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Knute Rockne

1918-1930Notre Dame

One defining program at Notre Dame.

Knute Rockne's coaching record is 105-12-5, highlighted by seasons at Notre Dame from 1918 to 1930.

Knute Rockne coached 13 seasons, won 88.1%, and posted an average SRS of 22.3. Best season: 1924 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
105-12-5
Career win rate
88.1%
Average SRS
22.3
Peak SRS
29.3

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
13
Career span
13 years
Best finish
Consistency
66.8

Primary school anchor

Notre Dame

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 96.3.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

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Overall record
105-12-5

122 countable games, 88.1% win rate.

Notre Dame record
105-12-5

13 countable seasons at Notre Dame.

Full-season record
105-12-5

13 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Navy
4-0

Navy-Notre Dame games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
1-0

1 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 6, 1930. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

Knute Rockne
EliteStrongAverageLean
1918Actual season year • SRS range 10.2 to 29.31930

Active comparison point

Knute Rockne1924

Selected

1924 Notre Dame

Best season

10-0 • SRS 29.3 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+4.2

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.

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

1918-193013 seasons

Avg SRS 22.3 • Win % 88.1%

Longest tenure
Notre Dame • 13 seasons
Best tenure
Notre Dame • 22.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Notre Dame • 88.1%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Knute Rockne

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Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

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

1918-1930105-12-5

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

Avg SRS 22.3Win % 88.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.1 during vs 6.8 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

22.3 during vs 23.7 baseline

-1.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Notre Dame 1924

10-0SRS 29.3

Biggest Improvement

Notre Dame 1929

9-010.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Notre Dame 1928

5-4SRS 10.2

Biggest Drop

Notre Dame 1925

7-2-1-15.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Notre Dame1930101000100.0%27.5+6.40.0%Season summary
Notre Dame19299900100.0%21.1+10.9+44.4%Season summary
Notre Dame1928954055.6%10.2-9.4-27.8%Season summary
Notre Dame1927971183.3%19.6-3.0-6.7%Season summary
Notre Dame19261091090.0%22.6+9.1+15.0%Season summary
Notre Dame19251072175.0%13.5-15.8-25.0%Season summary
Notre Dame1924101000100.0%29.3+4.2+10.0%Season summary
Notre Dame19231091090.0%25.1+4.4+5.0%Season summary
Notre Dame19221081185.0%20.7-8.3-5.9%Season summary
Notre Dame192111101090.9%29.0+4.2-9.1%Season summary
Notre Dame19209900100.0%24.8+0.70.0%Season summary
Notre Dame19199900100.0%24.1+33.3%Season summary
Notre Dame1918631266.7%Season summary

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