Coach Profile
1969-1984 • Indiana, Louisville, Northern Illinois
3 schools coached, anchored by Indiana.
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 stops 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
Indiana
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 63.6.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
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%
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.
Lee Corso sets the reference point in overall strength.
Lee Corso sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Lee Corso
Mixed
Mixed
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1984-1984 • 4-6-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1973-1982 • 41-68-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1969-1972 • 28-11-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
Worst Season
Louisville 1969
5-4-1 • SRS -16.0
Biggest Drop
Northern Illinois 1984
4-6-1 • -17.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northern Illinois | 1984 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -15.2 | -11.3 | 12.8 | 23.2 | -17.8 | -4.5% |
| Indiana | 1982 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 2.6 | -1.2 | 24.5 | 25.8 | +11.0 | +18.2% |
| Indiana | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -8.4 | -15.6 | 16.6 | 31.4 | -11.9 | -27.3% |
| Indiana | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 3.5 | -3.7 | 25.5 | 29.0 | -7.2 | -12.1% |
| Indiana | 1979 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #19 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 32.6 | 25.0 | +8.7 | +30.3% |
| Indiana | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.0 | -3.4 | 27.4 | 30.7 | -2.2 | -13.6% |
| Indiana | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.2 | -0.3 | 23.7 | 24.0 | +6.0 | +4.5% |
| Indiana | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.8 | -7.4 | 17.2 | 24.3 | +4.6 | +22.7% |
| Indiana | 1975 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -6.4 | -14.3 | 12.6 | 25.7 | -3.8 | +13.6% |
| Indiana | 1974 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -2.6 | -7.4 | 22.0 | 29.0 | -4.4 | -9.1% |
| Indiana | 1973 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | 1.8 | -3.4 | 21.6 | 25.0 | -7.2 | -71.8% |
| Louisville | 1972 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #18 | 9.0 | 16.8 | 31.9 | 16.0 | +8.7 | +25.0% |
| Louisville | 1971 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 0.3 | 2.6 | 17.9 | 15.6 | +3.5 | -5.8% |
| Louisville | 1970 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | — | -3.2 | 5.6 | 24.2 | 19.2 | +12.8 | +15.8% |
| Louisville | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -16.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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