Bobby Petrino
Offensive coordinator across 3 programs, 4 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.
Bobby Petrino
Followed Willie Taggart. Bobby Petrino moved Western Kentucky from Regional Program IV to Regional Program I in 2 seasons.
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.
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).
Style position and drift
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.
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.
12–3 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Dabo Swinney.
Coaching career
4th-best Western Kentucky tenure of 6 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Willie Taggart (2010–2012) · succeeded by Tyson Helton (2019–2026).
| Season | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||
| Record | 8–4 | 8–5 | 12–2 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 3–9 | |
| Postseason | — | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | #88 | #110 | #101 | #82 | #84 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||
| Pass rate | — | 56.5 | 54.4 | 49.2 | 59.6 | 49.3 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||
| OC | — | Tyson Helton | Tyson Helton | Tony Levine / Brian Brohm | Junior Adams | Junior Adams | |
| DC | — | Nick Holt | Nick Holt | Nick Holt | Clayton White | Clayton White | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||
| Offense | — | 97 | 95 | 100 | 57 | 16 | |
| Defense | — | 9 | 39 | 51 | 32 | 62 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | 52.5 | 54.0 | 50.0 | 53.9 | 41.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | 55.4 | 55.7 | 39.0 | 48.8 | 45.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | 22.9 | 38.2 | 28.1 | 38.6 | 35.6 | |
10 NFL Draft picks: Quanterus Smith (2013), Andrew Jackson (2014), Jonathan Dowling (2014), Tyler Higbee (2016), Brandon Doughty (2016), Prince Charles Iworah (2016), Forrest Lamp (2017), Taywan Taylor (2017) + 2 more
5th-best Arkansas tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Houston Nutt (1998–2007).
| Season | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 5–7 | 8–5 | 10–3 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 3–7 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 0–7 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | CFP loss | — | — | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | — | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | #29 | #22 | #23 | #27 | #49 | #23 | #30 | #24 | #28 | #22 | #31 | #32 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.2 | 42.2 | 44.0 | 42.4 | 45.7 | 52.0 | 41.8 | 34.8 | 37.0 | 40.6 | 45.7 | 48.6 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jim Chaney | Dan Enos | Dan Enos | Dan Enos | Joe Craddock | Joe Craddock | Kendal Briles | Kendal Briles | Kendal Briles | Dan Enos | Bobby Petrino | Bobby Petrino / Kolby Smith | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | Robb Smith | Robb Smith | Robb Smith | Paul Rhoads | John Chavis | John Chavis | Barry Odom | Barry Odom | Barry Odom | Marcus Woodson / Travis Williams | Marcus Woodson / Travis Williams | Marcus Woodson / Travis Williams | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 100 | 67 | 73 | 13 | 6 | 70 | 80 | 71 | 27 | 88 | 81 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 36 | 78 | 17 | 64 | 57 | 16 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25.6 | 32.8 | 33.8 | 33.3 | 38.1 | 46.4 | 44.2 | 34.9 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 46.6 | 45.7 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33.9 | 34.0 | 37.5 | 30.1 | 40.6 | 53.8 | 43.8 | 32.5 | 31.2 | 41.5 | 25.9 | 40.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.0 | 44.4 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 15.6 | 26.2 | 26.1 | 32.6 | 41.7 | 23.5 | 39.6 | 18.5 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
57 NFL Draft picks: Darren McFadden (2008), Felix Jones (2008), Marcus Harrison (2008), Nate Garner (2008), Peyton Hillis (2008), Marcus Monk (2008), Jonathan Luigs (2009), Mitch Petrus (2010) + 49 more
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Drew Sanders (2022)
AI Narratives — “Arkansas' Rough Season Continues” and 5 more on the team page.
1st-best Louisville tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed John Smith (1998–2002) · succeeded by Lorenzo Ward (2018–2018).
| Season | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||||||
| Record | 9–4 | 11–1 | 9–3 | 12–1 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 11–2 | 12–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | L bowl | W CFP | CFP loss | CFP loss | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #45 | #33 | #38 | #34 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45.6 | 45.4 | 45.4 | 48.4 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Garrick McGee | Garrick McGee | Lonnie Galloway / Chris Klenakis | Lonnie Galloway / Mike Summers | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Todd Grantham | Todd Grantham | Todd Grantham | Peter Sirmon | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | 64 | 82 | 98 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | 75 | 86 | 52 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 51.5 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.0 | 37.0 | 36.9 | 36.4 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.0 | 22.0 | 29.6 | 48.6 | |
50 NFL Draft picks: Dewayne White (2003), Dave Ragone (2003), Curry Burns (2003), Chris Johnson (2003), Eric Shelton (2005), Stefan LeFors (2005), Kerry Rhodes (2005), Robert McCune (2005) + 42 more