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Lee Corso

1969-1984 • Indiana, Louisville, Northern Illinois

3 schools coached, anchored by Indiana.

Lee Corso's coaching record is 73-85-6, highlighted by seasons at Indiana from 1969 to 1984.

Lee Corso coached 15 seasons, won 46.3%, and posted an average SRS of -1.3. Best season: 1979 Indiana. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
73-85-6
Career win rate
46.3%
Average SRS
-1.3
Peak SRS
10.7

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
15
Career span
16 years
Best finish
#18
Consistency
38.3

Primary school anchor

Indiana

Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 63.6.

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.

Compare Lee Corso
Overall record
73-85-6

164 countable games, 46.3% win rate.

Indiana record
41-68-2

10 countable seasons at Indiana.

Full-season record
73-85-6

15 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
1-27

28 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-19

19 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-8

8 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Purdue
4-6

Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
1-0-1

2 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 17, 1984. 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.

Lee Corso
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Lee Corso: 1973 IndianaLee Corso: 1984 Northern Illinois
1969Actual season year • SRS range -16.0 to 10.71984

Active comparison point

Lee Corso • 1979

Selected

1979 Indiana

Best season

8-4 • SRS 10.7 • SP Overall 9.2

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+8.7

SP Off / Def

32.6 / 25.0

Finish

#19

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
Ranking timing

Top 25

1-27

Games
28
Win rate
3.6%

Top 10

0-19

Games
19
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-8

Games
8
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results28
1982 Regular Week 3IndianaUSC#19L7-28
1981 Regular Week 6IndianaIowa#15L28-42
1981 Regular Week 5IndianaMichigan#8L17-38
1981 Regular Week 3IndianaUSC#2L0-21
1980 Regular Week 10IndianaMichigan#12L0-35
1980 Regular Week 8IndianaOhio State#10L17-27
1979 Regular Week 12IndianaPurdue#12L21-37
1979 Regular Week 9IndianaMichigan#10L21-27
1979 Regular Week 7IndianaOhio State#6L6-47
1979 Postseason Week 1IndianaBYU#13W38-37
1978 Regular Week 13IndianaPurdue#17L7-20
1978 Regular Week 12IndianaOhio State#16L18-21
1978 Regular Week 5IndianaNebraska#10L17-69
1978 Regular Week 3IndianaLSU#10L17-24
1977 Regular Week 11IndianaOhio State#4L7-35
1977 Regular Week 5IndianaNebraska#9L13-31
1976 Regular Week 9IndianaOhio State#8L7-47
1976 Regular Week 8IndianaMichigan#1L0-35
1976 Regular Week 3IndianaNebraska#6L13-45
1975 Regular Week 9IndianaOhio State#1L14-24
1975 Regular Week 8IndianaMichigan#7L7-55
1975 Regular Week 3IndianaNebraska#6L0-45
1974 Regular Week 11IndianaMichigan State#15L10-19
1974 Regular Week 9IndianaMichigan#3L7-21
1974 Regular Week 7IndianaOhio State#1L9-49
1974 Regular Week 3IndianaArizona#17L20-35
1973 Regular Week 10IndianaMichigan#4L13-49
1973 Regular Week 8IndianaOhio State#1L7-37

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Northern Illinois

1984-1984 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS -15.2 • Win % 40.9%

Indiana

1973-1982 • 10 seasons

Avg SRS 0.6 • Win % 37.8%

Louisville

1969-1972 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS -2.5 • Win % 70.2%

Longest tenure
Indiana • 10 seasons
Best tenure
Indiana • 0.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Louisville • 70.2%

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.

Lee Corso sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Lee Corso sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Lee Corso

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-2.4
Percentile
49th pct

Mixed

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.

Northern Illinois

1984-1984 • 4-6-1

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

Avg SRS -15.2Win % 40.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

-2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-15.2 during vs -10.0 baseline

-5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.3 during vs -2.7 baseline

-8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Indiana

1973-1982 • 41-68-2

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

Avg SRS 0.6Win % 37.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 3.8 baseline

+0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.6 during vs -0.9 baseline

+1.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.8 during vs -16.3 baseline

+11.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

10.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+10.0%

Louisville

1969-1972 • 28-11-3

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

Avg SRS -2.5Win % 70.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 4.6 baseline

+2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.5 during vs -10.5 baseline

+8.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.3 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Indiana 1979

8-4 • SRS 10.7

Biggest Improvement

Louisville 1970

8-3-1 • 12.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Indiana 1979

8-4 • SP Off 32.6

Best Defensive Season

Louisville 1971

6-3-1 • SP Def 15.6

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Louisville 1969

5-4-1 • SRS -16.0

Biggest Drop

Northern Illinois 1984

4-6-1 • -17.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Northern Illinois19841146140.9%——-15.2-11.312.823.2-17.8-4.5%Season summary
Indiana19821156045.5%——2.6-1.224.525.8+11.0+18.2%Season summary
Indiana19811138027.3%——-8.4-15.616.631.4-11.9-27.3%Season summary
Indiana19801165054.5%——3.5-3.725.529.0-7.2-12.1%Season summary
Indiana19791284066.7%—#1910.79.232.625.0+8.7+30.3%Season summary
Indiana19781147036.4%——2.0-3.427.430.7-2.2-13.6%Season summary
Indiana19771155150.0%——4.2-0.323.724.0+6.0+4.5%Season summary
Indiana19761156045.5%——-1.8-7.417.224.3+4.6+22.7%Season summary
Indiana19751128122.7%——-6.4-14.312.625.7-3.8+13.6%Season summary
Indiana19741111009.1%——-2.6-7.422.029.0-4.4-9.1%Season summary
Indiana19731129018.2%——1.8-3.421.625.0-7.2-71.8%Season summary
Louisville19721091090.0%—#189.016.831.916.0+8.7+25.0%Season summary
Louisville19711063165.0%——0.32.617.915.6+3.5-5.8%Season summary
Louisville19701283170.8%——-3.25.624.219.2+12.8+15.8%Season summary
Louisville19691054155.0%——-16.0—————Season summary

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