What's Your Point (Differential)?

It’s easy to see on the scoreboard the effect Charlie Weis has had on improving the Notre Dame offense. To put it into some perspective, here’s how other first-year coaches have fared at Notre Dame over the past seven regimes:

First-Year Coaches and Point Differentials:
Coach	Year	Differential	Comments
Parseghian	1964	+210	Near National Championship.
Devine	1975	+100	Won National Championship two years later.
Faust	1981	+72	Never increased to more than +139 in tenure (fired 1985).
Holtz	1986	+80	Won National Championship two years later.
O'Leary	2002	N/A	Data not available.
Willingham	2002	+73	Fired after subsequent years of -11 (2003) and +0 (2004).
Weis	2005	+146	Largest 1st-year differential since 1964.