Top 25
4-9
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 30.8%
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Coach Profile
Jerry Stovall
1980-1983 • LSU
One defining program at LSU.
Jerry Stovall coached 4 seasons, won 51.1%, and posted an average SRS of 7.8. Best season: 1982 LSU. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 22-21-2
- Career win rate
- 51.1%
- Average SRS
- 7.8
- Peak SRS
- 21.3
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
- #11
- Consistency
- 16.1
Primary school anchor
LSU
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 87.2.
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.
Jerry Stovall
EliteStrongAverageLean
1980Actual season year • SRS range -5.0 to 21.31983
Active comparison point
Jerry Stovall • 1982
1982 LSU
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-3-1 • SRS 21.3 • SP Overall 19.3
Win %
70.8%
YoY SRS
+26.3
SP Off / Def
38.0 / 20.2
Finish
#11
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.
Top 10
3-6
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 33.3%
Top 5
1-3
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results13
| 1983 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #16 | L26-32 |
| 1983 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Florida | #9 | L17-31 |
| 1983 Regular Week 5 | LSU | Washington | #18 | W40-14 |
| 1983 Regular Week 3 | LSU | Florida State | #9 | L35-40 |
| 1982 Regular Week 12 | LSU | Florida State | #7 | W55-21 |
| 1982 Regular Week 10 | LSU | Alabama | #8 | W20-10 |
| 1982 Regular Week 5 | LSU | Florida | #4 | W24-13 |
| 1982 Postseason Week 1 | LSU | Nebraska | #3 | L20-21 |
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | LSU | Florida State | #20 | L14-38 |
| 1981 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Notre Dame | #4 | L9-27 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | LSU | Mississippi State | #17 | L31-55 |
| 1980 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #5 | L7-28 |
| 1980 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Florida State | #10 | L0-16 |
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
1980-1983 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 7.8 • Win % 51.1%
- Longest tenure
- LSU • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- LSU • 7.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- LSU • 51.1%
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.
Jerry Stovall sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJerry Stovall sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jerry Stovall
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.3
- Percentile
- 71th pct
Strong
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
1980-1983 • 22-21-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.8Win % 51.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 6.6 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 12.6 baseline
-4.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 10.6 baseline
-6.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
LSU 1982
8-3-1 • SRS 21.3
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1982
8-3-1 • 26.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
LSU 1982
8-3-1 • SP Off 38.0
Best Defensive Season
LSU 1980
7-4 • SP Def 18.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
LSU 1981
3-7-1 • SRS -5.0
Biggest Drop
LSU 1983
4-7 • -16.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| LSU | 1983 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #12 | — | 5.1 | 3.5 | 29.3 | 27.1 | -16.2 | -34.5% |
| LSU | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | #11 | 21.3 | 19.3 | 38.0 | 20.2 | +26.3 | +39.0% |
| LSU | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -5.0 | -14.1 | 18.0 | 30.5 | -14.9 | -31.8% |
| LSU | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 9.9 | 8.5 | 25.9 | 18.3 | — | — |
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