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Gary Moeller

1977-1994 • Illinois, Michigan

2 schools coached, anchored by Michigan.

Gary Moeller coached 8 seasons, won 57.0%, and posted an average SRS of 10.6. Best season: 1991 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
50-37-6
Career win rate
57.0%
Average SRS
10.6
Peak SRS
23.2

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
8
Career span
18 years
Best finish
#5
Consistency
3.0

Primary school anchor

Michigan

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 90.0.

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.

Gary Moeller
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Gary Moeller: 1990 Michigan
1977Actual season year • SRS range -9.4 to 23.21994

Active comparison point

Gary Moeller • 1991

Selected

1991 Michigan

Best season

10-2 • SRS 23.2 • SP Overall 28.6

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+2.5

SP Off / Def

44.2 / 17.5

Finish

#6

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

12-24-2

Games
38
Win rate
34.2%

Top 10

5-12-1

Games
18
Win rate
30.6%

Top 5

2-8-1

Games
11
Win rate
22.7%
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1994 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#22L6-22
1994 Regular Week 8MichiganPenn State#3L24-31
1994 Regular Week 5MichiganColorado#7L26-27
1994 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#3W26-24
1994 Postseason Week 1MichiganColorado State#16W24-14
1993 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#5W28-0
1993 Regular Week 10MichiganWisconsin#21L10-13
1993 Regular Week 8MichiganPenn State#7W21-13
1993 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#11L23-27
1992 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#17T13-13
1992 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#3T17-17
1992 Postseason Week 1MichiganWashington#11W38-31
1991 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#18W31-3
1991 Regular Week 12MichiganIllinois#25W20-0
1991 Regular Week 6MichiganIowa#9W43-24
1991 Regular Week 5MichiganFlorida State#1L31-51
1991 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#7W24-14
1991 Postseason Week 1MichiganWashington#2L14-34
1990 Regular Week 14MichiganOhio State#25W16-13
1990 Regular Week 12MichiganIllinois#22W22-17
1990 Regular Week 9MichiganIowa#15L23-24
1990 Regular Week 8MichiganMichigan State#24L27-28
1990 Regular Week 4MichiganNotre Dame#1L24-28
1990 Postseason Week 1MichiganOle Miss#21W35-3
1979 Regular Week 10IllinoisOhio State#3L7-44
1979 Regular Week 8IllinoisMichigan#10L7-27
1979 Regular Week 7IllinoisPurdue#16L14-28
1979 Regular Week 3IllinoisMissouri#9L6-14
1979 Regular Week 2IllinoisMichigan State#10L16-33
1978 Regular Week 11IllinoisOhio State#19L7-45
1978 Regular Week 10IllinoisMichigan State#17L19-59
1978 Regular Week 8IllinoisPurdue#17L0-13
1978 Regular Week 6IllinoisMissouri#19L3-45
1978 Regular Week 4IllinoisStanford#20L10-35
1978 Regular Week 3IllinoisMichigan#5L0-31
1977 Regular Week 10IllinoisOhio State#4L0-35
1977 Regular Week 6IllinoisWisconsin#14L0-26
1977 Regular Week 2IllinoisMichigan#1L9-37

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Michigan

1990-1994 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 20.8 • Win % 75.8%

Illinois

1977-1979 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -6.3 • Win % 22.7%

Longest tenure
Michigan • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Michigan • 20.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Michigan • 75.8%

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.

Gary Moeller sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Gary Moeller sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gary Moeller

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
10.2
Percentile
85th pct

Elite

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

1990-1994 • 44-13-3

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

Avg SRS 20.8Win % 75.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 9.6 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

20.8 during vs 18.8 baseline

+2.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

24.2 during vs 24.2 baseline

+0.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

+0.0%

Illinois

1977-1979 • 6-24-3

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

Avg SRS -6.3Win % 22.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 4.8 baseline

-2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.3 during vs 6.3 baseline

-12.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.1 during vs 2.6 baseline

-15.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Michigan 1991

10-2 • SRS 23.2

Biggest Improvement

Michigan 1990

9-3 • 24.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Michigan 1991

10-2 • SP Off 44.2

Best Defensive Season

Michigan 1993

8-4 • SP Def 14.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Illinois 1978

1-8-2 • SRS -9.4

Biggest Drop

Illinois 1978

1-8-2 • -3.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Michigan19941284066.7%#5#1218.624.140.818.4-0.60.0%
Michigan19931284066.7%#3#2119.221.035.014.7-2.9-20.8%
Michigan19921290387.5%#6#522.124.741.318.4-1.1+4.2%
Michigan199112102083.3%#2#623.228.644.217.5+2.5+8.3%
Michigan19901293075.0%#6#720.722.539.819.0+24.7+52.3%
Illinois19791128122.7%——-4.0-9.418.927.4+5.4+4.5%
Illinois19781118218.2%——-9.4-15.915.130.7-3.8-9.1%
Illinois19771138027.3%——-5.6-14.017.530.0——

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