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- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Ed Chlebek
1976-1982 • Boston College, Eastern Michigan, Kent State
3 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.
Ed Chlebek's coaching record is 26-51, highlighted by seasons at Boston College from 1976 to 1982.
Ed Chlebek coached 7 seasons, won 33.8%, and posted an average SRS of -11.0. Best season: 1980 Boston College. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 26-51
- Career win rate
- 33.8%
- Average SRS
- -11.0
- Peak SRS
- 6.4
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 7.8
Primary school anchor
Boston College
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 52.0.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 26-51
- Boston College record
- 12-21
- Full-season record
- 26-51
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
77 countable games, 33.8% win rate.
3 countable seasons at Boston College.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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 20, 1982. 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.
Ed Chlebek
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Ed Chlebek: 1978 Boston CollegeEd Chlebek: 1981 Kent State
1976Actual season year • SRS range -28.1 to 6.41982
Active comparison point
Ed Chlebek • 1980
1980 Boston College
Best season7-4 • SRS 6.4 • SP Overall 14.7
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+6.4
SP Off / Def
28.6 / 14.2
Finish
Unranked
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
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- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results4
| 1980 Regular Week 8 | Boston College | Florida State | #6 | L7-41 |
| 1980 Regular Week 3 | Boston College | Pittsburgh | #5 | L6-14 |
| 1978 Regular Week 6 | Boston College | Pittsburgh | #9 | L15-32 |
| 1978 Regular Week 4 | Boston College | Texas A&M | #8 | L2-37 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kent State
1981-1982 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -20.6 • Win % 18.2%
Boston College
1978-1980 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -1.6 • Win % 36.4%
Eastern Michigan
1976-1977 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -15.4 • Win % 45.5%
- Longest tenure
- Boston College • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Boston College • -1.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Eastern Michigan • 45.5%
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.
Ed Chlebek sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeEd Chlebek sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ed Chlebek
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -6.8
- Percentile
- 36th pct
Lower end
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.
Kent State
1981-1982 • 4-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -20.6Win % 18.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 4.4 baseline
-2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-20.6 during vs -15.1 baseline
-5.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-13.3 during vs -9.8 baseline
-3.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Boston College
1978-1980 • 12-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.6Win % 36.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 7.2 baseline
-3.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.6 during vs 6.8 baseline
-8.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.0 during vs 5.3 baseline
-7.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Eastern Michigan
1976-1977 • 10-12
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -15.4Win % 45.5%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Boston College 1980
7-4 • SRS 6.4
Biggest Improvement
Eastern Michigan 1977
8-3 • 13.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Boston College 1980
7-4 • SP Off 28.6
Best Defensive Season
Boston College 1980
7-4 • SP Def 14.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Kent State 1982
0-11 • SRS -28.1
Biggest Drop
Kent State 1981
4-7 • -19.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kent State | 1982 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -28.1 | -17.2 | 10.9 | 28.1 | -15.0 | -36.4% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -13.1 | -9.4 | 12.7 | 21.0 | -19.5 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 6.4 | 14.7 | 28.6 | 14.2 | +6.4 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1979 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 0.0 | -0.5 | 23.3 | 23.5 | +11.1 | +45.5% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1978 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -11.1 | -20.1 | 15.7 | 34.6 | -2.6 | -72.7% | Season summary |
| Eastern Michigan | 1977 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -8.5 | -2.0 | 20.4 | 22.5 | +13.8 | +54.5% | Season summary |
| Eastern Michigan | 1976 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -22.3 | -13.0 | 22.7 | 33.9 | — | — | Season summary |
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