1995-2008 • Notre Dame, Stanford, Washington
3 schools coached, anchored by Stanford.
Tyrone Willingham coached 14 seasons, won 46.4%, and posted an average SRS of 3.8. Best season: 2002 Notre Dame. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
76-88-1
Career Win %
46.4%
Seasons
14
Career Span
14 years
Average SRS
3.8
Peak SRS
11.7
Best Finish
#16
Consistency
49.5
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
10-3 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 17.1
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+0.1
SP Off / Def
31.1 / 15.1
Finish
#17
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.
Washington
2005-2008 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -1.9 • Win % 22.9%
Notre Dame
2002-2004 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 58.3%
Stanford
1995-2001 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 5.3 • Win % 54.9%
Longest Tenure
Stanford • 7 seasons
Best Tenure
Notre Dame • 7.6 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Notre Dame • 58.3%
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.
Tyrone Willingham sets the reference point in overall strength.
Tyrone Willingham sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tyrone Willingham
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.8
75th pct
Strong
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2005-2008 • 11-37
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 6.6 baseline
-3.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.9 during vs 5.8 baseline
-7.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs 7.8 baseline
-11.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
2002-2004 • 21-15
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 9.2 baseline
-1.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.8 during vs 12.8 baseline
+1.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-6.7%
1995-2001 • 44-36-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 9.1 baseline
-3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 11.2 baseline
-3.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-25.7%
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 2002
10-3 • SRS 11.7
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1999
8-4 • 11.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Stanford 2001
9-3 • SP Off 44.5
Best Defensive Season
Notre Dame 2002
10-3 • SP Def 15.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Washington 2008
0-12 • SRS -14.9
Biggest Drop
Washington 2008
0-12 • -20.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Washington | 2008 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -14.9 | -21.3 | 17.4 | 36.3 | -20.3 | -30.8% |
| Washington | 2007 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.8% | — | — | 5.4 | 5.2 | 33.0 | 28.0 | +2.4 | -10.9% |
| Washington | 2006 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.0 | 0.3 | 23.3 | 24.1 | +3.9 | +23.5% |
| Washington | 2005 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -0.9 | 1.9 | 29.3 | 27.5 | -10.2 | -36.4% |
| Notre Dame | 2004 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 9.3 | 12.6 | 34.9 | 23.7 | +7.4 | +12.9% |
| Notre Dame | 2003 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #20 | — | 1.9 | 11.8 | 33.3 | 23.1 | -9.8 | -35.3% |
| Notre Dame | 2002 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #17 | 11.7 | 17.1 | 31.1 | 15.1 | +0.1 | +1.9% |
| Stanford | 2001 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #16 | 11.6 | 15.7 | 44.5 | 32.6 | +5.6 | +29.5% |
| Stanford | 2000 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.0 | 9.2 | 34.6 | 27.3 | -1.1 | -21.2% |
| Stanford | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 7.1 | 10.7 | 43.6 | 35.3 | +11.7 | +39.4% |
| Stanford | 1998 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -4.6 | -5.1 | 32.4 | 36.7 | -8.8 | -18.2% |
| Stanford | 1997 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #18 | — | 4.2 | 6.2 | 35.4 | 31.2 | -3.0 | -12.9% |
| Stanford | 1996 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 7.2 | 8.6 | 27.8 | 19.8 | +1.6 | -4.2% |
| Stanford | 1995 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 5.6 | 8.2 | 36.5 | 30.1 | — | — |
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