Top 25
4-7
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 36.4%
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Coach Profile
Ken Cooper
1974-1977 • Ole Miss
One defining program at Ole Miss.
Ken Cooper's coaching record is 19-25, highlighted by seasons at Ole Miss from 1974 to 1977.
Ken Cooper coached 4 seasons, won 43.2%, and posted an average SRS of 6.8. Best season: 1977 Ole Miss. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 19-25
- Career win rate
- 43.2%
- Average SRS
- 6.8
- Peak SRS
- 10.3
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 88.5
Primary school anchor
Ole Miss
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 62.6.
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
- 19-25
- Ole Miss record
- 19-25
- Full-season record
- 19-25
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2
- Vs Mississippi State
- 1-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
44 countable games, 43.2% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Ole Miss.
4 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
Egg Bowl games in this dataset.
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 19, 1977. 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.
Ken Cooper
EliteStrongAverageLean
1974Actual season year • SRS range 1.1 to 10.31977
Active comparison point
Ken Cooper • 1977
1977 Ole Miss
Best season5-6 • SRS 10.3 • SP Overall 11.9
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+3.4
SP Off / Def
27.6 / 16.5
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results11
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Ole Miss | LSU | #18 | L21-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Ole Miss | Notre Dame | #11 | W20-13 |
| 1977 Regular Week 2 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #4 | L13-34 |
| 1976 Regular Week 12 | Ole Miss | Mississippi State | #19 | L11-28 |
| 1976 Regular Week 7 | Ole Miss | South Carolina | #19 | L7-10 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Ole Miss | Georgia | #11 | W21-17 |
| 1976 Regular Week 2 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #14 | W10-7 |
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #9 | L6-32 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | Ole Miss | Texas A&M | #8 | L0-7 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #3 | L21-35 |
| 1974 Regular Week 2 | Ole Miss | Missouri | #18 | W10-0 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Ole Miss
1974-1977 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 43.2%
- Longest tenure
- Ole Miss • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ole Miss • 6.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ole Miss • 43.2%
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.
Ken Cooper sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeKen Cooper sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ken Cooper
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 8.8
- Percentile
- 82th pct
Strong
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.
Ole Miss
1974-1977 • 19-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.8Win % 43.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 7.0 baseline
-2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 15.4 baseline
-8.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 15.9 baseline
-7.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-60.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ole Miss 1977
5-6 • SRS 10.3
Biggest Improvement
Ole Miss 1975
6-5 • 7.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ole Miss 1977
5-6 • SP Off 27.6
Best Defensive Season
Ole Miss 1975
6-5 • SP Def 10.9
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Ole Miss 1974
3-8 • SRS 1.1
Biggest Drop
Ole Miss 1976
5-6 • -2.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ole Miss | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 10.3 | 11.9 | 27.6 | 16.5 | +3.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.9 | 7.4 | 20.7 | 14.3 | -2.1 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 9.0 | 14.3 | 24.5 | 10.9 | +7.9 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 1974 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 1.1 | 1.8 | 20.8 | 19.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
Dave Wannstedt
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS 6.6 • Peak SRS 13.2 • 6 seasons
Best finish #15 • Volatility 4.0
Open profile →Andy Avalos
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS 6.6 • Peak SRS 12.4 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.7
Open profile →Jon Sumrall
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.5
Avg SRS 5.4 • Peak SRS 8.7 • 4 seasons
Best finish #19 • Volatility 2.7
Open profile →Carl Selmer
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.0
Avg SRS 5.8 • Peak SRS 8.9 • 2 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.0
Open profile →Mike Shula
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.5
Avg SRS 8.3 • Peak SRS 12.1 • 4 seasons
Best finish #0 • Volatility 2.3
Open profile →Mike Stoops
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.3
Avg SRS 6.5 • Peak SRS 12.8 • 8 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.1
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