Top 25
10-39
- Games
- 49
- Win rate
- 20.4%
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Coach Profile
Gerry DiNardo
1991-2004 • Indiana, LSU, Vanderbilt
3 schools coached, anchored by LSU.
Gerry DiNardo coached 12 seasons, won 43.4%, and posted an average SRS of 0.1. Best season: 1997 LSU. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 59-77-1
- Career win rate
- 43.4%
- Average SRS
- 0.1
- Peak SRS
- 16.2
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
- 12
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- #12
- Consistency
- 19.0
Primary school anchor
LSU
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 76.4.
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.
Gerry DiNardo
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Gerry DiNardo: 1995 LSUGerry DiNardo: 2002 Indiana
1991Actual season year • SRS range -14.4 to 16.22004
Active comparison point
Gerry DiNardo • 1997
1997 LSU
Best season9-3 • SRS 16.2 • SP Overall 17.9
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+7.9
SP Off / Def
36.2 / 19.9
Finish
#13
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
2-19
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 9.5%
Top 5
2-6
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results49
| 2004 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Minnesota | #24 | W30-21 |
| 2004 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Michigan | #19 | L14-35 |
| 2004 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Oregon | #24 | W30-24 |
| 2003 Regular Week 14 | Indiana | Purdue | #16 | L16-24 |
| 2003 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Minnesota | #24 | L7-55 |
| 2003 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Ohio State | #8 | L6-35 |
| 2003 Regular Week 7 | Indiana | Michigan State | #25 | L3-31 |
| 2003 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Michigan | #11 | L17-31 |
| 2003 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Washington | #22 | L13-38 |
| 2002 Regular Week 13 | Indiana | Penn State | #16 | L25-58 |
| 2002 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Iowa | #15 | L8-24 |
| 2002 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Wisconsin | #23 | W32-29 |
| 2002 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Ohio State | #6 | L17-45 |
| 1999 Regular Week 14 | LSU | Arkansas | #17 | W35-10 |
| 1999 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #12 | L17-23 |
| 1999 Regular Week 10 | LSU | Ole Miss | #25 | L23-42 |
| 1999 Regular Week 9 | LSU | Mississippi State | #12 | L16-17 |
| 1999 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #8 | L10-31 |
| 1999 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Georgia | #10 | L22-23 |
| 1998 Regular Week 14 | LSU | Arkansas | #11 | L14-41 |
| 1998 Regular Week 13 | LSU | Notre Dame | #9 | L36-39 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #5 | L10-22 |
| 1998 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Georgia | #7 | L27-28 |
| 1997 Regular Week 8 | LSU | Florida | #1 | W28-21 |
| 1997 Regular Week 5 | LSU | Auburn | #12 | L28-31 |
| 1996 Regular Week 12 | LSU | Alabama | #10 | L0-26 |
| 1996 Regular Week 8 | LSU | Florida | #1 | L13-56 |
| 1996 Regular Week 5 | LSU | Auburn | #13 | W19-15 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | LSU | Arkansas | #14 | W28-0 |
| 1995 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #16 | L3-10 |
| 1995 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #3 | L10-28 |
| 1995 Regular Week 4 | LSU | Auburn | #5 | W12-6 |
| 1995 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Texas A&M | #3 | L17-33 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | Vanderbilt | Florida | #3 | L7-24 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #11 | L7-17 |
| 1993 Regular Week 14 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | #6 | L14-62 |
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | Vanderbilt | Florida | #8 | L0-52 |
| 1993 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | Auburn | #23 | L10-14 |
| 1993 Regular Week 3 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #2 | L6-17 |
| 1992 Regular Week 14 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | #18 | L25-29 |
| 1992 Regular Week 13 | Vanderbilt | Florida | #9 | L21-41 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | #10 | L20-30 |
| 1992 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Ole Miss | #25 | W31-9 |
| 1992 Regular Week 2 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #9 | L8-25 |
| 1991 Regular Week 14 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | #9 | L0-45 |
| 1991 Regular Week 8 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | #17 | W27-25 |
| 1991 Regular Week 7 | Vanderbilt | Auburn | #24 | L22-24 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #22 | L17-48 |
| 1991 Regular Week 2 | Vanderbilt | Syracuse | #24 | L10-37 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Indiana
2002-2004 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -10.7 • Win % 22.9%
LSU
1995-1999 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 57.8%
Vanderbilt
1991-1994 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -2.8 • Win % 40.9%
- Longest tenure
- LSU • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- LSU • 8.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- LSU • 57.8%
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.
Gerry DiNardo sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGerry DiNardo sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gerry DiNardo
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.5
- Percentile
- 59th pct
Above average
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.
Indiana
2002-2004 • 8-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -10.7Win % 22.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 3.6 baseline
-0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.7 during vs -1.4 baseline
-9.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.5 during vs -1.6 baseline
-10.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
LSU
1995-1999 • 33-24-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.9Win % 57.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 4.2 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.9 during vs -0.7 baseline
+9.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.7 during vs 1.8 baseline
+8.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+40.0%
Vanderbilt
1991-1994 • 18-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.8Win % 40.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 2.0 baseline
+2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.8 during vs -8.5 baseline
+5.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.5 during vs -12.5 baseline
+10.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
LSU 1997
9-3 • SRS 16.2
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1995
7-4-1 • 15.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
LSU 1998
4-7 • SP Off 39.3
Best Defensive Season
LSU 1995
7-4-1 • SP Def 18.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Indiana 2003
2-10 • SRS -14.4
Biggest Drop
Indiana 2002
3-9 • -11.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Indiana | 2004 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -4.4 | -7.4 | 30.5 | 36.3 | +10.0 | +10.6% |
| Indiana | 2003 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -14.4 | -17.2 | 21.3 | 36.6 | -1.1 | -8.3% |
| Indiana | 2002 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -13.3 | -12.8 | 31.5 | 40.6 | -11.8 | -2.3% |
| LSU | 1999 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.5 | -1.2 | 25.9 | 27.6 | -10.6 | -9.1% |
| LSU | 1998 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #9 | — | 9.1 | 11.8 | 39.3 | 29.7 | -7.1 | -38.6% |
| LSU | 1997 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #10 | #13 | 16.2 | 17.9 | 36.2 | 19.9 | +7.9 | -8.3% |
| LSU | 1996 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #19 | #12 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 32.1 | 23.2 | -4.0 | +20.8% |
| LSU | 1995 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 12.3 | 14.7 | 32.3 | 18.7 | +15.4 | +17.1% |
| Vanderbilt | 1994 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -3.1 | -3.7 | 24.9 | 28.5 | +1.7 | +9.1% |
| Vanderbilt | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.8 | -2.8 | 22.0 | 25.0 | -4.6 | 0.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 1992 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -0.2 | 0.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | +3.0 | -9.1% |
| Vanderbilt | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -3.2 | -4.0 | 24.2 | 28.2 | — | — |
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