Coach Profile
1934-1940 • Notre Dame
One defining stop at Notre Dame.
Elmer Layden coached 7 seasons, won 77.0%, and posted an average SRS of 13.4. Best season: 1938 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop 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 83.9.
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
8-1 • SRS 19.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+9.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#5
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.
Notre Dame
1934-1940 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 13.4 • Win % 77.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Elmer Layden
Insufficient sample
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Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1934-1940 • 47-13-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 7.0 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.4 during vs 20.3 baseline
-7.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
57.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+57.1%
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 1938
8-1 • SRS 19.9
Biggest Improvement
Notre Dame 1938
8-1 • 9.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Notre Dame 1939
7-2 • SRS 8.3
Biggest Drop
Notre Dame 1939
7-2 • -11.6 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Notre Dame | 1940 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | +2.5 | 0.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1939 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #13 | 8.3 | — | — | — | -11.6 | -11.1% |
| Notre Dame | 1938 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #5 | 19.9 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +16.7% |
| Notre Dame | 1937 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | #9 | 10.6 | — | — | — | -4.3 | 0.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1936 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | #8 | 14.9 | — | — | — | -0.1 | -11.1% |
| Notre Dame | 1935 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 15.0 | — | — | — | +1.0 | +16.7% |
| Notre Dame | 1934 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 14.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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