Below is a chart of offense, defense and total production of the Indiana University Hoosiers football program during Wilson'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, Indiana has been below average under Wilson's tenure. All rankings in this blog come from my Complex Invasion College Football Production Model. More details about the program under Wilson are after the chart below, including his original contract are linked below. For comparison purposes, here is Bill Lynch's contract as head football coach at Indiana.
Kevin Wilson (2011 - 2016)
2011
At the end of Wilson's first season as head football coach the Hoosiers finished the regular season at 1-11 and were bowl ineligible playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hoosiers only regular season victory was over FCS South Carolina State, their worst loss was to #108 ranked Ball State (20-27). Overall, Indiana had the #107 ranked team with the #97 ranked offense and the #107 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
At the end of Wilson's first season as head football coach the Hoosiers finished the regular season at 1-11 and were bowl ineligible playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hoosiers only regular season victory was over FCS South Carolina State, their worst loss was to #108 ranked Ball State (20-27). Overall, Indiana had the #107 ranked team with the #97 ranked offense and the #107 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2012
Indiana finished the regular season overall at 4-8 and were again bowl ineligible while playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hoosiers best game was their victory over #82 ranked Iowa (24-21) and their worst loss (39-41) was again to #76 ranked Ball State. Indiana had the #103 ranked team in total production with the #78 ranked offense and the #111 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2013
At the end of the regular season the Hoosiers were 5-7 (and bowl ineligible) playing against a "tougher" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS, which means that their current strength of schedule was one standard deviation below the "league's" average SOS. The Hoosiers best win was over #17 ranked Bowling Green (42-10) and their worst loss was to #71 ranked Minnesota by a score of (39-42). Indiana had the #77 ranked team in total production with the #27 ranked offense and the #119 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2014
The Hoosiers finished the regular season at 4-8 and were bowl ineligible playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hoosiers best regular season game was a victory (31-27) over #27 Missouri, their worst loss was to #89 ranked Bowling Green (31-37). Overall, the Hoosiers had the #94 ranked team with the #88 ranked offense and the #888 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season at 4-8 and were bowl ineligible playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hoosiers best regular season game was a victory (31-27) over #27 Missouri, their worst loss was to #89 ranked Bowling Green (31-37). Overall, the Hoosiers had the #94 ranked team with the #88 ranked offense and the #888 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2015
Indiana finished the regular season overall at 6-6 and becoming bowl eligible, and were defeated by #75 ranked Duke in their post-season bowl game. Indiana played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Hoosiers best game was their victory over #14 ranked Western Kentucky (38-35) and their worst loss was to #102 ranked Rutgers. Indiana had the #92 ranked team in total production with the #32 ranked offense and the #121 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2016
Wilson received a contract extension after the 2015 season, but was unable to make it through one full season at Indiana. At the end of the regular season the Hoosiers were 6-6 (and for the second year in a row were bowl eligible) playing against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS, which means that their current strength of schedule was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league's" average SOS. The Hoosiers best win was over currently ranked #77 Michigan State (24-21) and their worst loss was to currently ranked #81 Wake Forest by a score of (28-33). Indiana at the time of Wilson's departure had the #63 ranked team in total production with the #92 ranked offense and the #33 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
Texas and Charlie Strong
Georgia State and Trent Miles
Fresno State and Tim DeRuyter
Purdue and Darrell Hazell>
LSU and Les Miles
Florida International University and Ron Turner
Baylor and Art Briles