Head coach · Louisville 2007–09
Steve Kragthorpe
15–21at Louisville
Career 44–43 (50.6%) at 2 programs, 2003–2009
Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 10th/13 · Ranked wins 4th/13 · Bowl wins 7th/13 · Weeks ranked 6th/13 · NFL picks a year 2nd/13 · Average SP+ 7th/12
Every Stop
Kragthorpe's head-coaching career, program by program. Louisville against everywhere else; SRS shows the team Kragthorpe inherited against the one left behind.
| Program | Years | Record | Win % | Conf | Bowls | Wks ranked | Peak | Avg SP+ | SRS in → out | NFL picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TulsaConference USA | 2003–06 | 29–22 | 56.9% | 21–12 | 1–2 | — | — | −4.0 | −23.5 → +1.9 | 2 |
 LouisvilleBig East | 2007–09 | 15–21 | 41.7% | 5–16 | — | 4 | #8 | +1.2 | +21.4 → −6.4 | 7 (1 1st) |
Share of games won. The dashed line is .500. Tap a season for its numbers.
What the Numbers Say
Measured from every Louisville game Kragthorpe coached, plus CFBD's ratings, polls, recruiting, and draft data. Red marks a strength, steel a weakness.
15–21 at Louisville; 29–22 at Tulsa.
2007 against the team inherited: −15.2 SP+, −16.4 SRS.
Louisville went 12–1 the year before Kragthorpe arrived (2006); 2009 finished 4–8.
Opponents ranked at kickoff; 2 wins in 6 tries. Best: #14 South Florida, 24–20 (2008).
The next game after beating a ranked opponent. Lost to UConn (2007), Syracuse (2008).
47% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.
2–10 in regular-season games from November on; 13–11 before.
Average recruiting class rank against average SP+ finish, 3 Louisville seasons.
Actual wins minus the wins the underlying stats projected, 3 Louisville seasons.
1 in the first round, in the drafts after 3 Louisville seasons (2.3 a year).
Peaked at #8. Never ranked at season's end.
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
Who
When
Expectations
The next week
The Week After
Every win over a ranked team, and the game that came next: 0–2 in the follow-up.
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.
Every Game
All 36 Louisville games under Kragthorpe, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 3; longest losing streak: 5. Tap a tile for the game.
Season by Season
Every season of the career. Louisville rows are marked in red.
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.