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Bob DeMoss

Followed Jack Mollenkopf. Bob DeMoss held Purdue at Power Program II for 3 seasons.

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1970–1972 · 1 stint
Purdue
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Career arc

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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerPURDUEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyPurdue, 1970: 4-6, Power Program II1970Purdue, 1971: 3-7, Power Program III1971Purdue, 1972: 6-5, Power Program III1972-6.2One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Purdue, 3 seasons
−6.2
Power Program II → Power Program III.

The big-game ledger

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.

2–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Ara Parseghian.

Rivalry record
2–1
66.7% · 1 rival
One-score games
2–10
16.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–4
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Indiana2–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. Ara Parseghian0–3
3 meetings, 1970–1972
’70 L’71 L’72 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–4 0.0%
Power Program
1–6 14.3%
National Program
2–3 40.0%
Regional Program
10–5 66.7%

Coaching career

1970–1972
Purduecaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program II
Bob DeMoss held Purdue at Power Program II for 3 seasons.

2nd-best Purdue tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969) · succeeded by Alex Agase (1973–1976).

15 NFL Draft picks: Mike Phipps (1970), Tim Foley (1970), Bill McKoy (1970), Don Green (1971), Stanley Brown (1971), Tom Luken (1972), Charles Potts (1972), Dave Butz (1973) + 7 more

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