SMU MustangsHead coach

Rhett Lashlee

85 Overall rating steady

Rhett Lashlee has led SMU since 2022, going 42-17 across 5 seasons with 4 bowl trips.

Record since 2022: 42-17
Seasons: 5
Bowl trips: 4

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Strategy & scheme

Offensive scheme14

Defensive scheme14

Game planning16

Situational management10

Leadership & results

Comeback factor20

Underdog edge13

Recent form18

Win rate18

Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Rhett Lashlee's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.

SMU record by season

Rhett Lashlee SMU record by season since 2022
Season	Record	Result
2026	4-1	In progress
2025	9-4	Won Trust & Will Holiday Bowl
2024	11-3	Lost College Football Playoff First Round Game Presented by Allstate
2023	11-3	Lost Wasabi Fenway Bowl
2022	7-6	Lost New Mexico Bowl

Records with SMU since 2022, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.

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