1925-1950 • Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Tulane
4 schools coached, anchored by Minnesota.
Bernie Bierman coached 24 seasons, won 71.0%, and posted an average SRS of 13.9. Best season: 1934 Minnesota. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
144-56-9
Career Win %
71.0%
Seasons
24
Career Span
26 years
Average SRS
13.9
Peak SRS
27.8
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
15.3
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
8-0 • SRS 27.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+12.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
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.
Minnesota
1932-1950 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 17.0 • Win % 71.6%
Iowa Pre-Flight
1942-1942 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 15.7 • Win % 70.0%
Tulane
1927-1931 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 10.1 • Win % 77.1%
Mississippi State
1925-1926 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.4 • Win % 50.0%
Longest Tenure
Minnesota • 16 seasons
Best Tenure
Minnesota • 17.0 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Tulane • 77.1%
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.
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Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bernie Bierman
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Raw avg SP Overall: —
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See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1932-1950 • 93-35-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 5.6 baseline
+0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.0 during vs 12.9 baseline
+4.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
43.8% during vs 0.0% baseline
+43.8%
1942-1942 • 7-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
1927-1931 • 36-10-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 6.0 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.1 during vs 0.9 baseline
+9.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1925-1926 • 8-8-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 4.4 baseline
-0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.4 during vs -10.1 baseline
+7.7
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
Minnesota 1934
8-0 • SRS 27.8
Biggest Improvement
Minnesota 1940
8-0 • 15.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Tulane 1927
2-5-1 • SRS -5.5
Biggest Drop
Minnesota 1950
1-7-1 • -25.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Minnesota | 1950 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16.7% | #18 | — | 0.9 | — | — | — | -25.0 | -61.1% |
| Minnesota | 1949 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #8 | 25.9 | — | — | — | +8.5 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 1948 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #16 | 17.4 | — | — | — | +3.1 | +11.1% |
| Minnesota | 1947 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 14.3 | — | — | — | +4.3 | +11.1% |
| Minnesota | 1946 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 10.0 | — | — | — | -0.8 | +11.1% |
| Minnesota | 1945 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | -4.9 | -25.6% |
| Iowa Pre-Flight | 1942 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 15.7 | — | — | — | -8.1 | -30.0% |
| Minnesota | 1941 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #1 | 23.8 | — | — | — | -1.3 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 1940 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #1 | 25.1 | — | — | — | +15.9 | +56.3% |
| Minnesota | 1939 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | -6.1 | -31.3% |
| Minnesota | 1938 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #10 | 15.3 | — | — | — | +2.0 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 1937 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #5 | 13.3 | — | — | — | -12.9 | -12.5% |
| Minnesota | 1936 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | #1 | 26.2 | — | — | — | +2.6 | -12.5% |
| Minnesota | 1935 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 23.6 | — | — | — | -4.2 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 1934 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 27.8 | — | — | — | +12.4 | +25.0% |
| Minnesota | 1933 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 75.0% | — | — | 15.4 | — | — | — | +1.8 | +12.5% |
| Minnesota | 1932 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 13.6 | — | — | — | -12.1 | -29.2% |
| Tulane | 1931 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | — | 25.7 | — | — | — | +9.5 | +2.8% |
| Tulane | 1930 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 16.2 | — | — | — | +5.1 | -11.1% |
| Tulane | 1929 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | +8.2 | +35.0% |
| Tulane | 1928 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | +8.4 | +33.8% |
| Tulane | 1927 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 31.3% | — | — | -5.5 | — | — | — | -2.4 | -24.3% |
| Mississippi State | 1926 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -3.1 | — | — | — | -1.4 | +11.8% |
| Mississippi State | 1925 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | -1.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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