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Bo Pelini

2003-2014Nebraska

One defining stop 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. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

67-27

Career Win %

71.3%

Seasons

8

Career Span

12 years

Average SRS

11.0

Peak SRS

16.7

Best Finish

#14

Consistency

85.5

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.

Bo Pelini
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2003Actual season year • SRS range 4.3 to 16.72014

Active comparison point

Bo Pelini2010

Selected

2010 Nebraska

Best season

10-4 • 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.

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

Nebraska

2003-20148 seasons

Avg SRS 11.0 • Win % 71.3%

Longest Tenure

Nebraska • 8 seasons

Best Tenure

Nebraska • 11.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Nebraska • 71.3%

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 edge

Bo Pelini sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bo Pelini

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Raw avg SP Overall: 16.5

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Impact by School

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

Nebraska

2003-201467-27

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

Avg SRS 11.0Win % 71.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.4 during vs 9.8 baseline

-1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.0 during vs 19.0 baseline

-8.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.5 during vs 21.8 baseline

-5.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

62.5% during vs 80.0% baseline

-17.5%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Nebraska 2010

10-4SRS 16.7

Biggest Improvement

Nebraska 2014

9-39.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Nebraska 2008

9-4SP Off 42.0

Best Defensive Season

Nebraska 2009

10-4SP Def 7.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Nebraska 2013

9-4SRS 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.

Nebraska20141293075.0%#2213.713.133.821.0+9.4+5.8%
Nebraska20131394069.2%#184.311.632.322.8-3.7-2.2%
Nebraska201214104071.4%#17#258.020.339.219.8-0.6+2.2%
Nebraska20111394069.2%#10#248.614.532.419.4-8.1-2.2%
Nebraska201014104071.4%#8#2016.718.830.814.3+1.30.0%
Nebraska200914104071.4%#24#1415.419.925.97.8+5.3+2.2%
Nebraska20081394069.2%10.118.942.023.8-1.2-30.8%
Nebraska20031100100.0%#1911.314.730.316.5

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