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Steve Sarkisian

2009-2025Texas, USC, Washington

3 schools coached, anchored by Texas.

Steve Sarkisian coached 11 seasons, won 61.8%, and posted an average SRS of 11.5. Best season: 2023 Texas. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

81-50

Career Win %

61.8%

Seasons

11

Career Span

17 years

Average SRS

11.5

Peak SRS

22.0

Best Finish

#3

Consistency

39.6

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.

Steve Sarkisian
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Steve Sarkisian: 2014 USCSteve Sarkisian: 2021 Texas
2009Actual season year • SRS range 2.9 to 22.02025

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Steve Sarkisian2023

Selected

2023 Texas

Best season

12-2 • SRS 22.0 • SP Overall 23.2

Win %

85.7%

YoY SRS

+4.9

SP Off / Def

39.3 / 17.7

Finish

#3

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

Texas

2021-20255 seasons

Avg SRS 15.0 • Win % 69.1%

USC

2014-20141 seasons

Avg SRS 16.6 • Win % 69.2%

Washington

2009-20135 seasons

Avg SRS 7.0 • Win % 54.0%

Longest Tenure

Texas • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

USC • 16.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

USC • 69.2%

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.

Steve Sarkisian sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Steve Sarkisian sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Steve Sarkisian

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Raw avg SP Overall: 13.3

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Impact by School

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

Texas

2021-202538-17

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

Avg SRS 15.0Win % 69.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 7.4 baseline

+0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.0 during vs 11.0 baseline

+4.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.0 during vs 10.8 baseline

+8.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

60.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

+20.0%

USC

2014-20149-4

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

Avg SRS 16.6Win % 69.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.0 during vs 7.5 baseline

+1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

16.6 during vs 13.3 baseline

+3.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

17.1 during vs 20.2 baseline

-3.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+40.0%

Washington

2009-201334-29

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

Avg SRS 7.0Win % 54.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 2.4 baseline

+4.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.0 during vs -2.7 baseline

+9.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.7 during vs -4.8 baseline

+11.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+20.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Texas 2023

12-2SRS 22.0

Biggest Improvement

Washington 2013

8-415.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Texas 2023

12-2SP Off 39.3

Best Defensive Season

Texas 2024

13-3SP Def 10.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Washington 2009

5-7SRS 2.9

Biggest Drop

Texas 2021

5-7-12.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Texas2025000012.616.232.917.9-6.8
Texas202416133081.3%#4#419.424.136.610.8-2.6-4.5%
Texas202314122085.7%#11#322.023.239.317.7+4.9+24.2%
Texas20221385061.5%#2517.123.138.115.6+13.2+19.9%
Texas20211257041.7%#213.98.534.628.4-12.7-27.6%
USC20141394069.2%#15#2016.617.138.822.5-3.2+2.6%
Washington20131284066.7%#2519.820.537.618.3+15.8+12.8%
Washington20121376053.8%4.06.127.720.0+0.60.0%
Washington20111376053.8%3.43.936.434.4-1.70.0%
Washington20101376053.8%5.13.229.226.0+2.2+12.2%
Washington20091257041.7%2.9-0.229.930.5

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