Top 25
9-37
- Games
- 46
- Win rate
- 19.6%
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Coach Profile
Emory Bellard
1972-1985 • Mississippi State, Texas A&M
2 schools coached, anchored by Texas A&M.
Emory Bellard coached 14 seasons, won 55.2%, and posted an average SRS of 10.4. Best season: 1976 Texas A&M. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 85-69
- Career win rate
- 55.2%
- Average SRS
- 10.4
- Peak SRS
- 21.5
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
- 14
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 61.3
Primary school anchor
Texas A&M
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 87.4.
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.
Emory Bellard
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Emory Bellard: 1979 Mississippi State
1972Actual season year • SRS range 2.8 to 21.51985
Active comparison point
Emory Bellard • 1976
1976 Texas A&M
Best season10-2 • SRS 21.5 • SP Overall 20.8
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+1.5
SP Off / Def
35.2 / 15.1
Finish
#7
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
5-19
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 20.8%
Top 5
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
View ranked game results46
| 1985 Regular Week 12 | Mississippi State | LSU | #19 | L15-17 |
| 1985 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #6 | L9-21 |
| 1985 Regular Week 5 | Mississippi State | Florida | #11 | L22-36 |
| 1984 Regular Week 13 | Mississippi State | LSU | #16 | W16-14 |
| 1984 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #11 | L21-24 |
| 1984 Regular Week 8 | Mississippi State | Kentucky | #16 | L13-17 |
| 1983 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #19 | L18-35 |
| 1983 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #4 | L13-28 |
| 1983 Regular Week 8 | Mississippi State | Miami | #8 | L7-31 |
| 1983 Regular Week 6 | Mississippi State | Georgia | #11 | L7-20 |
| 1983 Regular Week 5 | Mississippi State | Florida | #12 | L12-35 |
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | Mississippi State | LSU | #6 | W27-24 |
| 1982 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #9 | L12-20 |
| 1982 Regular Week 7 | Mississippi State | Miami | #17 | L14-31 |
| 1982 Regular Week 5 | Mississippi State | Georgia | #6 | L22-29 |
| 1982 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Florida | #5 | L17-27 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Southern Miss | #20 | L6-7 |
| 1981 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #8 | L10-13 |
| 1981 Regular Week 7 | Mississippi State | Miami | #13 | W14-10 |
| 1980 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #6 | W6-3 |
| 1980 Regular Week 5 | Mississippi State | Florida | #19 | L15-21 |
| 1980 Postseason Week 1 | Mississippi State | Nebraska | #7 | L17-31 |
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #15 | L3-14 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #1 | L7-24 |
| 1979 Regular Week 7 | Mississippi State | Florida State | #7 | L6-17 |
| 1978 Regular Week 14 | Texas A&M | Texas | #14 | L7-22 |
| 1978 Regular Week 12 | Texas A&M | Arkansas | #11 | L7-26 |
| 1978 Regular Week 7 | Texas A&M | Houston | #11 | L0-33 |
| 1977 Regular Week 13 | Texas A&M | Texas | #1 | L28-57 |
| 1977 Regular Week 11 | Texas A&M | Arkansas | #8 | L20-26 |
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | Texas A&M | Michigan | #3 | L3-41 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | Texas A&M | Texas Tech | #13 | W33-17 |
| 1977 Postseason Week 1 | Texas A&M | USC | #13 | L28-47 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Texas A&M | Texas Tech | #10 | L16-27 |
| 1975 Regular Week 14 | Texas A&M | Arkansas | #18 | L6-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 13 | Texas A&M | Texas | #5 | W20-10 |
| 1975 Postseason Week 1 | Texas A&M | USC | #17 | L0-20 |
| 1974 Regular Week 13 | Texas A&M | Texas | #17 | L3-32 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Texas A&M | Texas Tech | #9 | W28-7 |
| 1974 Regular Week 3 | Texas A&M | LSU | #7 | W21-14 |
| 1973 Regular Week 13 | Texas A&M | Texas | #9 | L13-42 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Texas A&M | LSU | #10 | L23-28 |
| 1972 Regular Week 12 | Texas A&M | Texas | #7 | L3-38 |
| 1972 Regular Week 9 | Texas A&M | Arkansas | #20 | W10-7 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Texas A&M | LSU | #8 | L17-42 |
| 1972 Regular Week 2 | Texas A&M | Nebraska | #10 | L7-37 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Mississippi State
1979-1985 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 46.8%
Texas A&M
1972-1978 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 64.0%
- Longest tenure
- Mississippi State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas A&M • 14.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Texas A&M • 64.0%
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.
Emory Bellard sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeEmory Bellard sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Emory Bellard
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 9.8
- Percentile
- 85th pct
Strong
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.
Mississippi State
1979-1985 • 37-42
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.8Win % 46.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 7.0 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 10.3 baseline
-3.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 16.5 baseline
-9.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-25.7%
Texas A&M
1972-1978 • 48-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.0Win % 64.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.9 during vs 4.0 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.0 during vs 6.1 baseline
+7.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.5 during vs -2.6 baseline
+15.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
57.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+57.1%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas A&M 1976
10-2 • SRS 21.5
Biggest Improvement
Mississippi State 1980
9-3 • 6.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas A&M 1977
8-4 • SP Off 38.7
Best Defensive Season
Texas A&M 1975
10-2 • SP Def 10.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Mississippi State 1984
4-7 • SRS 2.8
Biggest Drop
Mississippi State 1979
3-8 • -9.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Mississippi State | 1985 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.1 | 2.1 | 32.0 | 30.9 | +0.3 | +9.1% |
| Mississippi State | 1984 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.8 | -1.6 | 22.7 | 24.3 | -0.8 | +9.1% |
| Mississippi State | 1983 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 3.6 | 5.1 | 28.5 | 24.3 | -5.6 | -18.2% |
| Mississippi State | 1982 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 9.2 | 9.8 | 32.0 | 23.5 | -2.8 | -21.2% |
| Mississippi State | 1981 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #14 | — | 12.0 | 13.1 | 23.4 | 10.8 | +0.4 | -8.3% |
| Mississippi State | 1980 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 11.6 | 14.7 | 34.4 | 20.9 | +6.5 | +47.7% |
| Mississippi State | 1979 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 5.1 | 7.3 | 21.1 | 15.0 | -9.6 | -39.4% |
| Texas A&M | 1978 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% | #16 | #19 | 14.7 | 8.2 | 27.5 | 19.9 | +2.4 | 0.0% |
| Texas A&M | 1977 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #9 | — | 12.3 | 11.8 | 38.7 | 28.5 | -9.2 | -16.7% |
| Texas A&M | 1976 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #14 | #7 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 35.2 | 15.1 | +1.5 | 0.0% |
| Texas A&M | 1975 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #9 | #11 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 28.1 | 10.3 | +4.2 | +10.6% |
| Texas A&M | 1974 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #20 | #16 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 25.9 | 11.4 | +5.6 | +27.3% |
| Texas A&M | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 10.2 | 8.9 | 32.6 | 25.6 | +6.5 | +18.2% |
| Texas A&M | 1972 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 3.7 | 3.7 | 23.7 | 20.6 | — | — |
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