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Danny Hope

Followed Joe Tiller. Danny Hope held Purdue at National Program I for 4 seasons.

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2009–2012 · 1 stint
Purdue
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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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerPURDUEPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelPurdue, 2009: 5-7, National Program I2009Purdue, 2010: 4-8, National Program II2010Purdue, 2011: 7-6, National Program II2011Purdue, 2012: 3-3, National Program III2012-9.2One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Purdue, 4 seasons
−9.2
National Program I → National Program III.

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.

2–1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Bret Bielema.

Rivalry record
2–1
66.7% · 1 rival
One-score games
8–9
47.1% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–1
66.7%
Rivalry ledger
Indiana2–167%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bret Bielema0–3
3 meetings, 2009–2011
’09 L’10 L’11 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
2–1 66.7%
Power Program
1–11 8.3%
National Program
2–4 33.3%
Regional Program
8–5 61.5%

Coaching career

2009–2012
Purduecaretaker
National Program I → National Program I
Danny Hope held Purdue at National Program I for 4 seasons.

10th-best Purdue tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Joe Tiller (1997–2008) · succeeded by Darrell Hazell (2013–2016).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows K from high school
100%
#52 of 56 stints
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints

7 NFL Draft picks: Alex Magee (2009), Curtis Painter (2009), Michael Neal (2010), Ryan Kerrigan (2011), Dennis Kelly (2012), Nick Mondek (2012), Kawann Short (2013)

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