Followed Marcus Arroyo. Barry Odom moved UNLV from Regional Program IV to Regional Program III in 2 seasons.
I didn’t until Saturday night
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Power Program in his 3rd career season — faster than 46% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #194 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
10–2 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Kirby Smart.
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
Congrats to Barry Odom and Purdue… you guys fought hard and man is this program headed in the right direction. Good luck to y’all the rest of the season!
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2026 · via PurdueSports
Odom's shown he can build (he turned UNLV around fast), but the schedule grades 14th-toughest in the country, so even real progress might not show up in the win column.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026 · via Boilermakers
20th-best Purdue tenure of 21 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Ryan Walters (2023–2024).
| Season | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||
| Record | 2–10 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #99 | #55 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||
| Pass rate | 51.8 | 48.7 | |
| Coordinators | |||
| OC | Josh Henson | Josh Henson | |
| DC | Michael Scherer | Kevin Kane | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||
| Offense | 17 | 52 | |
| Defense | 3 | 47 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||
| 1st-down pass% | 49.4 | 50.0 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 40.2 | 46.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 32.4 | — | |
A portal-built roster.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
1 NFL Draft pick: Marcus Mbow (2025)
AI Narratives — “Purdue — stat check”.
5th-best UNLV tenure of 12 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Marcus Arroyo (2020–2022) · succeeded by Dan Mullen (2025–2026).
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||
| Record | 9–5 | 11–3 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #131 | #76 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||
| Pass rate | 42.9 | 33.6 | |
| Coordinators | |||
| OC | Brennan Marion | Brennan Marion | |
| DC | Michael Scherer | Michael Scherer | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||
| Offense | 82 | 65 | |
| Defense | 2 | 76 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||
| 1st-down pass% | 37.9 | 36.4 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 26.8 | 36.1 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 36.1 | 31.5 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
1 NFL Draft pick: Ricky White III (2025)
Coach of the Year: Mountain West Coach of the Year (2023)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Jose Pizano (2023)
6th-best Missouri tenure of 12 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Gary Pinkel (2001–2015) · succeeded by Eli Drinkwitz (2020–2026).
| Season | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 4–8 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | |
| Postseason | — | L bowl | CFP loss | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #43 | #43 | #43 | #37 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 47.3 | 46.9 | 44.9 | 44.1 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Josh Heupel | Josh Heupel | Derek Dooley | Derek Dooley | |
| DC | DeMontie Cross / Ryan Walters | Ryan Walters | Ryan Walters | Ryan Walters | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 58 | 91 | 80 | 15 | |
| Defense | 33 | 53 | 74 | 84 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 48.1 | 46.9 | 40.9 | 41.7 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 32.4 | 46.4 | 34.5 | 43.1 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 35.1 | 8.0 | 15.8 | 23.5 | |
9 NFL Draft picks: Evan Boehm (2016), Connor Mcgovern (2016), Kentrell Brothers (2016), Charles Harris (2017), J'Mon Moore (2018), Drew Lock (2019), Terry Beckner Jr. (2019), Jordan Elliott (2020) + 1 more
Defensive coordinator across 3 programs, 3 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.