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Fred Taylor

1967-1970TCU

One defining stop at TCU.

Fred Taylor coached 4 seasons, won 37.8%, and posted an average SRS of 3.3. Best season: 1968 TCU. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

15-25-1

Career Win %

37.8%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

3.3

Peak SRS

5.9

Best Finish

Consistency

87.0

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.

Fred Taylor
EliteStrongAverageLean
1967Actual season year • SRS range -3.0 to 5.91970

Active comparison point

Fred Taylor1968

Selected

1968 TCU

Best seasonBiggest improvement

3-7 • SRS 5.9 • SP Overall

Win %

30.0%

YoY SRS

+8.9

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

TCU

1967-19704 seasons

Avg SRS 3.3 • Win % 37.8%

Longest Tenure

TCU • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

TCU • 3.3 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

TCU • 37.8%

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.

Fred Taylor sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Fred Taylor sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Fred Taylor

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.7

48th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

TCU

1967-197015-25-1

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

Avg SRS 3.3Win % 37.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 4.4 baseline

-0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 5.9 baseline

-2.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.7 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

TCU 1968

3-7SRS 5.9

Biggest Improvement

TCU 1968

3-78.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

TCU 1970

4-6-1SP Off 24.0

Best Defensive Season

TCU 1970

4-6-1SP Def 26.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

TCU 1967

4-6SRS -3.0

Biggest Drop

TCU 1970

4-6-1-0.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

TCU19701146140.9%4.9-2.724.026.9-0.5+0.9%
TCU19691046040.0%5.4-0.5+10.0%
TCU19681037030.0%5.9+8.9-10.0%
TCU19671046040.0%-3.0

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