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Bill OBrien

2012-2025 • Boston College, Penn State

2 schools coached, anchored by Penn State.

Bill OBrien coached 4 seasons, won 59.5%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 2012 Penn State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

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Career Record

22-15

Career Win %

59.5%

Seasons

Career Span

14 years

Average SRS

3.0

Peak SRS

8.3

Best Finish

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Consistency

72.2

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.

Bill OBrien

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Bill OBrien: 2024 Boston College

2012Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 8.32025

Active comparison point

Bill OBrien • 2012

Selected

2012 Penn State

Best season

8-4 • SRS 8.3 • SP Overall 14.1

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

32.7 / 17.0

Finish

Unranked

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

Boston College

2024-2025 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS 0.3 • Win % 53.8%

Penn State

2012-2013 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 62.5%

Longest Tenure

Boston College • 2 seasons

Best Tenure

Penn State • 5.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Penn State • 62.5%

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.

Bill OBrien sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill OBrien sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill OBrien

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 3.9

70th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Boston College

2024-2025 • 7-6

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

Avg SRS 0.3Win % 53.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.5 during vs 5.6 baseline

-2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.3 during vs -4.3 baseline

+4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.6 during vs -6.4 baseline

+2.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Penn State

2012-2013 • 15-9

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

Avg SRS 5.8Win % 62.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 9.2 baseline

-1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 11.1 baseline

-5.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.5 during vs 17.9 baseline

-6.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Penn State 2012

8-4 • SRS 8.3

Biggest Improvement

Boston College 2024

7-6 • 2.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Penn State 2012

8-4 • SP Off 32.7

Best Defensive Season

Penn State 2012

8-4 • SP Def 17.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Boston College 2025

0-0 • SRS -5.4

Biggest Drop

Boston College 2025

0-0 • -11.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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


Boston College	2025	0	0	0	—	—	—	-5.4	-8.5	23.3	33.1	-11.5	—
Boston College	2024	13	7	6	53.8%	—	—	6.1	1.2	28.0	24.7	+2.9	-4.5%
Penn State	2013	12	7	5	58.3%	—	—	3.2	8.9	31.6	21.6	-5.1	-8.3%
Penn State	2012	12	8	4	66.7%	—	—	8.3	14.1	32.7	17.0	—	—