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Ken Hatfield

1979-2005Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice

4 schools coached, anchored by Rice.

Ken Hatfield coached 27 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of 0.0. Best season: 1990 Clemson. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

168-140-4

Career Win %

54.5%

Seasons

27

Career Span

27 years

Average SRS

0.0

Peak SRS

19.4

Best Finish

#9

Consistency

12.0

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.

Ken Hatfield
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Ken Hatfield: 1984 ArkansasKen Hatfield: 1990 ClemsonKen Hatfield: 1994 Rice
1979Actual season year • SRS range -18.9 to 19.42005

Active comparison point

Ken Hatfield1990

Selected

1990 Clemson

Best seasonNew stop: Clemson

10-2 • SRS 19.4 • SP Overall 21.6

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+3.2

SP Off / Def

31.4 / 10.9

Finish

#9

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

Rice

1994-200512 seasons

Avg SRS -7.3 • Win % 41.4%

Clemson

1990-19934 seasons

Avg SRS 8.4 • Win % 70.7%

Arkansas

1984-19896 seasons

Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 76.0%

Air Force

1979-19835 seasons

Avg SRS -3.6 • Win % 44.9%

Longest Tenure

Rice • 12 seasons

Best Tenure

Arkansas • 12.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Arkansas • 76.0%

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.

Ken Hatfield sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ken Hatfield sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ken Hatfield

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.4

58th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Rice

1994-200555-78-1

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

Avg SRS -7.3Win % 41.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 4.6 baseline

-0.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.3 during vs -2.6 baseline

-4.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-7.5 during vs -6.6 baseline

-0.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Clemson

1990-199332-13-1

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

Avg SRS 8.4Win % 70.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 8.8 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.4 during vs 15.1 baseline

-6.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

9.7 during vs 16.2 baseline

-6.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-5.0%

Arkansas

1984-198955-17-1

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

Avg SRS 12.0Win % 76.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.2 during vs 8.0 baseline

+1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 11.7 baseline

+0.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.1 during vs 13.4 baseline

+2.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 40.0% baseline

+26.7%

Air Force

1979-198326-32-1

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

Avg SRS -3.6Win % 44.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 2.6 baseline

+2.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.6 during vs -8.4 baseline

+4.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.9 during vs -16.0 baseline

+9.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Clemson 1990

10-2SRS 19.4

Biggest Improvement

Rice 1996

7-412.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arkansas 1989

10-2SP Off 39.4

Best Defensive Season

Clemson 1990

10-2SP Def 10.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Rice 2005

1-10SRS -18.9

Biggest Drop

Clemson 1991

9-2-1-8.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Rice20051111009.1%-18.9-21.620.041.7-6.9-18.2%
Rice20041138027.3%-12.0-13.030.740.2-1.8-14.4%
Rice20031257041.7%-10.2-14.530.741.2+3.4+5.3%
Rice20021147036.4%-13.6-16.922.737.3-5.1-30.3%
Rice20011284066.7%-8.5-12.029.238.2+0.4+39.4%
Rice20001138027.3%-8.9-7.428.034.3-3.6-18.2%
Rice19991156045.5%-5.3-2.426.629.0-4.90.0%
Rice19981156045.5%-0.42.628.526.6+1.9-18.2%
Rice19971174063.6%-2.30.833.233.1-6.20.0%
Rice19961174063.6%3.910.838.529.7+12.3+40.9%
Rice19951128122.7%-8.4-10.822.932.7-5.4-22.7%
Rice19941156045.5%-3.0-5.619.525.2-2.6-27.3%
Clemson19931183072.7%#23#23-0.4-1.018.819.8-4.6+27.3%
Clemson19921156045.5%#134.25.427.623.1-6.4-33.7%
Clemson19911292179.2%#9#1810.612.731.419.6-8.8-4.2%
Clemson199012102083.3%#10#919.421.631.410.9+3.20.0%
Arkansas198912102083.3%#10#1316.219.239.422.7+1.70.0%
Arkansas198812102083.3%#1214.519.735.918.0+6.9+14.1%
Arkansas19871394069.2%#127.69.428.519.8-1.9-5.8%
Arkansas19861293075.0%#19#159.515.232.017.7-3.7-8.3%
Arkansas198512102083.3%#15#1213.216.630.915.5+2.0+20.8%
Arkansas19841274162.5%11.216.328.813.4+3.2-20.8%
Air Force198312102083.3%#138.08.133.227.0+5.8+21.8%
Air Force19821385061.5%2.24.938.034.3+8.6+25.2%
Air Force19811147036.4%-6.4-9.019.027.4+1.5+15.5%
Air Force19801229120.8%-7.9-9.818.027.3+5.8+2.6%
Air Force19791129018.2%-13.7-28.66.533.9

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