Head coach · Louisville 1995–97

Ron Cooper

13–20at Louisville

Career 22–33 (40.0%) at 2 programs, 1993–1997

Win rate

39.4%

12th of 13 Louisville coaches

vs Ranked

0–3

0–3 vs the top 10

Bowls

—

no bowl trips

Weeks ranked

unranked throughout

Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 12th/13 · Ranked wins 9th/13 · Bowl wins 7th/13 · Weeks ranked 9th/13 · NFL picks a year 7th/13 · Average SP+ 11th/12

Every Stop

Cooper's head-coaching career, program by program. Louisville against everywhere else; SRS shows the team Cooper inherited against the one left behind.

Program	Years	Record	Win %	Conf	Bowls	Wks ranked	Peak	Avg SP+	SRS in → out	NFL picks
Eastern MichiganMid-American	1993–94	9–13	40.9%	8–9	—	—	—	−11.3	−26.5 → −13.8	0
LouisvilleConference USA	1995–97	13–20	39.4%	6–10	—	—	—	−6.9	−3.2 → −16.7	4

At Louisville

39.4%

13–20 · 3 seasons

Everywhere else

40.9%

9–13 · Eastern Michigan

LouisvilleElsewherePartial season

100%50%0%

Eastern Michigan93–94

Louisville95–97

Share of games won. The dashed line is .500. Tap a season for its numbers.

What the Numbers Say

Measured from every Louisville game Cooper coached, plus CFBD's ratings, polls, recruiting, and draft data. Red marks a strength, steel a weakness.

Louisville vs. everywhere else

39% vs 41%

13–20 at Louisville; 9–13 at Eastern Michigan.

Year one

+1 wins

1995 against the team inherited: +7.5 SP+, +6.8 SRS.

Inherited → left

6–5 → 1–10

Louisville went 6–5 the year before Cooper arrived (1994); 1997 finished 1–10.

Against ranked teams

0–3

Opponents ranked at kickoff; 0 wins in 3 tries.

One-score games

3–7

30% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.

November

50% vs 36%

4–4 in regular-season games from November on; 9–16 before.

NFL Draft

4 picks

0 in the first round, in the drafts after 3 Louisville seasons (1.3 a year).

Governor's Cup

2–1

Against Kentucky, 3 meetings.

Situational Record

The Louisville record cut every way the data allows. Ranks are the poll at kickoff; favorites come from the betting line, which starts in 2013.

Where

At home7–1041%

On the road6–1038%

Who

vs. ranked teams0–30%

vs. the top 100–30%

Conference games6–1038%

Non-conference7–1041%

vs. Kentucky2–167%

When

September–October9–1636%

November on4–450%

Expectations

Decided by 8 or fewer3–730%

The next week

Game after a loss6–1233%

Best Wins, Worst Losses

Best wins lead with ranked opponents, then bowls. Worst losses are the upsets: losing as the betting favorite (2013 on), as a ranked team to an unranked one, or to a lower-division opponent.

Signature wins

1995vs North TexasW 57–14 1995vs UL MonroeW 39–0 1995vs MarylandW 31–0 1996at KentuckyW 38–14 1996vs Northern IllinoisW 27–3

Every Game

All 33 Louisville games under Cooper, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 5; longest losing streak: 8. Tap a tile for the game.

1995

7–4

1996

5–6

1997

1–10

win lossranked opponent bowl game

Season by Season

Every season of the career. Louisville rows are marked in red.

Year	Team	Record	Conf	Bowl	Final	SP+	SRS	Recruiting	NFL picks
1997	Louisville	1–10	0–6	—	—	−21.7	−16.7	—	0
1996	Louisville	5–6	2–3	—	—	−1.2	−0.4	—	4
1995	Louisville	7–4	4–1	—	—	+2.2	+3.6	—	0
1994	Eastern Michigan	5–6	5–4	—	—	−5.4	−13.8	—	0
1993	Eastern Michigan	4–7	3–5	—	—	−17.2	−22.9	—	0

Careers from CFBD's coaching records, which cover FBS seasons from 1962 on. Louisville games come from the game archive, credited to whoever coached them. Recruiting is the team's class rank that year; NFL picks are the draft that followed the season.