Darrell Hazell
Followed Danny Hope. Darrell Hazell slid Purdue from National Program III to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.
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.
Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
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.
2–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Kevin Wilson.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
15th-best Purdue tenure of 21 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Danny Hope (2009–2012) · succeeded by Jeff Brohm (2017–2022).
| Season | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 1–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 0–6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | #70 | #67 | #80 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | — | 51.9 | 54.7 | 60.7 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | — | John Shoop | John Shoop | Terry Malone | |
| DC | — | Greg Hudson | Greg Hudson | Ross Els / Marcus Freeman | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | — | 21 | 19 | 14 | |
| Defense | — | 53 | 21 | 9 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | 41.2 | 45.3 | 56.6 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | 44.4 | 33.3 | 41.1 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | 33.3 | 51.3 | 39.0 | |
6 NFL Draft picks: Kawann Short (2013), Ricardo Allen (2014), Kevin Pamphile (2014), Ryan Russell (2015), Anthony Brown (2016), Deangelo Yancey (2017)
9th-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Followed Doug Martin (2004–2010) · succeeded by Paul Haynes (2013–2017).
1 NFL Draft pick: Brian Winters (2013)