. 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.

Ron Zook

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Ron Zook: 2005 Illinois

2002Actual season year • SRS range -10.5 to 13.32011

Active comparison point

Ron Zook • 2004

Selected

2004 Florida

Best season

7-4 • SRS 13.3 • SP Overall 17.1

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

+1.5

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 25.0

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

8-25

Games: 33
Win rate: 24.2%

Top 10

6-9

Games: 15
Win rate: 40.0%

Top 5

5-6

Games: 11
Win rate: 45.5%

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2010 Regular Week 7	Illinois	Michigan State	#13	L6-26
2010 Regular Week 5	Illinois	Ohio State	#2	L13-24
2009 Regular Week 13	Illinois	Cincinnati	#5	L36-49
2009 Regular Week 5	Illinois	Penn State	#15	L17-35
2009 Regular Week 4	Illinois	Ohio State	#13	L0-30
2008 Regular Week 12	Illinois	Ohio State	#10	L20-30
2008 Regular Week 5	Illinois	Penn State	#12	L24-38
2007 Regular Week 11	Illinois	Ohio State	#1	W28-21
2007 Regular Week 8	Illinois	Michigan	#24	L17-27
2007 Regular Week 6	Illinois	Wisconsin	#5	W31-26
2007 Regular Week 5	Illinois	Penn State	#21	W27-20
2007 Postseason Week 1	Illinois	USC	#3	L17-49
2006 Regular Week 10	Illinois	Ohio State	#1	L10-17
2006 Regular Week 9	Illinois	Wisconsin	#17	L24-30
2006 Regular Week 4	Illinois	Iowa	#14	L7-24
2005 Regular Week 10	Illinois	Ohio State	#12	L2-40
2005 Regular Week 9	Illinois	Wisconsin	#15	L24-41
2005 Regular Week 8	Illinois	Penn State	#12	L10-63
2005 Regular Week 4	Illinois	Michigan State	#17	L14-61
2005 Regular Week 3	Illinois	California	#15	L20-35
2003 Regular Week 15	Florida	Florida State	#9	L34-38
2003 Regular Week 11	Florida	Georgia	#4	W16-13
2003 Regular Week 9	Florida	Arkansas	#11	W33-28
2003 Regular Week 8	Florida	LSU	#6	W19-7
2003 Regular Week 5	Florida	Tennessee	#12	L10-24
2003 Regular Week 3	Florida	Miami	#3	L33-38
2003 Postseason Week 1	Florida	Iowa	#8	L17-37
2002 Regular Week 15	Florida	Florida State	#23	L14-31
2002 Regular Week 11	Florida	Georgia	#5	W20-13
2002 Regular Week 8	Florida	LSU	#18	L7-36
2002 Regular Week 5	Florida	Tennessee	#4	W30-13
2002 Regular Week 3	Florida	Miami	#1	L16-41
2002 Postseason Week 1	Florida	Michigan	#12	L30-38

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Illinois

2005-2011 • 7 seasons

Avg SRS -0.0 • Win % 40.0%

Florida

2002-2004 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 11.6 • Win % 62.2%

Longest tenure: Illinois • 7 seasons
Best tenure: Florida • 11.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Florida • 62.2%

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.

Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ron Zook

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 7.4
Percentile: 79th 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.

Illinois

2005-2011 • 34-51

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

Avg SRS -0.0Win % 40.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.7 during vs 4.8 baseline

-0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.2 during vs 0.1 baseline

-0.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.1 during vs -0.1 baseline

+2.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 20.0% baseline

-3.3%

Florida

2002-2004 • 23-14

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

Avg SRS 11.6Win % 62.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 9.8 baseline

-1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.7 during vs 22.3 baseline

-11.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

18.8 during vs 27.1 baseline

-8.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-50.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Florida 2004

7-4 • SRS 13.3

Biggest Improvement

Illinois 2007

9-4 • 16.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Florida 2003

8-5 • SP Off 39.7

Best Defensive Season

Illinois 2011

6-6 • SP Def 17.1

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Illinois 2005

2-9 • SRS -10.5

Biggest Drop

Illinois 2005

2-9 • -23.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Illinois	2011	12	6	6	50.0%	—	—	0.9	6.8	23.6	17.1	-8.1	-3.9%	Partial season
Illinois	2010	13	7	6	53.8%	—	—	9.0	8.6	30.2	22.4	+15.2	+28.8%	Season summary
Illinois	2009	12	3	9	25.0%	—	—	-6.2	-5.7	27.1	32.0	-9.9	-16.7%	Season summary
Illinois	2008	12	5	7	41.7%	#20	—	3.7	8.9	33.2	23.8	-6.0	-27.6%	Season summary
Illinois	2007	13	9	4	69.2%	—	#20	9.7	12.7	34.7	22.9	+16.4	+52.6%	Season summary
Illinois	2006	12	2	10	16.7%	—	—	-6.7	-2.8	20.1	22.3	+3.8	-1.5%	Season summary
Illinois	2005	11	2	9	18.2%	—	—	-10.5	-8.8	25.6	34.3	-23.8	-45.5%	Season summary
Florida	2004	11	7	4	63.6%	#11	—	13.3	17.1	39.4	25.0	+1.5	+2.1%	Partial season
Florida	2003	13	8	5	61.5%	—	#24	11.8	21.6	39.7	19.8	+2.2	0.0%	Season summary
Florida	2002	13	8	5	61.5%	#6	—	9.6	15.9	35.6	21.6	—	—	Season summary

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