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John Pont
1962-1977 • Indiana, Miami (OH), Northwestern, Yale
4 schools coached, anchored by Indiana.
John Pont's coaching record is 63-101-3, highlighted by seasons at Indiana from 1962 to 1977.
John Pont coached 16 seasons, won 38.6%, and posted an average SRS of -2.7. Best season: 1968 Indiana. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 63-101-3
- Career win rate
- 38.6%
- Average SRS
- -2.7
- Peak SRS
- 7.0
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
- 16
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #4
- Consistency
- 58.2
Primary school anchor
Indiana
Defense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 54.0.
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
- 63-101-3
- Indiana record
- 31-51-1
- Full-season record
- 63-101-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-19
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-12
- Vs Purdue
- 2-6
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
167 countable games, 38.6% win rate.
8 countable seasons at Indiana.
16 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
19 games using AP ranking at game time.
12 games using AP ranking at game time.
Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.
2 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 19, 1977. 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.
John Pont
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John Pont: 1963 YaleJohn Pont: 1965 IndianaJohn Pont: 1973 Northwestern
1962Actual season year • SRS range -10.9 to 7.01977
Active comparison point
John Pont • 1968
1968 Indiana
Best season6-4 • SRS 7.0 • SP Overall —
Win %
60.0%
YoY SRS
+0.1
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
0-19
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-12
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results30
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Northwestern | Michigan | #6 | L20-63 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #3 | L15-35 |
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | Northwestern | Wisconsin | #19 | L7-19 |
| 1976 Regular Week 7 | Northwestern | Michigan | #1 | L7-38 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Northwestern | Notre Dame | #18 | L0-48 |
| 1976 Regular Week 3 | Northwestern | North Carolina | #16 | L0-12 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Northwestern | Michigan | #7 | L0-69 |
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | Northwestern | Arizona | #17 | L6-41 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Northwestern | Notre Dame | #7 | L7-31 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #1 | L7-55 |
| 1974 Regular Week 4 | Northwestern | Nebraska | #10 | L7-49 |
| 1974 Regular Week 3 | Northwestern | Notre Dame | #1 | L3-49 |
| 1973 Regular Week 9 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #1 | L0-60 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Northwestern | Notre Dame | #7 | L0-44 |
| 1972 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Michigan | #4 | L7-21 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Indiana | Ohio State | #4 | L7-44 |
| 1971 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Michigan | #3 | L7-61 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Ohio State | #13 | L7-27 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Indiana | Northwestern | #18 | L7-21 |
| 1970 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Colorado | #8 | L9-16 |
| 1969 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Purdue | #16 | L21-44 |
| 1968 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Purdue | #12 | L35-38 |
| 1968 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Michigan State | #17 | W24-22 |
| 1968 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Michigan | #18 | L22-27 |
| 1968 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Kansas | #12 | L20-38 |
| 1967 Postseason Week 1 | Indiana | USC | #1 | L3-14 |
| 1966 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Purdue | #8 | L6-51 |
| 1966 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Michigan State | #2 | L19-37 |
| 1965 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Michigan State | #1 | L13-27 |
| 1965 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Texas | #1 | L12-27 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Northwestern
1973-1977 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -7.0 • Win % 21.8%
Indiana
1965-1972 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -0.1 • Win % 38.0%
Yale
1963-1964 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -5.7 • Win % 69.4%
Miami (OH)
1962-1962 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 77.3%
- Longest tenure
- Indiana • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Miami (OH) • 4.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Miami (OH) • 77.3%
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.
John Pont sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Pont sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Pont
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -15.1
- Percentile
- 15th pct
Lower end
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.
Northwestern
1973-1977 • 12-43
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.0Win % 21.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.4 during vs 3.8 baseline
-1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.0 during vs 1.8 baseline
-8.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-14.4 during vs 2.3 baseline
-16.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Indiana
1965-1972 • 31-51-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.1Win % 38.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.9 during vs 2.2 baseline
+1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.1 during vs 4.9 baseline
-5.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-16.3 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline
+12.5%
Yale
1963-1964 • 12-5-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.7Win % 69.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.6 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.7 during vs -20.5 baseline
+14.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Miami (OH)
1962-1962 • 8-2-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 4.6Win % 77.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Indiana 1968
6-4 • SRS 7.0
Biggest Improvement
Indiana 1967
9-2 • 10.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northwestern 1973
4-7 • SP Off 24.9
Best Defensive Season
Northwestern 1973
4-7 • SP Def 29.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Northwestern 1977
1-10 • SRS -10.9
Biggest Drop
Indiana 1970
1-9 • -14.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northwestern | 1977 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -10.9 | -16.2 | 16.2 | 32.1 | -3.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1976 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -7.3 | -15.8 | 16.8 | 32.0 | +0.9 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1975 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -8.2 | -15.3 | 18.7 | 33.0 | +2.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1974 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -10.8 | -19.6 | 19.9 | 37.3 | -13.2 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Northwestern | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.4 | -4.9 | 24.9 | 29.5 | +4.2 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.8 | -9.6 | 22.2 | 30.9 | +2.5 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1971 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -4.3 | -15.0 | 15.4 | 29.5 | +5.7 | +17.3% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1970 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | -10.0 | -24.4 | 12.6 | 35.0 | -14.7 | -30.0% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1969 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #14 | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | -2.3 | -20.0% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1968 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #13 | — | 7.0 | — | — | — | +0.1 | -21.8% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1967 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #4 | 6.9 | — | — | — | +10.7 | +66.8% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1966 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15.0% | — | — | -3.8 | — | — | — | -3.9 | -5.0% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1965 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | +8.1 | -52.2% | Season summary |
| Yale | 1964 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | -8.0 | — | — | — | -4.6 | +5.6% | Season summary |
| Yale | 1963 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -3.4 | — | — | — | -8.0 | -10.6% | Season summary |
| Miami (OH) | 1962 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | — | 4.6 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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