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Jerry Kill

2008-2023Minnesota, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, TCU

4 schools coached, anchored by Minnesota.

Jerry Kill coached 11 seasons, won 55.0%, and posted an average SRS of -1.7. Best season: 2014 Minnesota. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

71-58

Career Win %

55.0%

Seasons

11

Career Span

16 years

Average SRS

-1.7

Peak SRS

8.0

Best Finish

Consistency

66.3

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

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.

Jerry Kill
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Jerry Kill: 2011 MinnesotaJerry Kill: 2021 TCUJerry Kill: 2022 New Mexico State
2008Actual season year • SRS range -11.6 to 8.02023

Active comparison point

Jerry Kill2014

Selected

2014 Minnesota

Best season

8-5 • SRS 8.0 • SP Overall 6.8

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+3.9

SP Off / Def

29.7 / 24.3

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

New Mexico State

2022-20232 seasons

Avg SRS -7.3 • Win % 60.7%

TCU

2021-20211 seasons

Avg SRS -2.8 • Win % 50.0%

Minnesota

2011-20155 seasons

Avg SRS 0.1 • Win % 50.0%

Northern Illinois

2008-20103 seasons

Avg SRS -0.7 • Win % 59.0%

Longest Tenure

Minnesota • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Minnesota • 0.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

New Mexico State • 60.7%

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.

Jerry Kill sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jerry Kill sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jerry Kill

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: -0.3

55th pct

Above average

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

New Mexico State

2022-202317-11

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -7.3Win % 60.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.5 during vs 3.0 baseline

+5.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.3 during vs -18.4 baseline

+11.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.6 during vs -18.9 baseline

+10.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

TCU

2021-20212-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -2.8Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 7.0 baseline

-5.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.8 during vs 8.5 baseline

-11.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.6 during vs 9.0 baseline

-9.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Minnesota

2011-201529-29

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 0.1Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 4.3 baseline

+1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.1 during vs -1.8 baseline

+2.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.5 during vs -2.2 baseline

+4.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Northern Illinois

2008-201023-16

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -0.7Win % 59.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.7 during vs 7.0 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.7 during vs -3.1 baseline

+2.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.5 during vs -2.5 baseline

+3.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Minnesota 2014

8-5SRS 8.0

Biggest Improvement

Northern Illinois 2010

10-311.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Northern Illinois 2010

10-3SP Off 34.5

Best Defensive Season

Minnesota 2015

4-3SP Def 22.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

New Mexico State 2022

7-6SRS -11.6

Biggest Drop

Minnesota 2011

3-9-12.6 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

New Mexico State202315105066.7%-3.0-1.823.325.8+8.6+12.8%
New Mexico State20221376053.8%-11.6-15.412.026.0-8.8+3.9%
TCU2021422050.0%-2.8-0.633.233.9-3.0-7.1%
Minnesota2015743057.1%0.28.128.122.4-7.8-4.4%
Minnesota20141385061.5%8.06.829.724.3+3.90.0%
Minnesota20131385061.5%4.12.525.625.0+9.4+15.4%
Minnesota20121367046.2%-5.3-0.923.324.1+1.0+21.1%
Minnesota20111239025.0%-6.3-3.823.828.1-12.6-51.9%
Northern Illinois201013103076.9%6.37.634.525.9+11.1+23.1%
Northern Illinois20091376053.8%-4.8-4.623.828.5-1.3+7.7%
Northern Illinois20081367046.2%-3.5-1.623.325.5

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