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Dick Tomey

1977-2009 • Arizona, Hawai'i, San José State

3 schools coached, anchored by Arizona.

Dick Tomey coached 29 seasons, won 55.7%, and posted an average SRS of 1.5. Best season: 1993 Arizona. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
183-145-7
Career win rate
55.7%
Average SRS
1.5
Peak SRS
17.4

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
29
Career span
33 years
Best finish
#4
Consistency
15.1

Primary school anchor

Arizona

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 78.9.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Dick Tomey
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dick Tomey: 1987 ArizonaDick Tomey: 2005 San José State
1977Actual season year • SRS range -21.2 to 17.42009

Active comparison point

Dick Tomey • 1993

Selected

1993 Arizona

Best season

10-2 • SRS 17.4 • SP Overall 18.2

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+3.0

SP Off / Def

30.8 / 14.0

Finish

#10

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

18-47

Games
65
Win rate
27.7%

Top 10

3-23

Games
26
Win rate
11.5%

Top 5

1-12

Games
13
Win rate
7.7%
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2009 Regular Week 9San José StateBoise State#6L7-45
2009 Regular Week 2San José StateUtah#17L14-24
2008 Regular Week 9San José StateBoise State#13L16-33
2007 Regular Week 10San José StateBoise State#21L7-42
2007 Regular Week 7San José StateHawai'i#16L35-42
2006 Regular Week 11San José StateBoise State#14L20-23
2005 Regular Week 10San José StateFresno State#21L7-45
2000 Regular Week 12ArizonaOregon State#10L9-33
2000 Regular Week 11ArizonaWashington#8L32-35
2000 Regular Week 9ArizonaOregon#7L10-14
2000 Regular Week 7ArizonaUSC#18W31-15
2000 Regular Week 3ArizonaOhio State#18L17-27
1999 Regular Week 7ArizonaUSC#22W31-24
1998 Regular Week 10ArizonaOregon#21W38-3
1998 Regular Week 7ArizonaUCLA#2L28-52
1998 Postseason Week 1ArizonaNebraska#19W23-20
1997 Regular Week 15ArizonaArizona State#12W28-16
1997 Regular Week 10ArizonaWashington State#10L34-35
1997 Regular Week 9ArizonaWashington#10L28-58
1997 Regular Week 8ArizonaStanford#16W28-22
1997 Regular Week 6ArizonaUCLA#24L27-40
1997 Regular Week 5ArizonaOhio State#9L20-28
1996 Regular Week 14ArizonaArizona State#4L14-56
1996 Regular Week 5ArizonaWashington#24L17-31
1996 Regular Week 3ArizonaIowa#22L20-21
1995 Regular Week 12ArizonaOregon#17L13-17
1995 Regular Week 9ArizonaWashington#20L17-31
1995 Regular Week 5ArizonaUSC#5L10-31
1994 Regular Week 12ArizonaUSC#17L28-45
1994 Regular Week 8ArizonaWashington State#20W10-7
1994 Regular Week 7ArizonaColorado State#23L16-21
1994 Postseason Week 1ArizonaUtah#10L13-16
1993 Regular Week 10ArizonaUCLA#15L17-37
1993 Regular Week 9ArizonaWashington State#25W9-6
1993 Postseason Week 1ArizonaMiami#15W29-0
1992 Regular Week 12ArizonaUSC#18L7-14
1992 Regular Week 11ArizonaWashington#1W16-3
1992 Regular Week 8ArizonaStanford#8W21-6
1992 Regular Week 6ArizonaUCLA#11W23-3
1992 Regular Week 5ArizonaMiami#1L7-8
1991 Regular Week 9ArizonaMiami#2L9-36
1991 Regular Week 6ArizonaWashington#3L0-54
1991 Regular Week 4ArizonaCalifornia#24L21-23
1991 Regular Week 2ArizonaOhio State#22L14-38
1990 Regular Week 11ArizonaWashington#2L10-54
1990 Regular Week 9ArizonaUSC#21W35-26
1990 Regular Week 3ArizonaIllinois#21W28-16
1989 Regular Week 11ArizonaUSC#9L3-24
1989 Regular Week 8ArizonaWashington State#15W23-21
1989 Regular Week 7ArizonaUCLA#22W42-7
1989 Regular Week 4ArizonaWashington#11W20-17
1989 Regular Week 3ArizonaOklahoma#6W6-3
1988 Regular Week 9ArizonaUCLA#1L3-24
1988 Regular Week 6ArizonaUSC#3L15-38
1988 Regular Week 4ArizonaOklahoma#4L10-28
1987 Regular Week 5ArizonaUCLA#11L24-34
1985 Regular Week 15Hawai'iBYU#9L6-26
1985 Regular Week 13Hawai'iAir Force#13L20-27
1984 Regular Week 5Hawai'iBYU#8L13-18
1983 Regular Week 15Hawai'iOklahoma#20L17-21
1982 Regular Week 14Hawai'iNebraska#3L16-37
1980 Regular Week 9Hawai'iBYU#17L7-34
1979 Regular Week 6Hawai'iBYU#16L15-38
1978 Regular Week 14Hawai'iUSC#3L5-21
1978 Regular Week 3Hawai'iNebraska#12L10-56

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

San José State

2005-2009 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -13.7 • Win % 41.7%

Arizona

1987-2000 • 14 seasons

Avg SRS 8.0 • Win % 59.5%

Hawai'i

1977-1986 • 10 seasons

Avg SRS -0.1 • Win % 57.6%

Longest tenure
Arizona • 14 seasons
Best tenure
Arizona • 8.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arizona • 59.5%

Style and Strength Profile

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.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Dick Tomey sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dick Tomey sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dick Tomey

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
3.3
Percentile
68th pct

Above average

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

San José State

2005-2009 • 25-35

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -13.7Win % 41.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 4.2 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.7 during vs -12.9 baseline

-0.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-14.2 during vs -14.1 baseline

-0.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Arizona

1987-2000 • 95-64-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 8.0Win % 59.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 7.4 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 11.8 baseline

-3.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

10.1 during vs 13.9 baseline

-3.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

28.6% during vs 20.0% baseline

+8.6%

Hawai'i

1977-1986 • 63-46-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -0.1Win % 57.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 5.0 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.1 during vs -10.1 baseline

+10.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.5 during vs -7.0 baseline

+9.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arizona 1993

10-2 • SRS 17.4

Biggest Improvement

San José State 2006

9-4 • 17.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arizona 1998

12-1 • SP Off 39.0

Best Defensive Season

Arizona 1992

6-5-1 • SP Def 7.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

San José State 2009

2-10 • SRS -21.2

Biggest Drop

San José State 2005

3-8 • -29.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

San José State200912210016.7%——-21.2-25.213.537.7-11.6-33.3%
San José State20081266050.0%——-9.6-13.212.925.4+6.0+8.3%
San José State20071257041.7%——-15.6-16.020.334.7-13.4-27.6%
San José State20061394069.2%——-2.2-1.824.026.1+17.7+42.0%
San José State20051138027.3%——-19.9-14.718.633.3-29.4-18.2%
Arizona20001156045.5%——9.511.632.121.8+11.3-4.5%
Arizona19991266050.0%#4—-1.81.436.235.1-16.7-42.3%
Arizona199813121092.3%#24#414.916.339.024.7+7.0+34.0%
Arizona19971275058.3%——7.912.837.826.6-1.0+12.9%
Arizona19961156045.5%——8.99.436.629.2+7.2-9.1%
Arizona19951165054.5%#19—1.70.722.321.8-8.2-12.1%
Arizona19941284066.7%#7#209.910.328.118.8-7.5-16.7%
Arizona199312102083.3%#14#1017.418.230.814.0+3.0+29.2%
Arizona19921265154.2%——14.419.526.27.2+13.6+17.8%
Arizona19911147036.4%——0.82.234.733.5-1.1-22.0%
Arizona19901275058.3%——1.90.429.529.7-9.7-8.3%
Arizona19891284066.7%#18#2511.614.027.814.2+0.6+3.0%
Arizona19881174063.6%——11.017.035.019.5+6.6+13.6%
Arizona19871144350.0%——4.47.930.123.3+6.7-8.3%
Hawai'i19861275058.3%——-2.30.524.023.7-1.7+16.7%
Hawai'i19851246241.7%——-0.64.428.825.6-0.9-22.0%
Hawai'i19841174063.6%——0.37.324.718.4+3.6+13.6%
Hawai'i19831155150.0%——-3.3-3.425.528.90.0-4.5%
Hawai'i19821165054.5%——-3.3-0.425.926.7-16.7-27.3%
Hawai'i19811192081.8%——13.415.333.019.0+16.8+9.1%
Hawai'i19801183072.7%——-3.4-4.224.428.4-4.9+18.2%
Hawai'i19791165054.5%——1.54.830.427.3+2.10.0%
Hawai'i19781165054.5%——-0.62.430.329.0+2.1+9.1%
Hawai'i19771156045.5%——-2.7-2.024.726.9——

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