2003-2018 • Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky
3 schools coached, anchored by Louisville.
Bobby Petrino coached 14 seasons, won 68.0%, and posted an average SRS of 10.0. Best season: 2004 Louisville. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
119-56
Career Win %
68.0%
Seasons
14
Career Span
16 years
Average SRS
10.0
Peak SRS
22.3
Best Finish
#5
Consistency
9.2
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 22.3 • SP Overall 24.0
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+22.2
SP Off / Def
50.7 / 32.1
Finish
#6
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.
Western Kentucky
2013-2018 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -10.4 • Win % 45.5%
Louisville
2003-2017 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 13.8 • Win % 73.5%
Arkansas
2008-2011 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 12.6 • Win % 66.7%
Longest Tenure
Louisville • 8 seasons
Best Tenure
Louisville • 13.8 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Louisville • 73.5%
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.
Bobby Petrino sets the reference point in overall strength.
Bobby Petrino sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bobby Petrino
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 13.9
93th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2013-2018 • 10-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 3.6 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.4 during vs -14.8 baseline
+4.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.6 during vs -19.7 baseline
+10.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
2003-2017 • 75-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 8.2 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.8 during vs 4.3 baseline
+9.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.1 during vs 8.0 baseline
+10.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
62.5% during vs 20.0% baseline
+42.5%
2008-2011 • 34-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 7.2 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.6 during vs 10.8 baseline
+1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.4 during vs 17.1 baseline
+0.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+30.0%
High Points
Best Season
Louisville 2004
11-1 • SRS 22.3
Biggest Improvement
Louisville 2004
11-1 • 22.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Louisville 2004
11-1 • SP Off 50.7
Best Defensive Season
Louisville 2006
12-1 • SP Def 14.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Western Kentucky 2018
2-8 • SRS -15.2
Biggest Drop
Western Kentucky 2018
2-8 • -28.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Western Kentucky | 2018 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -15.2 | -16.1 | 17.9 | 31.8 | -28.5 | -41.5% |
| Louisville | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #16 | — | 13.3 | 19.2 | 43.3 | 24.9 | -4.0 | -7.7% |
| Louisville | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #19 | #21 | 17.3 | 22.9 | 40.8 | 17.7 | +9.0 | +7.7% |
| Louisville | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.3 | 13.2 | 33.4 | 20.0 | -3.3 | -7.7% |
| Louisville | 2014 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #24 | 11.6 | 17.0 | 34.0 | 16.7 | +17.2 | +2.6% |
| Western Kentucky | 2013 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -5.6 | -3.1 | 30.5 | 33.5 | -21.7 | -17.9% |
| Arkansas | 2011 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #15 | #5 | 16.1 | 21.6 | 39.5 | 19.9 | -2.7 | +7.7% |
| Arkansas | 2010 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #17 | #12 | 18.8 | 27.1 | 44.8 | 19.3 | +2.3 | +15.4% |
| Arkansas | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 16.5 | 16.0 | 38.0 | 21.1 | +17.4 | +19.9% |
| Arkansas | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.9 | 4.8 | 32.3 | 25.8 | -22.3 | -50.6% |
| Louisville | 2006 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #13 | #6 | 21.4 | 27.3 | 41.3 | 14.4 | +5.7 | +17.3% |
| Louisville | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #12 | #19 | 15.7 | 20.3 | 41.5 | 21.2 | -6.6 | -16.7% |
| Louisville | 2004 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #6 | 22.3 | 24.0 | 50.7 | 32.1 | +22.2 | +22.4% |
| Louisville | 2003 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 0.1 | 0.5 | 38.7 | 37.4 | — | — |
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