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Bo Schembechler

1963-1989 • Miami (OH), Michigan

2 schools coached, anchored by Michigan.

Bo Schembechler's coaching record is 234-65-8, highlighted by seasons at Michigan from 1963 to 1989.

Bo Schembechler coached 27 seasons, won 77.5%, and posted an average SRS of 16.8. Best season: 1973 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
234-65-8
Career win rate
77.5%
Average SRS
16.8
Peak SRS
32.9

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
27
Career span
27 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
13.3

Primary school anchor

Michigan

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 98.2.

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.

Compare Bo Schembechler
Overall record
234-65-8

307 countable games, 77.5% win rate.

Michigan record
194-48-5

21 countable seasons at Michigan.

Full-season record
234-65-8

27 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
33-40-1

74 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
8-29-1

38 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
4-16-1

21 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Ohio State
11-9-1

The Game games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
5-12

17 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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: Jan 1, 1990. 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.

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Bo Schembechler: 1969 Michigan
1963Actual season year • SRS range -4.9 to 32.91989

Active comparison point

Bo Schembechler • 1973

Selected

1973 Michigan

Best season

10-0-1 • SRS 32.9 • SP Overall 27.7

Win %

95.5%

YoY SRS

+9.0

SP Off / Def

34.9 / 7.4

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

33-40-1

Games
74
Win rate
45.3%

Top 10

8-29-1

Games
38
Win rate
22.4%

Top 5

4-16-1

Games
21
Win rate
21.4%
View ranked game results74
1989 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#20W28-18
1989 Regular Week 11MichiganIllinois#8W24-10
1989 Regular Week 7MichiganMichigan State#21W10-7
1989 Regular Week 4MichiganUCLA#24W24-23
1989 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#1L19-24
1989 Postseason Week 1MichiganUSC#8L10-17
1988 Regular Week 9MichiganIndiana#14W31-6
1988 Regular Week 4MichiganMiami#1L30-31
1988 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#13L17-19
1988 Postseason Week 1MichiganUSC#7W22-14
1987 Regular Week 9MichiganIndiana#11L10-14
1987 Regular Week 7MichiganMichigan State#19L11-17
1987 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#9L7-26
1986 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#11W26-24
1986 Regular Week 8MichiganIowa#11W20-17
1986 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#20W24-23
1986 Postseason Week 1MichiganArizona State#4L15-22
1985 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#12W27-17
1985 Regular Week 8MichiganIowa#1L10-12
1985 Regular Week 5MichiganMaryland#17W20-0
1985 Regular Week 4MichiganSouth Carolina#15W34-3
1985 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#13W20-12
1985 Postseason Week 1MichiganNebraska#11W27-23
1984 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#8L6-21
1984 Regular Week 9MichiganIowa#17L0-26
1984 Regular Week 4MichiganWashington#9L11-20
1984 Regular Week 3MichiganMiami#5W22-14
1984 Postseason Week 1MichiganBYU#1L17-24
1983 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#14W24-21
1983 Regular Week 10MichiganIllinois#6L6-16
1983 Regular Week 9MichiganIowa#17W16-13
1983 Regular Week 4MichiganWashington#9L24-25
1983 Postseason Week 1MichiganAuburn#3L7-9
1982 Regular Week 4MichiganUCLA#12L27-31
1982 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#20L17-23
1982 Postseason Week 1MichiganUCLA#5L14-24
1981 Regular Week 7MichiganIowa#12L7-9
1981 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#1W25-7
1980 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#11W9-3
1980 Regular Week 5MichiganSouth Carolina#18L14-17
1980 Regular Week 4MichiganNotre Dame#8L27-29
1980 Postseason Week 1MichiganWashington#16W23-6
1979 Regular Week 12MichiganOhio State#2L15-18
1979 Regular Week 11MichiganPurdue#12L21-24
1979 Regular Week 6MichiganMichigan State#19W21-7
1979 Regular Week 3MichiganNotre Dame#5L10-12
1979 Postseason Week 1MichiganNorth Carolina#15L15-17
1978 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#20W14-3
1978 Regular Week 12MichiganPurdue#18W24-6
1978 Postseason Week 1MichiganUSC#2L10-17
1977 Regular Week 12MichiganOhio State#8W14-6
1977 Regular Week 8MichiganMinnesota#19L0-16
1977 Regular Week 5MichiganTexas A&M#12W41-3
1977 Postseason Week 1MichiganWashington#10L20-27
1976 Regular Week 12MichiganOhio State#12W22-0
1976 Postseason Week 1MichiganUSC#2L6-14
1975 Regular Week 12MichiganOhio State#1L14-21
1975 Regular Week 6MichiganMichigan State#15W16-6
1975 Regular Week 5MichiganMissouri#5W31-7
1975 Postseason Week 1MichiganOklahoma#1L6-14
1974 Regular Week 12MichiganOhio State#4L10-12
1973 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#3T10-10
1972 Regular Week 12MichiganOhio State#9L11-14
1972 Regular Week 4MichiganTulane#18W41-7
1972 Regular Week 3MichiganUCLA#6W26-9
1971 Regular Week 1MichiganNorthwestern#20W21-6
1971 Postseason Week 1MichiganStanford#10L12-13
1970 Regular Week 13MichiganOhio State#2L9-20
1969 Regular Week 11MichiganOhio State#4W24-12
1969 Regular Week 5MichiganPurdue#17W31-20
1969 Regular Week 4MichiganMissouri#7L17-40
1969 Postseason Week 1MichiganUSC#3L3-10
1965 Regular Week 2Miami (OH)Purdue#6L0-38
1963 Regular Week 6Miami (OH)Northwestern#9L6-37

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

1969-1989 • 21 seasons

Avg SRS 21.3 • Win % 79.5%

Miami (OH)

1963-1968 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 1.3 • Win % 69.2%

Longest tenure
Michigan • 21 seasons
Best tenure
Michigan • 21.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Michigan • 79.5%

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.

Bo Schembechler sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bo Schembechler sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bo Schembechler

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
22.0
Percentile
98th 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

1969-1989 • 194-48-5

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

Avg SRS 21.3Win % 79.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.2 during vs 6.2 baseline

+3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

21.3 during vs 12.3 baseline

+9.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

22.0 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

90.5% during vs 40.0% baseline

+50.5%

Miami (OH)

1963-1968 • 40-17-3

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 1.3Win % 69.2%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Michigan 1973

10-0-1 • SRS 32.9

Biggest Improvement

Michigan 1969

8-3 • 22.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Michigan 1976

10-2 • SP Off 40.1

Best Defensive Season

Michigan 1985

10-1-1 • SP Def 6.4

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Miami (OH) 1963

5-3-2 • SRS -4.9

Biggest Drop

Michigan 1984

6-6 • -10.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Michigan198912102083.3%#1#717.923.637.214.3-2.3+4.2%Season summary
Michigan19881292179.2%#11#420.227.039.313.1+7.6+12.5%Season summary
Michigan19871284066.7%#7#1912.616.332.617.7-4.4-17.9%Season summary
Michigan198613112084.6%#2#817.022.237.616.5-9.3-2.9%Season summary
Michigan198512101187.5%—#226.331.737.76.4+20.2+37.5%Season summary
Michigan19841266050.0%#14—6.19.424.916.0-10.2-25.0%Season summary
Michigan19831293075.0%#10#816.319.334.717.0-2.3+8.3%Season summary
Michigan19821284066.7%#12—18.619.336.218.8+0.5-8.3%Season summary
Michigan19811293075.0%#1#1218.120.735.715.9-3.3-8.3%Season summary
Michigan198012102083.3%#12#421.422.933.211.2+3.8+16.7%Season summary
Michigan19791284066.7%#7#1817.617.531.114.6-6.4-16.7%Season summary
Michigan197812102083.3%#6#524.023.034.712.3+1.10.0%Season summary
Michigan197712102083.3%#2#922.922.434.412.5-7.30.0%Season summary
Michigan197612102083.3%#2#330.229.040.111.6+10.1+8.3%Season summary
Michigan19751282275.0%#3#820.119.231.413.4-4.7-15.9%Season summary
Michigan197411101090.9%#6#324.825.433.89.1-8.1-4.5%Season summary
Michigan197311100195.5%#5#632.927.734.97.4+9.0+4.5%Season summary
Michigan197211101090.9%#10#623.921.927.66.8-2.1-0.8%Season summary
Michigan197112111091.7%#4#626.021.635.414.7-0.3+1.7%Season summary
Michigan19701091090.0%#8#926.320.732.312.1+2.3+17.3%Season summary
Michigan19691183072.7%—#924.0———+22.4+2.7%Season summary
Miami (OH)19681073070.0%——1.6———0.0+10.0%Season summary
Miami (OH)19671064060.0%——1.6———-6.8-30.0%Season summary
Miami (OH)19661091090.0%——8.4———+6.3+20.0%Season summary
Miami (OH)19651073070.0%——2.1———+3.4+5.0%Season summary
Miami (OH)19641063165.0%——-1.3———+3.6+5.0%Season summary
Miami (OH)19631053260.0%——-4.9—————Season summary

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