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7-17
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 29.2%
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George Sauer
1946-1955 • Baylor, Kansas, Navy
3 schools coached, anchored by Baylor.
George Sauer coached 10 seasons, won 59.4%, and posted an average SRS of 9.2. Best season: 1951 Baylor. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 56-37-8
- Career win rate
- 59.4%
- Average SRS
- 9.2
- Peak SRS
- 19.5
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #9
- Consistency
- 53.9
Primary school anchor
Baylor
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 83.0.
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.
George Sauer
EliteStrongAverageLean
George Sauer: 1948 NavyGeorge Sauer: 1950 Baylor
1946Actual season year • SRS range -0.8 to 19.51955
Active comparison point
George Sauer • 1951
1951 Baylor
Best season8-2-1 • SRS 19.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
77.3%
YoY SRS
+4.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#9
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.
Top 10
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results24
| 1955 Regular Week 7 | Baylor | TCU | #14 | L6-28 |
| 1955 Regular Week 6 | Baylor | Texas A&M | #12 | L7-19 |
| 1955 Regular Week 5 | Baylor | Washington | #12 | W13-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | Baylor | Maryland | #1 | L6-20 |
| 1954 Regular Week 10 | Baylor | SMU | #11 | W33-21 |
| 1954 Regular Week 7 | Baylor | TCU | #17 | W12-7 |
| 1954 Postseason Week 1 | Baylor | Auburn | #13 | L13-33 |
| 1953 Regular Week 8 | Baylor | Texas | #10 | L20-21 |
| 1953 Regular Week 1 | Baylor | California | #14 | W25-0 |
| 1952 Regular Week 9 | Baylor | Texas | #10 | L33-35 |
| 1951 Regular Week 9 | Baylor | Texas | #14 | W18-6 |
| 1951 Regular Week 8 | Baylor | TCU | #13 | L7-20 |
| 1951 Regular Week 5 | Baylor | Arkansas | #19 | W9-7 |
| 1951 Postseason Week 1 | Baylor | Georgia Tech | #5 | L14-17 |
| 1950 Regular Week 9 | Baylor | Texas | #5 | L20-27 |
| 1949 Regular Week 8 | Navy | Notre Dame | #1 | L0-40 |
| 1949 Regular Week 5 | Navy | Duke | #16 | W28-14 |
| 1949 Regular Week 3 | Navy | USC | #19 | L20-42 |
| 1948 Regular Week 8 | Navy | Notre Dame | #2 | L7-41 |
| 1948 Regular Week 7 | Navy | Pennsylvania | #16 | L14-20 |
| 1948 Regular Week 6 | Navy | Missouri | #20 | L14-35 |
| 1948 Regular Week 3 | Navy | California | #4 | L7-21 |
| 1947 Postseason Week 1 | Kansas | Georgia Tech | #10 | L14-20 |
| 1946 Regular Week 7 | Kansas | Tulsa | #19 | L0-56 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Baylor
1950-1955 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 13.1 • Win % 63.7%
Navy
1948-1949 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 2.0 • Win % 22.2%
Kansas
1946-1947 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 4.5 • Win % 78.6%
- Longest tenure
- Baylor • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Baylor • 13.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kansas • 78.6%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
George Sauer
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Baylor
1950-1955 • 38-21-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.1Win % 63.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 5.0 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.1 during vs 6.0 baseline
+7.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
Navy
1948-1949 • 3-13-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.0Win % 22.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.5 during vs 4.6 baseline
-3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 18.9 baseline
-16.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-60.0%
Kansas
1946-1947 • 15-3-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.5Win % 78.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 3.2 baseline
+4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.5 during vs -13.6 baseline
+18.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Baylor 1951
8-2-1 • SRS 19.5
Biggest Improvement
Baylor 1950
7-3 • 10.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas 1946
7-2-1 • SRS -0.8
Biggest Drop
Baylor 1952
4-4-2 • -13.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Baylor | 1955 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 9.9 | — | — | — | -4.8 | -13.6% |
| Baylor | 1954 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #18 | 14.7 | — | — | — | +1.6 | -6.4% |
| Baylor | 1953 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #20 | — | 13.1 | — | — | — | +6.9 | +20.0% |
| Baylor | 1952 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.2 | — | — | — | -13.3 | -27.3% |
| Baylor | 1951 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | #13 | #9 | 19.5 | — | — | — | +4.2 | +7.3% |
| Baylor | 1950 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 15.3 | — | — | — | +10.6 | +31.1% |
| Navy | 1949 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | +5.3 | +33.3% |
| Navy | 1948 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5.6% | — | — | -0.6 | — | — | — | -10.3 | -76.3% |
| Kansas | 1947 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 81.8% | — | #12 | 9.7 | — | — | — | +10.5 | +6.8% |
| Kansas | 1946 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | -0.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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