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Pop Warner

1897-1938Carlisle, Cornell, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple

5 schools coached, anchored by Carlisle.

Pop Warner coached 42 seasons, won 73.3%, and posted an average SRS of 16.3. Best season: 1916 Pittsburgh. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 5 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

311-103-32

Career Win %

73.3%

Seasons

42

Career Span

42 years

Average SRS

16.3

Peak SRS

41.4

Best Finish

Consistency

11.6

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.

Pop Warner
EliteStrongAverageLean
Pop Warner: 1899 CarlislePop Warner: 1904 CornellPop Warner: 1907 CarlislePop Warner: 1915 PittsburghPop Warner: 1924 StanfordPop Warner: 1933 Temple
1897Actual season year • SRS range -5.9 to 41.41938

Active comparison point

Pop Warner1916

Selected

1916 Pittsburgh

Best season

8-0 • SRS 41.4 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+10.0

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

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

Temple

1933-19386 seasons

Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 61.2%

Stanford

1924-19329 seasons

Avg SRS 19.7 • Win % 78.1%

Pittsburgh

1915-19239 seasons

Avg SRS 25.9 • Win % 81.6%

Carlisle

1899-191413 seasons

Avg SRS 14.5 • Win % 71.3%

Cornell

1897-19065 seasons

Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 72.1%

Longest Tenure

Carlisle • 13 seasons

Best Tenure

Pittsburgh • 25.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Pittsburgh • 81.6%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pop Warner

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Impact by School

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

Temple

1933-193831-18-9

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 5.8Win % 61.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 6.7 baseline

-1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 0.4 baseline

+5.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Stanford

1924-193271-17-8

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

Avg SRS 19.7Win % 78.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.9 during vs 4.6 baseline

+3.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

19.7 during vs 8.5 baseline

+11.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Pittsburgh

1915-192360-12-4

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

Avg SRS 25.9Win % 81.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.7 during vs 6.0 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

25.9 during vs 10.7 baseline

+15.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Carlisle

1899-1914113-43-8

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 14.5Win % 71.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Cornell

1897-190636-13-3

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 12.0Win % 72.1%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Pittsburgh 1916

8-0SRS 41.4

Biggest Improvement

Pittsburgh 1915

8-027.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Carlisle 1901

5-7-1SRS -5.9

Biggest Drop

Carlisle 1914

5-10-1-23.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Temple19381036135.0%0.4-1.6-20.6%
Temple1937932455.6%2.0-2.4-8.1%
Temple19361163263.6%4.4-5.5-6.4%
Temple19351073070.0%9.9-8.5-10.0%
Temple19341071280.0%18.4+18.5+17.5%
Temple1933853062.5%-0.1-17.1+3.4%
Stanford19321164159.1%17.0-3.9-13.6%
Stanford19311172272.7%20.9+12.7-13.6%
Stanford19301191186.4%8.2-16.9+4.5%
Stanford19291192081.8%25.1-0.3+11.0%
Stanford19281283170.8%25.4+6.5-6.4%
Stanford19271182177.3%18.9-4.3-18.2%
Stanford192611100195.5%23.2+1.3+17.7%
Stanford1925972077.8%21.9+5.0-5.6%
Stanford1924971183.3%16.9+1.9+27.8%
Pittsburgh1923954055.6%15.0-2.8-24.4%
Pittsburgh19221082080.0%17.8-5.6+18.9%
Pittsburgh1921953161.1%23.4+3.6-26.4%
Pittsburgh1920860287.5%19.8-2.4+15.3%
Pittsburgh1919962172.2%22.2-7.8%
Pittsburgh1918541080.0%-20.0%
Pittsburgh1917101000100.0%36.4-5.00.0%
Pittsburgh19168800100.0%41.4+10.00.0%
Pittsburgh19158800100.0%31.4+27.1+65.6%
Carlisle191416510134.4%4.3-23.8-53.1%
Carlisle191312101187.5%28.1+2.7-1.8%
Carlisle191214121189.3%25.4-1.3-2.4%
Carlisle191112111091.7%26.7+16.4+34.5%
Carlisle19101486057.1%10.3-3.0-13.7%
Carlisle19091283170.8%13.3-6.5-9.9%
Carlisle190813102180.8%19.8-3.3-10.1%
Carlisle190711101090.9%23.1+1.6+9.1%
Cornell19061181281.8%21.5+24.0+21.8%
Cornell19051064060.0%-2.5-14.5-10.0%
Cornell19041073070.0%12.0-9.3-12.1%
Carlisle190314112182.1%21.3+13.1+9.4%
Carlisle19021183072.7%8.2+14.1+30.4%
Carlisle19011357142.3%-5.9-7.0-16.8%
Carlisle19001164159.1%1.1-11.8-22.7%
Carlisle18991192081.8%12.9-2.4-1.5%
Cornell189812102083.3%15.3+1.7+22.2%
Cornell1897953161.1%13.6

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