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Tom Herman

2015-2024Florida Atlantic, Houston, Texas

3 schools coached, anchored by Texas.

Tom Herman coached 8 seasons, won 61.2%, and posted an average SRS of 5.9. Best season: 2019 Texas. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

60-38

Career Win %

61.2%

Seasons

8

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

5.9

Peak SRS

16.0

Best Finish

#8

Consistency

7.3

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Tom Herman
EliteStrongAverageLean
Tom Herman: 2017 TexasTom Herman: 2023 Florida Atlantic
2015Actual season year • SRS range -15.4 to 16.02024

Active comparison point

Tom Herman2019

Selected

2019 Texas

Best season

8-5 • SRS 16.0 • SP Overall 12.0

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+3.9

SP Off / Def

38.7 / 28.5

Finish

#25

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Florida Atlantic

2023-20242 seasons

Avg SRS -12.6 • Win % 27.3%

Texas

2017-20204 seasons

Avg SRS 13.1 • Win % 64.0%

Houston

2015-20162 seasons

Avg SRS 9.8 • Win % 84.6%

Longest Tenure

Texas • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Texas • 13.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Houston • 84.6%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Tom Herman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tom Herman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tom Herman

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 4.7

71th pct

Strong

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Florida Atlantic

2023-20246-16

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -12.6Win % 27.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.0 during vs 6.2 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-12.6 during vs -3.5 baseline

-9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.1 during vs -2.8 baseline

-8.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Texas

2017-202032-18

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 13.1Win % 64.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 6.6 baseline

+1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

13.1 during vs 6.8 baseline

+6.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

10.9 during vs 10.5 baseline

+0.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+30.0%

Houston

2015-201622-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 9.8Win % 84.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

11.0 during vs 6.8 baseline

+4.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

9.8 during vs 1.4 baseline

+8.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.2 during vs 2.8 baseline

+5.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+30.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Texas 2019

8-5SRS 16.0

Biggest Improvement

Texas 2017

7-65.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Texas 2019

8-5SP Off 38.7

Best Defensive Season

Texas 2017

7-6SP Def 16.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Florida Atlantic 2024

2-8SRS -15.4

Biggest Drop

Florida Atlantic 2023

4-8-23.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Florida Atlantic20241028020.0%-15.4-12.720.832.1-5.6-13.3%
Florida Atlantic20231248033.3%-9.8-9.419.827.9-23.1-36.7%
Texas20201073070.0%#14#1913.39.734.825.2-2.7+8.5%
Texas20191385061.5%#10#2516.012.038.728.5+3.9-9.9%
Texas201814104071.4%#2312.111.335.324.4+1.0+17.6%
Texas20171376053.8%#2311.110.626.716.3+5.7-21.1%
Houston20161293075.0%#155.410.130.821.7-8.9-17.9%
Houston201514131092.9%#814.36.233.628.4

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