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- Win rate
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Bo Pelini
2003-2014 • Nebraska
One defining program at Nebraska.
Bo Pelini coached 8 seasons, won 71.3%, and posted an average SRS of 11.0. Best season: 2010 Nebraska. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 67-27
- Career win rate
- 71.3%
- Average SRS
- 11.0
- Peak SRS
- 16.7
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
- 12 years
- Best finish
- #14
- Consistency
- 85.4
Primary school anchor
Nebraska
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 77.5.
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 Pelini
EliteStrongAverageLean
2003Actual season year • SRS range 4.3 to 16.72014
Active comparison point
Bo Pelini • 2010
2010 Nebraska
Best season10-4 • SRS 16.7 • SP Overall 18.8
Win %
71.4%
YoY SRS
+1.3
SP Off / Def
30.8 / 14.3
Finish
#20
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
2-9
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 18.2%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results25
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Nebraska
2008-2014 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 11.0 • Win % 71.0%
Nebraska
2003-2003 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 11.3 • Win % 100.0%
- Longest tenure
- Nebraska • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Nebraska • 11.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Nebraska • 100.0%
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 Pelini sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBo Pelini sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bo Pelini
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 16.5
- Percentile
- 95th 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.
Nebraska
2008-2014 • 66-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.0Win % 71.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 6.4 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.0 during vs 6.4 baseline
+4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
16.7 during vs 10.3 baseline
+6.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
57.1% during vs 40.0% baseline
+17.1%
Nebraska
2003-2003 • 1-0
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.3Win % 100.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.0 during vs 9.8 baseline
-8.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.3 during vs 19.0 baseline
-7.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.7 during vs 21.8 baseline
-7.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
+20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Nebraska 2010
10-4 • SRS 16.7
Biggest Improvement
Nebraska 2014
9-3 • 9.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Nebraska 2008
9-4 • SP Off 42.0
Best Defensive Season
Nebraska 2009
10-4 • SP Def 7.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Nebraska 2013
9-4 • SRS 4.3
Biggest Drop
Nebraska 2011
9-4 • -8.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Nebraska | 2014 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #22 | — | 13.7 | 13.1 | 33.8 | 21.0 | +9.4 | +5.8% |
| Nebraska | 2013 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #18 | — | 4.3 | 11.6 | 32.3 | 22.8 | -3.7 | -2.2% |
| Nebraska | 2012 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #17 | #25 | 8.0 | 20.3 | 39.2 | 19.8 | -0.6 | +2.2% |
| Nebraska | 2011 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #10 | #24 | 8.6 | 14.5 | 32.4 | 19.4 | -8.1 | -2.2% |
| Nebraska | 2010 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #8 | #20 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 30.8 | 14.3 | +1.3 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | 2009 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #24 | #14 | 15.4 | 19.9 | 25.9 | 7.8 | +5.3 | +2.2% |
| Nebraska | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 10.1 | 18.9 | 42.0 | 23.8 | -1.2 | -30.8% |
| Nebraska | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #19 | 11.3 | 14.7 | 30.3 | 16.5 | — | — |
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