2008-2020 • Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas A&M.
Kevin Sumlin coached 13 seasons, won 60.1%, and posted an average SRS of 8.0. Best season: 2012 Texas A&M. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
95-63
Career Win %
60.1%
Seasons
13
Career Span
13 years
Average SRS
8.0
Peak SRS
28.7
Best Finish
#5
Consistency
17.8
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
11-2 • SRS 28.7 • SP Overall 28.8
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+13.5
SP Off / Def
44.7 / 16.0
Finish
#5
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.
Arizona
2018-2020 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 31.0%
Texas A&M
2012-2017 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 66.2%
Houston
2008-2011 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 4.9 • Win % 67.3%
Longest Tenure
Texas A&M • 6 seasons
Best Tenure
Texas A&M • 14.0 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Houston • 67.3%
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.
Kevin Sumlin sets the reference point in overall strength.
Kevin Sumlin sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Kevin Sumlin
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 10.0
85th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2018-2020 • 9-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
-4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.1 during vs 4.6 baseline
-8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.2 during vs 5.2 baseline
-7.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
2012-2017 • 51-26
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 5.9 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.0 during vs 6.4 baseline
+7.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.5 during vs 9.2 baseline
+8.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
2008-2011 • 35-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 6.8 baseline
+1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.9 during vs -4.1 baseline
+9.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.0 during vs -2.6 baseline
+7.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
High Points
Best Season
Texas A&M 2012
11-2 • SRS 28.7
Biggest Improvement
Houston 2011
12-1 • 17.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas A&M 2013
9-4 • SP Off 50.5
Best Defensive Season
Texas A&M 2012
11-2 • SP Def 16.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Arizona 2019
4-8 • SRS -5.4
Biggest Drop
Texas A&M 2013
9-4 • -13.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arizona | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -33.3% |
| Arizona | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -5.4 | -8.0 | 30.1 | 36.1 | -2.6 | -8.3% |
| Arizona | 2018 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.8 | 3.6 | 32.3 | 29.0 | -8.2 | -16.7% |
| Texas A&M | 2017 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.4 | 9.4 | 33.1 | 25.2 | -6.1 | -3.2% |
| Texas A&M | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.5 | 12.0 | 37.2 | 26.1 | +0.2 | 0.0% |
| Texas A&M | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.3 | 14.1 | 31.9 | 18.8 | -0.3 | 0.0% |
| Texas A&M | 2014 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #21 | — | 11.6 | 20.2 | 43.6 | 26.3 | -3.9 | -7.7% |
| Texas A&M | 2013 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #7 | #18 | 15.5 | 20.4 | 50.5 | 31.3 | -13.2 | -15.4% |
| Texas A&M | 2012 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #5 | 28.7 | 28.8 | 44.7 | 16.0 | +13.5 | -7.7% |
| Houston | 2011 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #18 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 40.3 | 26.5 | +17.9 | +50.6% |
| Houston | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.7 | -4.7 | 30.5 | 35.7 | -7.3 | -29.8% |
| Houston | 2009 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 4.6 | 4.0 | 37.8 | 33.8 | +2.0 | +9.9% |
| Houston | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 6.4 | 39.2 | 31.5 | — | — |
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