1996-2007 • Northern Illinois
One defining stop at Northern Illinois.
Joe Novak coached 12 seasons, won 45.3%, and posted an average SRS of -8.3. Best season: 2005 Northern Illinois. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
63-76
Career Win %
45.3%
Seasons
12
Career Span
12 years
Average SRS
-8.3
Peak SRS
6.0
Best Finish
—
Consistency
7.0
Higher = steadier
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
7-5 • SRS 6.0 • SP Overall 5.9
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
+6.2
SP Off / Def
34.4 / 28.5
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Northern Illinois
1996-2007 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS -8.3 • Win % 45.3%
Longest Tenure
Northern Illinois • 12 seasons
Best Tenure
Northern Illinois • -8.3 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Northern Illinois • 45.3%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Joe Novak sets the reference point in overall strength.
Joe Novak sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Joe Novak
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -7.6
33th pct
Lower end
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1996-2007 • 63-76
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 3.6 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-8.3 during vs -15.5 baseline
+7.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.6 during vs -16.3 baseline
+8.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Northern Illinois 2005
7-5 • SRS 6.0
Biggest Improvement
Northern Illinois 2000
6-5 • 11.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northern Illinois 2000
6-5 • SP Off 40.6
Best Defensive Season
Northern Illinois 2006
7-6 • SP Def 25.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northern Illinois 1996
1-10 • SRS -30.4
Biggest Drop
Northern Illinois 2007
2-10 • -16.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northern Illinois | 2007 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -19.8 | -17.0 | 18.7 | 35.1 | -16.7 | -37.2% |
| Northern Illinois | 2006 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -3.1 | -2.5 | 22.6 | 25.2 | -9.1 | -4.5% |
| Northern Illinois | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 6.0 | 5.9 | 34.4 | 28.5 | +6.2 | -16.7% |
| Northern Illinois | 2004 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | -0.2 | 4.0 | 39.3 | 36.0 | -2.0 | -8.3% |
| Northern Illinois | 2003 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 1.8 | -2.9 | 31.1 | 34.0 | +1.0 | +16.7% |
| Northern Illinois | 2002 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 0.8 | 4.0 | 35.7 | 33.3 | +5.8 | +12.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 2001 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -5.0 | -2.0 | 32.1 | 33.9 | -6.1 | 0.0% |
| Northern Illinois | 2000 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 1.1 | 5.6 | 40.6 | 36.6 | +11.7 | +9.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -10.6 | -14.5 | 26.5 | 37.7 | +7.1 | +27.3% |
| Northern Illinois | 1998 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -17.7 | -12.6 | 22.3 | 33.3 | +5.4 | +18.2% |
| Northern Illinois | 1997 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -23.1 | -23.6 | 17.0 | 37.9 | +7.3 | -9.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 1996 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -30.4 | -36.0 | 14.8 | 45.9 | — | — |
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