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Coach Profile
Joseph Yukica
1968-1981 • Boston College, Dartmouth
2 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.
Joseph Yukica's coaching record is 88-54-1, highlighted by seasons at Boston College from 1968 to 1981.
Joseph Yukica coached 14 seasons, won 61.9%, and posted an average SRS of -1.3. Best season: 1974 Boston College. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 88-54-1
- Career win rate
- 61.9%
- Average SRS
- -1.3
- Peak SRS
- 12.8
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
- 14
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 21.4
Primary school anchor
Boston College
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 67.9.
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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
- 88-54-1
- Boston College record
- 68-37
- Full-season record
- 88-54-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-6
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
143 countable games, 61.9% win rate.
10 countable seasons at Boston College.
14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 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 21, 1981. 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.
Joseph Yukica
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Joseph Yukica: 1978 Dartmouth
1968Actual season year • SRS range -19.9 to 12.81981
Active comparison point
Joseph Yukica • 1974
1974 Boston College
Best season8-3 • SRS 12.8 • SP Overall 14.9
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+3.2
SP Off / Def
33.5 / 19.8
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results12
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | Boston College | Pittsburgh | #15 | L7-45 |
| 1977 Regular Week 2 | Boston College | Texas | #18 | L0-44 |
| 1976 Regular Week 2 | Boston College | Texas | #19 | W14-13 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Boston College | West Virginia | #14 | L18-35 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | Boston College | Notre Dame | #9 | L3-17 |
| 1974 Regular Week 2 | Boston College | Texas | #10 | L19-42 |
| 1973 Regular Week 7 | Boston College | Miami | #15 | L10-15 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Boston College | Penn State | #6 | L26-45 |
| 1972 Regular Week 6 | Boston College | Air Force | #16 | L9-13 |
| 1970 Regular Week 9 | Boston College | Air Force | #9 | L10-35 |
| 1969 Regular Week 8 | Boston College | Penn State | #5 | L16-38 |
| 1968 Regular Week 7 | Boston College | Penn State | #4 | L0-29 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Dartmouth
1978-1981 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -12.3 • Win % 53.9%
Boston College
1968-1977 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 3.1 • Win % 64.8%
- Longest tenure
- Boston College • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Boston College • 3.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Boston College • 64.8%
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.
Joseph Yukica sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJoseph Yukica sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Joseph Yukica
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.9
- Percentile
- 70th pct
Above average
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.
Dartmouth
1978-1981 • 20-17-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -12.3Win % 53.9%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Boston College
1968-1977 • 68-37
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.1Win % 64.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 5.2 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.1 during vs -4.2 baseline
+7.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.0 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
Boston College 1974
8-3 • SRS 12.8
Biggest Improvement
Boston College 1973
7-4 • 9.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Boston College 1974
8-3 • SP Off 33.5
Best Defensive Season
Dartmouth 1979
4-4-1 • SP Def 11.3
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Dartmouth 1979
4-4-1 • SRS -19.9
Biggest Drop
Dartmouth 1979
4-4-1 • -13.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Dartmouth | 1981 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -10.6 | 3.7 | 23.3 | 20.0 | +1.9 | +20.0% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1980 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -12.5 | -3.1 | 21.8 | 25.0 | +7.4 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1979 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -19.9 | -0.9 | 10.6 | 11.3 | -13.5 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Dartmouth | 1978 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -6.4 | 7.7 | 26.7 | 19.8 | -7.8 | +12.1% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1977 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 1.4 | -2.7 | 27.6 | 30.4 | -3.7 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1976 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 5.1 | -1.1 | 18.7 | 19.8 | +0.1 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1975 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 5.0 | 4.6 | 21.9 | 17.8 | -7.8 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1974 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 12.8 | 14.9 | 33.5 | 19.8 | +3.2 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1973 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 9.6 | 10.8 | 29.6 | 19.8 | +9.5 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1972 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.1 | -2.1 | 27.5 | 29.7 | -7.5 | -45.5% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1971 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 7.6 | 13.1 | 26.6 | 13.9 | +7.0 | +1.8% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1970 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 0.6 | 2.2 | 29.3 | 27.8 | +8.8 | +24.4% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1969 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -8.2 | — | — | — | -5.7 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 1968 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -2.5 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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