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LSU (Dietzel through Kelly) coaches' records - pre-LSU / at-LSU / post-LSU

Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:14 am
Posted by bisceaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2009
611 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:14 am


"LSU is taking a break from being king maker by hiring a king" - this quote and the idea for this detailed graph came from a thread on the SECRant / Coaching Changes Board
* Y2NC - # of years until 1st national championship

Takeaways -
1. LSU continues to make coaches. The only outliers are pre-LSU: Curley Hallman (had Brett Farve all 3 years) & post-LSU: Nick Saban (no need to discuss)
2. If Paul Dietzel stays, we might be a blue blood
3. If Bill Arnsparger stays, we don't have the 90s (when I went to school)
4. Never hire coaches without any head coaching experience (Mike Archer & Jerry Stovall)
5. Except Saban (the outlier), most LSU coaches haven't gotten head coaching jobs after LSU, and the few that have didn't do nearly as well (Miles, Dinardo, Dietzel)
6. If you take out the outliers (Hallman & Saban), the overall record for LSU head coaches - pre-LSU: 70-101 (40.9%), at-LSU: 457-208-16 (67.1%), post-LSU: 76-124-2 (37.6%)

Updates to the image
- added Toledo year to Saban and updated %
- added Post-LSU column and added Saban (Miami & Alabama) & Miles (Kansas)
- added coaches back to Dietzel & years at LSU
- added Dinardo's XFL record
This post was edited on 12/3/21 at 7:05 am
Posted by TigerNAtux
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
17280 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:19 am to
Wow. Great graphic.

Brian Kelly
Posted by jsmoke222000
Lake Charles
Member since Oct 2007
6233 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:23 am to
So our last 3 coaches have a average winning percentage of 74.6% @LSU & we just hired a coach with a 72.9% winning percentage
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 7:08 am
Posted by Eeyore
Mars
Member since Sep 2020
350 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:32 am to
Amd Saban didn’t have to coach against Saban. He definitely took the program to new heights.
Posted by Bottom9
Arsenal Til I Die
Member since Jul 2010
22304 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:32 am to
Man our old Athletic Director is such a moron
Posted by spiderman
Member since Jan 2004
1176 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 7:40 am to
Don’t know who did that graphic but Saban’s win% at Michigan State is wrong. It’s 61.4%
This post was edited on 12/2/21 at 7:42 am
Posted by BlackPot
Member since Oct 2016
2109 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 8:08 am to
Damn if that win percentage jumps 20 points like Saban and Miles, poo yi, we in for a hell of a ride.
Posted by LSUstephen17
Houston
Member since Aug 2010
13112 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 8:50 am to
Great post
Posted by BK785
Member since Feb 2013
3194 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 9:14 am to
What's more alarming is why in the hell did Ed O get a head coaching job at LSU with that shite record? I know Alleva but, O's record was horrendous.
This post was edited on 12/2/21 at 11:54 am
Posted by Papa Tigah
TIGER ISLAND, LA
Member since Sep 2007
18811 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 9:31 am to
Posted by EasterEgg
New Orleans Metro
Member since Sep 2018
4815 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 9:57 am to
Now do their post-LSU winning percentage.
Posted by JodyPlauche
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2009
9196 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 10:13 am to
So we fired 2 National Championship winning Coaches with the same combined winning % totals as Nick Saban!

Forever LSU my arse!

I don't like the Brian Kelly hire...but at least I know he won't be here long...Championship or not.
Posted by Locoguan0
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2017
4973 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 11:14 am to
Add 21 to the win column that were vacated...
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17643 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 11:33 am to
Kind of remarkable
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
49398 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 12:44 pm to
At the time of the hiring, CBK is the best-credentialed head football coach that LSU has EVER hired.

Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
18120 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 2:10 pm to
Kinda nitpicking here, but Central Michigan is CMU, not UCM.

Either way, good graphic.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
64610 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

"LSU is taking a break from being king maker by hiring a king"


Damn, what a great line...
Posted by BhamTigah
Lurker since Jan 2003
Member since Jan 2007
14939 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 3:27 pm to
Based on this most excellent data:

Our coaches winning %s have gone up a minimum of 13.6%, a maximum of 34.6%, and an average of 22.7%.

Therefore, we can expect Brian Kelly's winning % at LSU to be between 87.5% and 108.5%, with a likelihood of being around 96.6%.

Math don't lie.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
27085 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 3:59 pm to
Would like to see Archer, Hallman and Dinardo included there. I think it would showcase what poor hires they really were.
Posted by The Eric
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
21482 posts
Posted on 12/2/21 at 9:51 pm to
This lsu team will be an easy rebuild. We have a lot of talent and a lot of experience in the freshman and sophomore classes.

Not nearly as set up as Miles was from 05-07 but still good.
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