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Coach Profile
Bo Rein
1976-1979 • NC State
One defining program at NC State.
Bo Rein coached 4 seasons, won 59.8%, and posted an average SRS of 10.0. Best season: 1977 NC State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 27-18-1
- Career win rate
- 59.8%
- Average SRS
- 10.0
- Peak SRS
- 13.8
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- #18
- Consistency
- 79.3
Primary school anchor
NC State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 70.7.
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.
Bo Rein
EliteStrongAverageLean
1976Actual season year • SRS range 2.6 to 13.81979
Active comparison point
Bo Rein • 1977
1977 NC State
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-4 • SRS 13.8 • SP Overall 16.6
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+11.2
SP Off / Def
29.6 / 14.0
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 results9
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | NC State | South Carolina | #19 | L28-30 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | NC State | North Carolina | #15 | L21-35 |
| 1979 Regular Week 6 | NC State | Auburn | #18 | L31-44 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | NC State | Penn State | #1 | L10-19 |
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Clemson | #16 | L10-33 |
| 1978 Regular Week 6 | NC State | Maryland | #10 | L7-31 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | NC State | Penn State | #9 | L17-21 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | NC State | Clemson | #16 | L3-7 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | NC State | Maryland | #5 | L6-16 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
NC State
1976-1979 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 10.0 • Win % 59.8%
- Longest tenure
- NC State • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- NC State • 10.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- NC State • 59.8%
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.
Bo Rein sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBo Rein sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bo Rein
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.2
- Percentile
- 90th 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.
NC State
1976-1979 • 27-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.0Win % 59.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 7.2 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.0 during vs 8.6 baseline
+1.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.2 during vs 10.1 baseline
+2.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-35.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
NC State 1977
8-4 • SRS 13.8
Biggest Improvement
NC State 1977
8-4 • 11.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
NC State 1979
7-4 • SP Off 34.9
Best Defensive Season
NC State 1977
8-4 • SP Def 14.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
NC State 1976
3-7-1 • SRS 2.6
Biggest Drop
NC State 1978
9-3 • -4.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| NC State | 1979 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 13.7 | 19.7 | 34.9 | 16.9 | +3.9 | -11.4% |
| NC State | 1978 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #18 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 30.5 | 18.1 | -4.0 | +8.3% |
| NC State | 1977 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 13.8 | 16.6 | 29.6 | 14.0 | +11.2 | +34.8% |
| NC State | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | 2.6 | -0.7 | 25.4 | 26.3 | — | — |
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