Head coach · Louisville 1973–74
Tom Alley
9–13at Louisville
Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 11th/13 · Ranked wins 9th/13 · Bowl wins 7th/13 · Weeks ranked 9th/13 · NFL picks a year 12th/13 · Average SP+ 9th/12
The Tenure
The Louisville years in one line. SRS shows the team Alley inherited against the one left behind.
| Program | Years | Record | Win % | Conf | Bowls | Wks ranked | Peak | Avg SP+ | SRS in → out | NFL picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LouisvilleMissouri Valley | 1973–74 | 9–13 | 40.9% | 6–4 | — | — | — | −5.4 | +9.0 → −9.1 | 1 |
Share of games won. The dashed line is .500. Tap a season for its numbers.
What the Numbers Say
Measured from every Louisville game Alley coached, plus CFBD's ratings, polls, recruiting, and draft data. Red marks a strength, steel a weakness.
1973 against the team inherited: −16.8 SP+, −16.3 SRS.
Louisville went 9–1 the year before Alley arrived (1972); 1974 finished 4–7.
33% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.
4–4 in regular-season games from November on; 5–9 before.
0 in the first round, in the drafts after 2 Louisville seasons (0.5 a year).
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.
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Expectations
The next week
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 22 Louisville games under Alley, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 2; longest losing streak: 3. Tap a tile for the game.
Season by Season
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.