Top 25
12-24-2
- Games
- 38
- Win rate
- 34.2%
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Coach Profile
Gary Moeller
1977-1994 • Illinois, Michigan
2 schools coached, anchored by Michigan.
Gary Moeller's coaching record is 50-37-6, highlighted by seasons at Michigan from 1977 to 1994.
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.
- 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.
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
- 50-37-6
- Michigan record
- 44-13-3
- Full-season record
- 50-37-6
- Vs AP Top 10
- 5-12-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 2-8-1
- Vs Ohio State
- 3-1-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
93 countable games, 57.0% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Michigan.
8 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
18 games using AP ranking at game time.
11 games using AP ranking at game time.
The Game games in this dataset.
5 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: Dec 30, 1994. 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.
Gary Moeller
EliteStrongAverageLean
Gary Moeller: 1990 Michigan
1977Actual season year • SRS range -9.4 to 23.21994
Active comparison point
Gary Moeller • 1991
1991 Michigan
Best season10-2 • 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.
Top 10
5-12-1
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 30.6%
Top 5
2-8-1
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 22.7%
View ranked game results38
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Ohio State | #22 | L6-22 |
| 1994 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Penn State | #3 | L24-31 |
| 1994 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Colorado | #7 | L26-27 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #3 | W26-24 |
| 1994 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Colorado State | #16 | W24-14 |
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Ohio State | #5 | W28-0 |
| 1993 Regular Week 10 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #21 | L10-13 |
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Penn State | #7 | W21-13 |
| 1993 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #11 | L23-27 |
| 1992 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Ohio State | #17 | T13-13 |
| 1992 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #3 | T17-17 |
| 1992 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Washington | #11 | W38-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Ohio State | #18 | W31-3 |
| 1991 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Illinois | #25 | W20-0 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Iowa | #9 | W43-24 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Florida State | #1 | L31-51 |
| 1991 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #7 | W24-14 |
| 1991 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Washington | #2 | L14-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 14 | Michigan | Ohio State | #25 | W16-13 |
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Illinois | #22 | W22-17 |
| 1990 Regular Week 9 | Michigan | Iowa | #15 | L23-24 |
| 1990 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Michigan State | #24 | L27-28 |
| 1990 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #1 | L24-28 |
| 1990 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Ole Miss | #21 | W35-3 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Ohio State | #3 | L7-44 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | Illinois | Michigan | #10 | L7-27 |
| 1979 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | Purdue | #16 | L14-28 |
| 1979 Regular Week 3 | Illinois | Missouri | #9 | L6-14 |
| 1979 Regular Week 2 | Illinois | Michigan State | #10 | L16-33 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | Illinois | Ohio State | #19 | L7-45 |
| 1978 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Michigan State | #17 | L19-59 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Illinois | Purdue | #17 | L0-13 |
| 1978 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Missouri | #19 | L3-45 |
| 1978 Regular Week 4 | Illinois | Stanford | #20 | L10-35 |
| 1978 Regular Week 3 | Illinois | Michigan | #5 | L0-31 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Ohio State | #4 | L0-35 |
| 1977 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Wisconsin | #14 | L0-26 |
| 1977 Regular Week 2 | Illinois | Michigan | #1 | L9-37 |
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 edgeGary 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
- 86th 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
Lowest SRS 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.
| Michigan | 1994 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #5 | #12 | 18.6 | 24.1 | 40.8 | 18.4 | -0.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 1993 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #3 | #21 | 19.2 | 21.0 | 35.0 | 14.7 | -2.9 | -20.8% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 1992 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 87.5% | #6 | #5 | 22.1 | 24.7 | 41.3 | 18.4 | -1.1 | +4.2% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 1991 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #2 | #6 | 23.2 | 28.6 | 44.2 | 17.5 | +2.5 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 1990 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #6 | #7 | 20.7 | 22.5 | 39.8 | 19.0 | +24.7 | +52.3% | Season summary |
| Illinois | 1979 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -4.0 | -9.4 | 18.9 | 27.4 | +5.4 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Illinois | 1978 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.4 | -15.9 | 15.1 | 30.7 | -3.8 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Illinois | 1977 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.6 | -14.0 | 17.5 | 30.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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