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Marcus Freeman

2021-2025Notre Dame

One defining program at Notre Dame.

Marcus Freeman coached 5 seasons, won 76.7%, and posted an average SRS of 18.2. Best season: 2025 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
33-10
Career win rate
76.7%
Average SRS
18.2
Peak SRS
24.1

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
5
Career span
5 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
75.9

Primary school anchor

Notre Dame

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 91.3.

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.

Marcus Freeman
EliteStrongAverageLean
2021Actual season year • SRS range 10.0 to 24.12025

Active comparison point

Marcus Freeman2025

Selected

2025 Notre Dame

Best season

0-0 • SRS 24.1 • SP Overall 24.4

Win %

YoY SRS

+2.1

SP Off / Def

40.0 / 16.3

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
Ranking timing

Top 25

16-7

Games
23
Win rate
69.6%

Top 10

5-5

Games
10
Win rate
50.0%

Top 5

2-2

Games
4
Win rate
50.0%
View ranked game results23

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Notre Dame

2021-20255 seasons

Avg SRS 18.2 • Win % 76.7%

Longest tenure
Notre Dame • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Notre Dame • 18.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Notre Dame • 76.7%

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.

Marcus Freeman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Marcus Freeman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Marcus Freeman

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
19.2
Percentile
97th pct

Elite

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.

Notre Dame

2021-202533-10

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

Avg SRS 18.2Win % 76.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.6 during vs 9.4 baseline

-2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

18.2 during vs 16.2 baseline

+1.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.2 during vs 18.7 baseline

+0.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

80.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Notre Dame 2025

0-0SRS 24.1

Biggest Improvement

Notre Dame 2023

10-38.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Notre Dame 2025

0-0SP Off 40.0

Best Defensive Season

Notre Dame 2024

14-2SP Def 14.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Notre Dame 2022

9-4SRS 10.0

Biggest Drop

Notre Dame 2022

9-4-6.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Notre Dame2025000024.124.440.016.3+2.1
Notre Dame202416142087.5%#7#222.023.938.614.1+3.7+10.6%
Notre Dame202313103076.9%#13#1418.320.136.316.7+8.3+7.7%
Notre Dame20221394069.2%#5#1810.010.330.521.4-6.4+69.2%
Notre Dame202110100.0%#9#816.417.436.218.9

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