1945-1982 • Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M
4 schools coached, anchored by Alabama.
Bear Bryant coached 38 seasons, won 78.0%, and posted an average SRS of 19.6. Best season: 1971 Alabama. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
323-85-17
Career Win %
78.0%
Seasons
38
Career Span
38 years
Average SRS
19.6
Peak SRS
33.0
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
32.2
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
11-1 • SRS 33.0 • SP Overall 37.0
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+15.6
SP Off / Def
42.1 / 6.5
Finish
#4
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.
Alabama
1958-1982 • 25 seasons
Avg SRS 22.4 • Win % 82.4%
Texas A&M
1954-1957 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 14.6 • Win % 63.4%
Kentucky
1946-1953 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 16.2 • Win % 71.0%
Maryland
1945-1945 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -2.7 • Win % 72.2%
Longest Tenure
Alabama • 25 seasons
Best Tenure
Alabama • 22.4 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Alabama • 82.4%
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.
Bear Bryant sets the reference point in overall strength.
Bear Bryant sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bear Bryant
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 28.3
100th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1958-1982 • 232-46-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.3 during vs 2.8 baseline
+6.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
22.4 during vs 2.1 baseline
+20.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
28.3 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
84.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
+4.0%
1954-1957 • 25-14-2
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 4.0 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.6 during vs 8.9 baseline
+5.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
75.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+75.0%
1946-1953 • 60-23-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 3.3 baseline
+4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
16.2 during vs -1.2 baseline
+17.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
62.5% during vs 0.0% baseline
+62.5%
1945-1945 • 6-2-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 3.4 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.7 during vs -17.2 baseline
+14.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Alabama 1971
11-1 • SRS 33.0
Biggest Improvement
Kentucky 1946
7-3 • 17.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Alabama 1973
11-1 • SP Off 44.6
Best Defensive Season
Alabama 1971
11-1 • SP Def 6.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Maryland 1945
6-2-1 • SRS -2.7
Biggest Drop
Texas A&M 1954
1-9 • -13.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Alabama | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #3 | — | 18.6 | 20.4 | 37.8 | 18.4 | +0.6 | -12.5% |
| Alabama | 1981 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #4 | #7 | 18.0 | 20.2 | 32.0 | 12.1 | -8.8 | -4.2% |
| Alabama | 1980 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #2 | #6 | 26.8 | 28.7 | 36.2 | 7.7 | +0.4 | -16.7% |
| Alabama | 1979 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #2 | #1 | 26.4 | 27.3 | 35.6 | 8.6 | +0.1 | +8.3% |
| Alabama | 1978 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #1 | #1 | 26.3 | 33.9 | 42.0 | 8.2 | -2.2 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | 1977 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #6 | #2 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 41.3 | 9.3 | +7.1 | +16.7% |
| Alabama | 1976 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #6 | #11 | 21.4 | 26.0 | 35.7 | 10.7 | -5.2 | -16.7% |
| Alabama | 1975 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #2 | #3 | 26.6 | 28.8 | 36.2 | 7.2 | +0.8 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | 1974 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #4 | #5 | 25.8 | 29.5 | 35.7 | 6.6 | -5.7 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | 1973 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #6 | #4 | 31.5 | 32.6 | 44.6 | 13.1 | +0.4 | +8.3% |
| Alabama | 1972 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #7 | #7 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 43.0 | 11.6 | -1.9 | -8.3% |
| Alabama | 1971 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #16 | #4 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 42.1 | 6.5 | +15.6 | +37.5% |
| Alabama | 1970 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 54.2% | #16 | — | 17.4 | 19.7 | 39.2 | 21.3 | +4.9 | -0.4% |
| Alabama | 1969 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #13 | — | 12.5 | — | — | — | -1.3 | -18.2% |
| Alabama | 1968 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #10 | #17 | 13.8 | — | — | — | -1.7 | -4.5% |
| Alabama | 1967 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | #2 | #8 | 15.5 | — | — | — | -13.0 | -22.7% |
| Alabama | 1966 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #1 | #3 | 28.5 | — | — | — | +4.0 | +13.6% |
| Alabama | 1965 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #5 | #1 | 24.5 | — | — | — | +3.2 | -4.5% |
| Alabama | 1964 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #6 | #1 | 21.3 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +9.1% |
| Alabama | 1963 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #3 | #8 | 20.0 | — | — | — | -9.0 | -9.1% |
| Alabama | 1962 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #3 | #5 | 29.0 | — | — | — | +1.4 | -9.1% |
| Alabama | 1961 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #3 | #1 | 27.6 | — | — | — | +11.8 | +18.2% |
| Alabama | 1960 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 81.8% | — | #9 | 15.8 | — | — | — | +4.8 | +9.1% |
| Alabama | 1959 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 72.7% | — | #10 | 11.0 | — | — | — | +0.7 | +17.7% |
| Alabama | 1958 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 10.3 | — | — | — | -6.7 | -17.7% |
| Texas A&M | 1957 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #2 | #9 | 17.0 | — | — | — | -4.0 | -22.3% |
| Texas A&M | 1956 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | #9 | #5 | 21.0 | — | — | — | +3.1 | +20.0% |
| Texas A&M | 1955 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #17 | 17.9 | — | — | — | +15.4 | +65.0% |
| Texas A&M | 1954 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | 2.5 | — | — | — | -13.3 | -65.0% |
| Kentucky | 1953 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #16 | 15.8 | — | — | — | +7.5 | +20.4% |
| Kentucky | 1952 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 54.5% | — | #20 | 8.3 | — | — | — | -12.3 | -12.1% |
| Kentucky | 1951 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #6 | #15 | 20.6 | — | — | — | -4.2 | -25.0% |
| Kentucky | 1950 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #13 | #7 | 24.8 | — | — | — | +6.1 | +16.7% |
| Kentucky | 1949 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #11 | 18.7 | — | — | — | +6.8 | +15.0% |
| Kentucky | 1948 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | -2.7 | -12.7% |
| Kentucky | 1947 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 14.6 | — | — | — | -0.3 | +2.7% |
| Kentucky | 1946 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 14.9 | — | — | — | +17.6 | -2.2% |
| Maryland | 1945 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | -2.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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