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Josh Heupel

2018-2025Tennessee, UCF

2 schools coached, anchored by Tennessee.

Josh Heupel coached 8 seasons, won 73.9%, and posted an average SRS of 13.0. Best season: 2022 Tennessee. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

65-23

Career Win %

73.9%

Seasons

8

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

13.0

Peak SRS

19.9

Best Finish

#6

Consistency

86.8

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.

Josh Heupel
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Josh Heupel: 2021 Tennessee
2018Actual season year • SRS range 8.0 to 19.92025

Active comparison point

Josh Heupel2022

Selected

2022 Tennessee

Best seasonBiggest improvement

11-2 • SRS 19.9 • SP Overall 25.2

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+11.9

SP Off / Def

47.3 / 22.6

Finish

#6

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

Tennessee

2021-20255 seasons

Avg SRS 12.6 • Win % 71.2%

UCF

2018-20203 seasons

Avg SRS 14.1 • Win % 77.8%

Longest Tenure

Tennessee • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

UCF • 14.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

UCF • 77.8%

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.

Josh Heupel sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Josh Heupel sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Josh Heupel

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Raw avg SP Overall: 18.8

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Impact by School

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

Tennessee

2021-202537-15

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

Avg SRS 12.6Win % 71.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.4 during vs 5.4 baseline

+2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.6 during vs 1.4 baseline

+11.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.2 during vs 6.9 baseline

+12.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

60.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+40.0%

UCF

2018-202028-8

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

Avg SRS 14.1Win % 77.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.3 during vs 8.0 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.1 during vs 1.5 baseline

+12.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

17.8 during vs 2.9 baseline

+14.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline

-6.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Tennessee 2022

11-2SRS 19.9

Biggest Improvement

Tennessee 2022

11-211.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Tennessee 2022

11-2SP Off 47.3

Best Defensive Season

Tennessee 2024

10-3SP Def 13.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Tennessee 2021

7-6SRS 8.0

Biggest Drop

Tennessee 2023

9-4-10.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Tennessee2025000011.715.039.325.4-2.6
Tennessee202413103076.9%#15#914.322.033.713.5+5.2+7.7%
Tennessee20231394069.2%#12#179.116.234.919.2-10.8-15.4%
Tennessee202213112084.6%#619.925.247.322.6+11.9+30.8%
Tennessee20211376053.8%8.017.539.423.8-6.2%
UCF20201064060.0%#21-16.9%
UCF201913103076.9%#17#2413.319.137.318.1-1.6-15.4%
UCF201813121092.3%#2114.916.539.925.2

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