Lee Corso
Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-0-1
1970T 24-24Indiana
1979Holiday BowlW 38-37
Stats
Big games
Pick a job to see its years on their own.
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.
2-2 against his rivals at Louisville. Nobody he faced three or more times there has a winning record against him.
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.
4-6 against his rivals at Indiana. Winless in 8 tries against Bo Schembechler.
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.
0-2 against his rivals at Northern Illinois.
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.
6-10 against his rivals. Winless in 8 tries against Bo Schembechler.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Louisville→
Indiana1973Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1984-1984) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.
“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.
Career
Coaching career
The arc of his career is on Now.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
Followed Bill Mallory (1980–1983) · succeeded by Jerry Pettibone (1985–1990).
10th-best Indiana tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Followed John Pont (1965–1972) · succeeded by Sam Wyche (1983).
| Season | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||
| Record | 2-9 | 1-10 | 2-8-1 | 5-6 | 5-5-1 | 4-7 | 8-4 | 6-5 | 3-8 | 5-6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | W bowl | — | — | — | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script | |||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
6 NFL Draft picks: Carl Barzilauskas (1974), Larry Jameson (1975), Greg McGuire (1976), Joe Norman (1979), Mike Friede (1980), Babe Laufenberg (1983)
11th-best Louisville tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Frank Camp (1962–1968) · succeeded by Tom Alley (1973–1974).
| Season | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 5-4-1 | 8-3-1 | 6-3-1 | 9-1 | |
| Postseason | — | L bowl | — | — | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | |
5 NFL Draft picks: Lee Bouggess (1970), Cleo Walker (1970), Larry Ball (1972), Amos Martin (1972), Tom Jackson (1973)
All-time wins
Wins at programs this site tracks, 1936–present — one consistent count for every coach, not each program’s own historically reported total.
3rd all-time at Indiana
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+7.4 pts at Louisville · #297 of 1290 · top quarter