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Head coach · Louisville 1975–79

Vince Gibson

23–31–2at Louisville

Career 73–100–2 (42.3%) at 3 programs, 1967–1982

Win rate
42.9%
9th of 13 Louisville coaches
vs Ranked
0–5
0–3 vs the top 10
Bowls
0–1
1 trip
Weeks ranked
0
unranked throughout

Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 9th/13 · Ranked wins 9th/13 · Bowl wins 7th/13 · Weeks ranked 9th/13 · NFL picks a year 13th/13 · Average SP+ 8th/12

Every Stop

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

ProgramYearsRecordWin %ConfBowlsWks rankedPeakAvg SP+SRS in → outNFL picks
Kansas StateKansas StateBig 81967–7433–5238.8%16–40—6#12+5.6−14.7 → +2.914 (1 1st)
LouisvilleLouisvilleFBS Independents1975–7923–31–242.9%8–16–20–1——−4.2−9.1 → −1.52 (1 1st)
TulaneTulaneFBS Independents1980–8217–1750.0%5–50–1——−0.4+14.6 → −1.54
At Louisville
42.9%
23–31–2 · 5 seasons
Everywhere else
42.0%
50–69 · Kansas State, Tulane
LouisvilleElsewherePartial season
100%50%0%
Kansas State67–74
Louisville75–79
Tulane80–82

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

What the Numbers Say

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

Louisville vs. everywhere else
43% vs 42%

23–31–2 at Louisville; 50–69 at Kansas State, Tulane.

Year one
−3 wins

1975 against the team inherited: −14.1 SP+, −11.7 SRS.

Inherited → left
4–7 → 4–6–1

Louisville went 4–7 the year before Gibson arrived (1974); 1979 finished 4–6–1.

Against ranked teams
0–5

Opponents ranked at kickoff; 0 wins in 5 tries.

One-score games
4–8–2

36% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.

November
32% vs 49%

5–11–1 in regular-season games from November on; 18–19–1 before.

NFL Draft
2 picks

1 in the first round, in the drafts after 5 Louisville seasons (0.4 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.

Where

At home17–1259%
On the road6–18–227%
Neutral sites0–10%

Who

vs. ranked teams0–50%
vs. the top 100–30%
Conference games8–16–235%
Non-conference15–1452%

When

September–October18–19–149%
November on5–11–132%
Bowl games0–10%

Expectations

Decided by 8 or fewer4–8–236%

The next week

Game after a loss10–1639%

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

1977at MarshallW 56–01977vs Northern IllinoisW 38–01977vs TulsaW 33–01977vs Wichita StateW 51–211976vs UL MonroeW 36–8

Worst losses

1975vs Western KentuckyFCS opponentL 17–211977at DaytonDiv. III opponentL 10–14

Every Game

All 56 Louisville games under Gibson, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 4; longest losing streak: 7. Tap a tile for the game.

1975
1–10
1976
4–7
1977
7–4–1
1978
7–4
1979
4–6–1

win lossranked opponent bowl game

Season by Season

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

YearTeamRecordConfBowlFinalSP+SRSRecruitingNFL picks
1982Tulane4–71–2——−6.2−1.5—1
1981Tulane6–52–2——+4.6+8.3—3
1980Tulane7–52–10–1—+0.3+5.5—0
1979Louisville4–6–11–5–1——−1.6−1.5—1
1978Louisville7–43–2——+0.3−1.6—1
1977Louisville7–4–12–1–10–1—+3.1+1.8—0
1976Louisville4–71–4——+1.9−3.4—0
1975Louisville1–101–4——−24.9−20.8—0
1974Kansas State4–71–6——+4.9+2.9—1
1973Kansas State5–62–5——+10.5+7.3—2
1972Kansas State3–81–6——−5.7−6.9—0
1971Kansas State5–62–5——+8.6+5.5—2
1970Kansas State6–55–2——+9.6+10.6—5
1969Kansas State5–53–4———+20.8—3
1968Kansas State4–62–5———+6.1—1
1967Kansas State1–90–7———−9.8—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.