Notre Dame
1913-1917 • 34-5-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Coach Profile
1913-1917 • Notre Dame
One defining program at Notre Dame.
Jesse Harper coached 5 seasons, won 86.3%, and posted an average SRS of 23.7. Best season: 1913 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Notre Dame
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 97.9.
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.
Active comparison point
7-0 • SRS 32.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
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Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
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Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Notre Dame
1913-1917 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 23.7 • Win % 86.3%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
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Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
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Jesse Harper
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1913-1917 • 34-5-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 1913
7-0 • SRS 32.5
Biggest Improvement
Notre Dame 1917
6-1-1 • 9.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Notre Dame 1916
8-1 • SRS 15.7
Biggest Drop
Notre Dame 1914
6-2 • -14.1 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Notre Dame | 1917 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 25.1 | — | — | — | +9.4 | -7.6% |
| Notre Dame | 1916 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 15.7 | — | — | — | -11.2 | +1.4% |
| Notre Dame | 1915 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 26.9 | — | — | — | +8.5 | +12.5% |
| Notre Dame | 1914 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 18.4 | — | — | — | -14.1 | -25.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1913 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 32.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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