1900-1902 • Penn State
One defining stop at Penn State.
Pop Golden coached 3 seasons, won 56.9%, and posted an average SRS of 1.2. Best season: 1902 Penn State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
16-12-1
Career Win %
56.9%
Seasons
3
Career Span
3 years
Average SRS
1.2
Peak SRS
13.5
Best Finish
—
Consistency
15.8
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 13.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
70.0%
YoY SRS
+13.5
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.
Penn State
1900-1902 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 1.2 • Win % 56.9%
Longest Tenure
Penn State • 3 seasons
Best Tenure
Penn State • 1.2 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Penn State • 56.9%
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.
Pop Golden
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.
1900-1902 • 16-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.2 during vs -0.7 baseline
+1.9
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
Penn State 1902
7-3 • SRS 13.5
Biggest Improvement
Penn State 1902
7-3 • 13.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Penn State 1900
4-6-1 • SRS -9.8
Biggest Drop
Penn State 1901
5-3 • 9.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Penn State | 1902 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 13.5 | — | — | — | +13.5 | +7.5% |
| Penn State | 1901 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | +9.8 | +21.6% |
| Penn State | 1900 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -9.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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