1954-1976 • Mississippi State, Texas, Washington
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas.
Darrell Royal coached 23 seasons, won 74.9%, and posted an average SRS of 18.9. Best season: 1970 Texas. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
184-60-5
Career Win %
74.9%
Seasons
23
Career Span
23 years
Average SRS
18.9
Peak SRS
35.4
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
33.7
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
10-1 • SRS 35.4 • SP Overall 30.9
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+4.3
SP Off / Def
45.2 / 15.9
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Texas
1957-1976 • 20 seasons
Avg SRS 20.3 • Win % 77.4%
Washington
1956-1956 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 11.1 • Win % 50.0%
Mississippi State
1954-1955 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 9.5 • Win % 60.0%
Longest Tenure
Texas • 20 seasons
Best Tenure
Texas • 20.3 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Texas • 77.4%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Darrell Royal sets the reference point in overall strength.
Darrell Royal sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Darrell Royal
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 22.6
99th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1957-1976 • 167-47-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 5.2 baseline
+3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
20.3 during vs 11.6 baseline
+8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
22.6 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
70.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+30.0%
1956-1956 • 5-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.1 during vs 3.4 baseline
+7.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1954-1955 • 12-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 3.6 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.5 during vs 5.9 baseline
+3.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Texas 1970
10-1 • SRS 35.4
Biggest Improvement
Texas 1968
9-1-1 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas 1970
10-1 • SP Off 45.2
Best Defensive Season
Texas 1972
10-1 • SP Def 6.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
Texas 1976
5-5-1 • SRS 6.8
Biggest Drop
Texas 1971
8-3 • -18.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Texas | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | #7 | — | 6.8 | 8.6 | 24.5 | 17.0 | -18.0 | -33.3% |
| Texas | 1975 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #11 | #6 | 24.8 | 26.3 | 40.8 | 17.0 | +4.2 | +16.7% |
| Texas | 1974 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #10 | #17 | 20.6 | 23.0 | 39.3 | 17.5 | -5.3 | -6.1% |
| Texas | 1973 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #3 | #14 | 25.9 | 23.0 | 39.6 | 18.1 | -0.7 | -18.2% |
| Texas | 1972 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #14 | #3 | 26.6 | 29.5 | 35.7 | 6.6 | +9.9 | +18.2% |
| Texas | 1971 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #3 | #18 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 32.2 | 17.1 | -18.7 | -18.2% |
| Texas | 1970 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #2 | #3 | 35.4 | 30.9 | 45.2 | 15.9 | +4.3 | -9.1% |
| Texas | 1969 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #4 | #1 | 31.1 | — | — | — | +3.0 | +13.6% |
| Texas | 1968 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #5 | #3 | 28.1 | — | — | — | +16.2 | +26.4% |
| Texas | 1967 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #4 | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | -5.7 | -3.6% |
| Texas | 1966 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 17.6 | — | — | — | +5.6 | +3.6% |
| Texas | 1965 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #2 | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | -6.5 | -30.9% |
| Texas | 1964 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #4 | #5 | 18.5 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -9.1% |
| Texas | 1963 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #5 | #1 | 23.9 | — | — | — | +7.2 | +13.6% |
| Texas | 1962 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #2 | #4 | 16.7 | — | — | — | -12.6 | -4.5% |
| Texas | 1961 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #4 | #3 | 29.3 | — | — | — | +12.0 | +22.7% |
| Texas | 1960 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | #4 | — | 17.3 | — | — | — | -2.8 | -13.6% |
| Texas | 1959 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #17 | #4 | 20.1 | — | — | — | +9.9 | +11.8% |
| Texas | 1958 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #11 | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | -2.1 | +10.9% |
| Texas | 1957 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | #11 | 12.3 | — | — | — | +1.2 | +9.1% |
| Washington | 1956 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | +1.8 | -10.0% |
| Mississippi State | 1955 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 9.3 | — | — | — | -0.4 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi State | 1954 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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