Top 25
4-9
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 30.8%
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Homer Norton
1930-1947 • Centenary (LA), Texas A&M
2 schools coached, anchored by Texas A&M.
Homer Norton's coaching record is 111-59-15, highlighted by seasons at Texas A&M from 1930 to 1947.
Homer Norton coached 18 seasons, won 64.0%, and posted an average SRS of 8.9. Best season: 1939 Texas A&M. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 111-59-15
- Career win rate
- 64.0%
- Average SRS
- 8.9
- Peak SRS
- 21.8
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
- 18
- Career span
- 18 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 42.6
Primary school anchor
Texas A&M
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 88.2.
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
- 111-59-15
- Texas A&M record
- 82-53-9
- Full-season record
- 111-59-15
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-2
- Vs Texas
- 3-11
- Postseason / bowl record
- 2-2-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 1
185 countable games, 64.0% win rate.
14 countable seasons at Texas A&M.
18 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Lone Star Showdown games in this dataset.
5 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
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 27, 1947. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Homer Norton
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Homer Norton: 1934 Texas A&M
1930Actual season year • SRS range -7.7 to 21.81947
Active comparison point
Homer Norton • 1939
1939 Texas A&M
Best season11-0 • SRS 21.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+17.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#1
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
1-4
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 20.0%
Top 5
1-2
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results13
| 1947 Regular Week 9 | Texas A&M | SMU | #4 | L0-13 |
| 1946 Regular Week 8 | Texas A&M | Arkansas | #10 | L0-7 |
| 1946 Regular Week 5 | Texas A&M | LSU | #19 | L9-33 |
| 1946 Regular Week 4 | Texas A&M | Oklahoma | #14 | L7-10 |
| 1943 Regular Week 5 | Texas A&M | LSU | #20 | W28-13 |
| 1942 Regular Week 6 | Texas A&M | TCU | #18 | L2-7 |
| 1942 Regular Week 3 | Texas A&M | LSU | #19 | L7-16 |
| 1941 Postseason Week 1 | Texas A&M | Alabama | #20 | L21-29 |
| 1940 Postseason Week 1 | Texas A&M | Fordham | #12 | W13-12 |
| 1939 Regular Week 4 | Texas A&M | Santa Clara | #16 | W7-3 |
| 1939 Postseason Week 1 | Texas A&M | Tulane | #5 | W14-13 |
| 1938 Regular Week 5 | Texas A&M | TCU | #2 | L6-34 |
| 1938 Regular Week 4 | Texas A&M | Santa Clara | #8 | L0-7 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Texas A&M
1934-1947 • 14 seasons
Avg SRS 9.7 • Win % 60.1%
Centenary (LA)
1930-1933 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 6.4 • Win % 78.0%
- Longest tenure
- Texas A&M • 14 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas A&M • 9.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Centenary (LA) • 78.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Homer Norton
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.
Texas A&M
1934-1947 • 82-53-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.7Win % 60.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.9 during vs 4.8 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 6.7 baseline
+3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
21.4% during vs 0.0% baseline
+21.4%
Centenary (LA)
1930-1933 • 29-6-6
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 6.4Win % 78.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas A&M 1939
11-0 • SRS 21.8
Biggest Improvement
Centenary (LA) 1932
8-0-1 • 19.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Centenary (LA) 1931
5-5 • SRS -7.7
Biggest Drop
Texas A&M 1934
2-7-2 • -16.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Texas A&M | 1947 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 35.0% | — | — | 6.9 | — | — | — | -0.5 | -5.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1946 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 7.4 | — | — | — | +1.7 | -20.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1945 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 5.7 | — | — | — | +1.2 | -3.6% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1944 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | -1.3 | -11.4% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1943 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 5.8 | — | — | — | -6.0 | +30.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1942 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 11.8 | — | — | — | -6.9 | -36.8% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1941 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #9 | 18.7 | — | — | — | -1.7 | -8.2% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1940 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #6 | 20.4 | — | — | — | -1.4 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1939 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #1 | 21.8 | — | — | — | +17.2 | +50.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1938 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.6 | — | — | — | -6.7 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1937 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | +0.1 | -4.2% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1936 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | — | 11.2 | — | — | — | +3.7 | +40.8% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1935 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | +10.0 | +2.7% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 1934 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.5 | — | — | — | -16.0 | -56.1% | Season summary |
| Centenary (LA) | 1933 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 83.3% | — | — | 13.5 | — | — | — | +1.6 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Centenary (LA) | 1932 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | +19.6 | +44.4% | Season summary |
| Centenary (LA) | 1931 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -7.7 | — | — | — | -15.6 | -35.0% | Season summary |
| Centenary (LA) | 1930 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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