Earlier this week, Troy University fired head football coach Chip Lindsey. Here is a look at the Troy football program since 2008 (the first year that of complete data I have). This time period only covers the last seven seasons of head football coach Larry Blakeney (2008-2014), head coach Neal Brown (2015-2018) and Chip Lindsey (2019-2021*). After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Troy Trojans football program during head coach Lindsay's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Chip Lindsey
2019
Troy finished the regular season at 5-7, and were bowl ineligible. The Trojans
played against an “easier” strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Trojans SOS was between one and two standard deviations larger than the "league" average SOS. Troy's best
regular season victory was against #58 ranked Georgia Southern (49-28)
and their worst
loss was to #110 ranked Georgia State (33-52). Troy was the #82 ranked team overall, with the #66 ranked
offense and the #91 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2020
Troy finished the COVID-19 shortened regular season at 5-6, while playing against an “average” strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Trojans SOS was within plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" average SOS. Troy's
best regular season victory was against #66 ranked Arkansas State
(38-10) and their worst
loss was to #106 ranked Middle Tennessee State (17-20). Troy was the #50 ranked team overall, with the #42 ranked
offense and the #86 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2021*
After
a 5-6 start to the 2021 season Lindsey was fired. Troy played against an “average” strength
of schedule (SOS) up to this point in the season. The Trojans' best win was against currently ranked #79 South Alabama by a
score of (31-24) and their current worst loss was to #111 ranked Louisiana-Monroe by a score of (16-29). Troy is currently the #66 ranked team overall, with the #94 ranked
offense and the #38 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2021 FBS Head Coaching Changes