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Bump Elliott
1959-1968 • Michigan
One defining program at Michigan.
Bump Elliott coached 10 seasons, won 54.7%, and posted an average SRS of 11.5. Best season: 1964 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 51-42-2
- Career win rate
- 54.7%
- Average SRS
- 11.5
- Peak SRS
- 24.8
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #4
- Consistency
- 29.7
Primary school anchor
Michigan
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 92.3.
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.
Bump Elliott
EliteStrongAverageLean
1959Actual season year • SRS range -2.8 to 24.81968
Active comparison point
Bump Elliott • 1964
1964 Michigan
Best season9-1 • SRS 24.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.0%
YoY SRS
+10.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#4
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
2-15
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 11.8%
Top 5
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results20
| 1968 Regular Week 11 | Michigan | Ohio State | #2 | L14-50 |
| 1968 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Indiana | #19 | W27-22 |
| 1968 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Michigan State | #12 | W28-14 |
| 1967 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Indiana | #10 | L20-27 |
| 1966 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Purdue | #9 | L21-22 |
| 1966 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Michigan State | #1 | L7-20 |
| 1965 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Purdue | #6 | L15-17 |
| 1965 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Michigan State | #4 | L7-24 |
| 1965 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Georgia | #4 | L7-15 |
| 1964 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Oregon State | #8 | W34-7 |
| 1963 Regular Week 9 | Michigan | Illinois | #8 | W14-8 |
| 1963 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Navy | #4 | L13-26 |
| 1962 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #8 | L12-34 |
| 1961 Regular Week 11 | Michigan | Ohio State | #2 | L20-50 |
| 1961 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Michigan State | #1 | L0-28 |
| 1960 Regular Week 11 | Michigan | Ohio State | #9 | L0-7 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Minnesota | #6 | L0-10 |
| 1960 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Michigan State | #13 | L17-24 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #9 | L10-19 |
| 1959 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Northwestern | #2 | L7-20 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Michigan
1959-1968 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 11.5 • Win % 54.7%
- Longest tenure
- Michigan • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan • 11.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Michigan • 54.7%
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 edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bump Elliott
Insufficient sample
- 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.
Michigan
1959-1968 • 51-42-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.5Win % 54.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 5.4 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.5 during vs 13.3 baseline
-1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Michigan 1964
9-1 • SRS 24.8
Biggest Improvement
Michigan 1968
8-2 • 17.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Michigan 1967
4-6 • SRS -2.8
Biggest Drop
Michigan 1962
2-7 • -16.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Michigan | 1968 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #12 | 15.1 | — | — | — | +17.9 | +40.0% |
| Michigan | 1967 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -2.8 | — | — | — | -13.3 | -20.0% |
| Michigan | 1966 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 10.5 | — | — | — | -3.2 | +20.0% |
| Michigan | 1965 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #4 | — | 13.7 | — | — | — | -11.1 | -50.0% |
| Michigan | 1964 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #4 | 24.8 | — | — | — | +10.4 | +45.6% |
| Michigan | 1963 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.4% | — | — | 14.4 | — | — | — | +14.0 | +22.2% |
| Michigan | 1962 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | 0.4 | — | — | — | -16.5 | -44.4% |
| Michigan | 1961 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 16.9 | — | — | — | -1.0 | +11.1% |
| Michigan | 1960 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 17.9 | — | — | — | +14.1 | +11.1% |
| Michigan | 1959 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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