Brown
1973-1981 • 51-29-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -11.8Win % 63.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Longevity CoachDefense-First
Coach Profile
John Anderson
College football coaching record, Brown years & career stats
1918-1981 • Brown, Rice
2 schools coached, anchored by Brown.
John Anderson's coaching record is 52-34-3, highlighted by seasons at Brown from 1918 to 1981.
John Anderson coached 10 seasons, won 60.1%, and posted an average SRS of -11.8. Best season: 1976 Brown. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 52-34-3
- Career win rate
- 60.1%
- Average SRS
- -11.8
- Peak SRS
- -0.5
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
- 64 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 21.0
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 52-34-3
- Brown record
- 51-29-2
- Full-season record
- 52-34-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
89 countable games, 60.1% win rate.
9 countable seasons at Brown.
10 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career Résumé
John Anderson season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 8
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
80% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 21, 1981. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about John Anderson
Who is John Anderson?
John Anderson is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at Brown, with a 52-34-3 career record from 1918-1981 across 10 countable seasons.
What is John Anderson's college football coaching record?
John Anderson's college football coaching record is 52-34-3 across 10 countable seasons, anchored by Brown.
Which schools did John Anderson coach?
John Anderson coached at Brown, Rice in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did John Anderson have?
John Anderson had 8 winning seasons across 10 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did John Anderson have?
John Anderson had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did John Anderson have?
John Anderson recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did John Anderson coach at Brown?
John Anderson's Brown head coach years were 1973-1981, covering 9 countable seasons with a 51-29-2 record.
How did John Anderson do against ranked opponents?
John Anderson's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-0.
How does CFBTrack count John Anderson's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
John Anderson 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
John Anderson
EliteStrongAverageLean
John Anderson: 1973 Brown
1918Actual season year • SRS range -26.9 to -0.51981
Active comparison point
John Anderson • 1976
1976 Brown
Best season8-1 • SRS -0.5 • SP Overall 8.5
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+5.6
SP Off / Def
23.8 / 16.0
Finish
Unranked
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
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.
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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.
Overall Strength
John Anderson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Anderson
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.5
- Percentile
- 63th pct
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
John Anderson coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Rice
1918-1918 • 1-5-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS —Win % 21.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.0 during vs 5.3 baseline
-4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
— during vs -1.4 baseline
—
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Brown 1976
8-1 • SRS -0.5
Biggest Improvement
Brown 1975
6-2-1 • 19.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Brown 1975
6-2-1 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Brown 1977
7-2 • SP Def 15.9
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Brown 1981
3-7 • SRS -26.9
Biggest Drop
Brown 1981
3-7 • -14.5 SRS
John Anderson coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| BrownLowest | 1981 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -26.9 | -18.5 | 17.0 | 34.4 | -14.5 | -30.0% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1980 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -12.4 | 0.7 | 29.0 | 28.7 | +3.3 | -6.7% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1979 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -15.7 | 5.7 | 23.5 | 18.7 | -9.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1978 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -6.2 | 6.6 | 28.1 | 22.7 | -5.1 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1977 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | -1.1 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 15.9 | -0.6 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| BrownBest | 1976 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | -0.5 | 8.5 | 23.8 | 16.0 | +5.6 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1975 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | -6.1 | 9.8 | 32.0 | 23.7 | +19.0 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1974 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -25.1 | -7.4 | 13.3 | 20.0 | -12.8 | -0.7% | Season summary |
| Brown | 1973 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | -12.3 | 6.0 | 29.0 | 24.5 | — | +34.8% | Season summary |
| Rice | 1918 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 21.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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