JaMarcus Shephard
Oregon State · 5–2 (3–0) · 1st season at school
First-Year Adjustment Applied
First-year head coaches receive temporary score protection because they have had less time to influence the roster and overall condition of the program. The protection decreases as the season progresses.
- Raw Hot Seat Score
- 24
- First-Year Adjustment
- −5
- Final Hot Seat Score
- 20
Component breakdown
What the verified inputs show
CFB Intel is withholding the public score until at least 70% of objective model inputs are available.
Why this score?
| Component | Raw metric | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectations | Expected wins unavailable | — | 30% | — |
| Trajectory | Prior-coach trajectory excluded | — | 20% | — |
| Current Results | 5–2 overall · 3–0 conference | 17.1 | 15% | 5.8 |
| Talent Utilization | 45th talent percentile vs 83th performance percentile · CORE | 12.0 | 15% | 4.1 |
| Big Games | Bad losses 18 · ranked opponents 100 | 42.8 | 10% | 9.6 |
| Fans | 0% Yes · 0 votes | 50.0 | 10% | 5.0 |
Objective weights are redistributed proportionally only when an objective component is unavailable. Fan polling remains exactly 10% and uses a neutral 50 until its response threshold is met.
Hot Seat History
Is JaMarcus Shephard on the hot seat?
Fan polling represents 10% of the CFB Intel Hot Seat Index. It does not determine whether a coach loses his job.
Football data: CollegeFootballData · Calculation: CFB Intel HOT_SEAT_V1_3 · Rankings and public labels use the final, context-adjusted score.
