1956-1974 • Northwestern, Notre Dame
2 schools coached, anchored by Notre Dame.
Ara Parseghian coached 19 seasons, won 71.0%, and posted an average SRS of 19.6. Best season: 1970 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
131-52-5
Career Win %
71.0%
Seasons
19
Career Span
19 years
Average SRS
19.6
Peak SRS
32.2
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
17.8
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
10-1 • SRS 32.2 • SP Overall 30.9
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+7.5
SP Off / Def
40.1 / 9.2
Finish
#2
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.
Notre Dame
1964-1974 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 24.9 • Win % 83.6%
Northwestern
1956-1963 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 12.4 • Win % 50.7%
Longest Tenure
Notre Dame • 11 seasons
Best Tenure
Notre Dame • 24.9 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Notre Dame • 83.6%
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.
Ara Parseghian sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ara Parseghian sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ara Parseghian
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 23.1
99th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1964-1974 • 95-17-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.6 during vs 3.8 baseline
+4.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
24.9 during vs 8.8 baseline
+16.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
23.1 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+80.0%
1956-1963 • 36-35-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 2.4 baseline
+2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.4 during vs 2.0 baseline
+10.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 1970
10-1 • SRS 32.2
Biggest Improvement
Northwestern 1958
5-4 • 25.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Notre Dame 1970
10-1 • SP Off 40.1
Best Defensive Season
Notre Dame 1971
8-2 • SP Def 9.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northwestern 1957
0-9 • SRS -7.5
Biggest Drop
Northwestern 1957
0-9 • -14.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Notre Dame | 1974 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #3 | #6 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 31.1 | 15.0 | -12.5 | -16.7% |
| Notre Dame | 1973 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #8 | #1 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 39.3 | 11.6 | +11.8 | +27.3% |
| Notre Dame | 1972 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #13 | #14 | 18.0 | 19.8 | 35.4 | 17.4 | -1.4 | -7.3% |
| Notre Dame | 1971 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #1 | #13 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 27.6 | 9.0 | -12.8 | -10.9% |
| Notre Dame | 1970 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #6 | #2 | 32.2 | 30.9 | 40.1 | 9.2 | +7.5 | +13.6% |
| Notre Dame | 1969 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | #11 | #5 | 24.7 | — | — | — | +3.3 | +2.3% |
| Notre Dame | 1968 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #3 | #5 | 21.4 | — | — | — | -1.8 | -5.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1967 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #1 | #5 | 23.2 | — | — | — | -8.6 | -15.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1966 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | #6 | #1 | 31.8 | — | — | — | +5.1 | +20.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1965 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #3 | #9 | 26.7 | — | — | — | -2.3 | -15.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1964 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #3 | 29.0 | — | — | — | +13.1 | +34.4% |
| Northwestern | 1963 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | #6 | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | -8.2 | -22.2% |
| Northwestern | 1962 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 24.1 | — | — | — | +13.0 | +33.3% |
| Northwestern | 1961 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | -3.9 | -11.1% |
| Northwestern | 1960 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | #14 | — | 15.0 | — | — | — | -0.4 | -11.1% |
| Northwestern | 1959 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | #10 | — | 15.4 | — | — | — | -2.8 | +11.1% |
| Northwestern | 1958 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 18.2 | — | — | — | +25.7 | +55.6% |
| Northwestern | 1957 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -7.5 | — | — | — | -14.8 | -50.0% |
| Northwestern | 1956 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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