1944-1965 • Brown, Penn State
2 schools coached, anchored by Penn State.
Rip Engle coached 22 seasons, won 65.4%, and posted an average SRS of 6.2. Best season: 1960 Penn State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
132-68-8
Career Win %
65.4%
Seasons
22
Career Span
22 years
Average SRS
6.2
Peak SRS
17.7
Best Finish
#9
Consistency
28.5
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
7-3 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
70.0%
YoY SRS
+4.0
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#16
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.
Penn State
1950-1965 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 9.7 • Win % 68.0%
Brown
1944-1949 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -3.4 • Win % 57.7%
Longest Tenure
Penn State • 16 seasons
Best Tenure
Penn State • 9.7 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Penn State • 68.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rip Engle
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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Insufficient sample
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1950-1965 • 104-48-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 6.4 baseline
+0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 9.7 baseline
+0.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
31.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-8.8%
1944-1949 • 28-20-4
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Penn State 1960
7-3 • SRS 17.7
Biggest Improvement
Penn State 1956
6-2-1 • 14.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Brown 1946
3-5-1 • SRS -9.9
Biggest Drop
Penn State 1955
5-4 • -12.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Penn State | 1965 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | -2.0 | -10.0% |
| Penn State | 1964 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 13.9 | — | — | — | +1.5 | -10.0% |
| Penn State | 1963 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 12.4 | — | — | — | -4.9 | -11.8% |
| Penn State | 1962 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #9 | #9 | 17.3 | — | — | — | +2.0 | +9.1% |
| Penn State | 1961 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #7 | #17 | 15.3 | — | — | — | -2.4 | +2.7% |
| Penn State | 1960 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #19 | #16 | 17.7 | — | — | — | +4.0 | -11.8% |
| Penn State | 1959 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #12 | 13.7 | — | — | — | +2.4 | +16.8% |
| Penn State | 1958 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | +7.0 | -1.7% |
| Penn State | 1957 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | #16 | — | 4.3 | — | — | — | -8.6 | -5.6% |
| Penn State | 1956 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | +14.5 | +16.7% |
| Penn State | 1955 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -1.6 | — | — | — | -12.5 | -22.2% |
| Penn State | 1954 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #20 | 10.9 | — | — | — | +0.9 | +11.1% |
| Penn State | 1953 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 10.0 | — | — | — | +2.3 | -8.3% |
| Penn State | 1952 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 7.7 | — | — | — | +6.5 | +19.4% |
| Penn State | 1951 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 1.2 | — | — | — | +4.5 | -5.6% |
| Penn State | 1950 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -3.3 | — | — | — | -1.1 | -27.8% |
| Brown | 1949 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | -2.2 | — | — | — | -7.7 | +11.1% |
| Brown | 1948 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 5.5 | — | — | — | +10.3 | +27.8% |
| Brown | 1947 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -4.8 | — | — | — | +5.1 | +11.1% |
| Brown | 1946 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | -9.9 | — | — | — | -5.1 | -4.9% |
| Brown | 1945 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | -4.8 | — | — | — | -0.8 | 0.0% |
| Brown | 1944 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | -4.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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