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Russ Cohen

1928-1931LSU

One defining program at LSU.

Russ Cohen's coaching record is 23-13-1, highlighted by seasons at LSU from 1928 to 1931.

Russ Cohen coached 4 seasons, won 63.5%, and posted an average SRS of -0.3. Best season: 1928 LSU. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
23-13-1
Career win rate
63.5%
Average SRS
-0.3
Peak SRS
6.3

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
Consistency
62.9

Primary school anchor

LSU

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 51.6.

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

Compare Russ Cohen
Overall record
23-13-1

37 countable games, 63.5% win rate.

LSU record
23-13-1

4 countable seasons at LSU.

Full-season record
23-13-1

4 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 Mississippi State
3-1

LSU-Mississippi State games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 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: Nov 28, 1931. 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.

Russ Cohen
EliteStrongAverageLean
1928Actual season year • SRS range -9.6 to 6.31931

Active comparison point

Russ Cohen1928

Selected

1928 LSU

Best season

6-2-1 • SRS 6.3 • SP Overall

Win %

72.2%

YoY SRS

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

LSU

1928-19314 seasons

Avg SRS -0.3 • Win % 63.5%

Longest tenure
LSU • 4 seasons
Best tenure
LSU • -0.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
LSU • 63.5%

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

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Russ Cohen

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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.

LSU

1928-193123-13-1

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

Avg SRS -0.3Win % 63.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 4.6 baseline

+1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.3 during vs -5.5 baseline

+5.2

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

LSU 1928

6-2-1SRS 6.3

Biggest Improvement

LSU 1930

6-49.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

LSU 1929

6-3SRS -9.6

Biggest Drop

LSU 1929

6-3-15.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

LSU1931954055.6%2.6+2.9-4.4%Season summary
LSU19301064060.0%-0.3+9.3-6.7%Season summary
LSU1929963066.7%-9.6-15.9-5.6%Season summary
LSU1928962172.2%6.3Season summary

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