Below is a chart of offense, defense and total production of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football program during Brohm's tenure as head football coach, along with who would be the lowest ranked team during this time period (in purple) and the average team (sky blue). As you may notice, Western Kentucky has been above average under his tenure. All rankings in this blog come from my Complex Invasion College Football Production Model. More details about the program under Brohm are after the chart below, including his contract at Western Kentucky are linked below.
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Jeff Brohm [2014-2016]
2014
The Hilltoppers finished the regular season at 6-6 and bowl eligible, and defeated #59 ranked Central Michigan by a score of (49-48). Western Kentucky played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hilltoppers best regular season game was a victory (36-27) over #58 Navy and their worst loss was to #107 ranked Florida Atlantic by a score of (38-45). Overall, the Hilltoppers had the #48 ranked team with the #7 ranked offense and the #122 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
The Hilltoppers finished the regular season at 6-6 and bowl eligible, and defeated #59 ranked Central Michigan by a score of (49-48). Western Kentucky played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hilltoppers best regular season game was a victory (36-27) over #58 Navy and their worst loss was to #107 ranked Florida Atlantic by a score of (38-45). Overall, the Hilltoppers had the #48 ranked team with the #7 ranked offense and the #122 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2015 Western Kentucky finished the regular season overall at 11-2 (bowl eligible) and again won their bowl game, this time over #18 ranked USF by a score of (45-35) to finish the season at 12-2. Western Kentucky played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hilltoppers best game again was their victory over #19 ranked Louisiana Tech (41-38) and their worst loss was to #92 ranked Indiana (35-38). Western Kentucky had the #14 ranked team in total production with the #1 ranked offense and the #97 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2016 At the end of the regular season the Hilltoppers were 10-3 (and were bowl eligible), while playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hilltoppers best regular season win was over #24 ranked Louisiana Tech (58-44) and their worst loss was to #62 ranked Vanderbilt by a score of (30-31). At the time of Brohm's departure, Western Kentucky had the #12 ranked team in total production with the #7 ranked offense and the #52 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.