Top 25
11-30
- Games
- 41
- Win rate
- 26.8%
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Coach Profile
Dana Holgorsen
2011-2023 • Houston, West Virginia
2 schools coached, anchored by West Virginia.
Dana Holgorsen's coaching record is 92-69, highlighted by seasons at West Virginia from 2011 to 2023.
Dana Holgorsen coached 13 seasons, won 57.1%, and posted an average SRS of 6.4. Best season: 2018 West Virginia. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 92-69
- Career win rate
- 57.1%
- Average SRS
- 6.4
- Peak SRS
- 17.9
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
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 60.5
Primary school anchor
West Virginia
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 80.3.
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
- 92-69
- West Virginia record
- 61-41
- Full-season record
- 92-69
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-13
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-7
- Vs Pittsburgh
- 1-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-6
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
161 countable games, 57.1% win rate.
8 countable seasons at West Virginia.
13 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
14 games using AP ranking at game time.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
Backyard Brawl games in this dataset.
10 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 25, 2023. 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.
Dana Holgorsen
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Dana Holgorsen: 2019 Houston
2011Actual season year • SRS range -3.3 to 17.92024
Active comparison point
Dana Holgorsen • 2018
2018 West Virginia
Best season8-4 • SRS 17.9 • SP Overall 13.2
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+11.4
SP Off / Def
41.1 / 29.2
Finish
Unranked
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
1-13
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 7.1%
Top 5
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
View ranked game results41
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Houston
2019-2023 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 1.8 • Win % 52.5%
West Virginia
2011-2018 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 8.8 • Win % 59.8%
- Longest tenure
- West Virginia • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- West Virginia • 8.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- West Virginia • 59.8%
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.
Dana Holgorsen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDana Holgorsen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dana Holgorsen
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 6.6
- Percentile
- 76th 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.
Houston
2019-2023 • 31-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.8Win % 52.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 7.3 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.8 during vs 3.8 baseline
-2.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.8 during vs 6.3 baseline
-5.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+0.0%
West Virginia
2011-2018 • 61-41
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.8Win % 59.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 9.6 baseline
-2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 13.0 baseline
-4.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 18.0 baseline
-8.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-55.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 2018
8-4 • SRS 17.9
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 2014
7-6 • 14.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Houston 2022
8-5 • SP Off 42.5
Best Defensive Season
West Virginia 2015
8-5 • SP Def 19.9
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Houston 2023
4-8 • SRS -3.3
Biggest Drop
Houston 2019
4-8 • -18.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Houston | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | -2.0 | -8.2 | 18.1 | 24.5 | — | — | Provisional placeholder |
| Houston | 2023 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -3.3 | -7.8 | 25.6 | 32.2 | -6.1 | -28.2% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2022 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #24 | — | 2.8 | 4.5 | 42.5 | 37.7 | -4.9 | -24.2% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2021 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #17 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 31.5 | 20.0 | — | +48.2% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2020 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +4.2% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -0.1 | -4.3 | 29.6 | 35.4 | -18.0 | -33.3% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2018 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #17 | — | 17.9 | 13.2 | 41.1 | 29.2 | +11.4 | +12.8% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #22 | — | 6.5 | 5.6 | 33.6 | 27.2 | -3.9 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2016 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #18 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 35.7 | 22.8 | -0.6 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.0 | 12.9 | 34.4 | 19.9 | -0.5 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 11.5 | 8.4 | 31.3 | 24.3 | +14.0 | +20.5% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2013 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -2.5 | -0.9 | 25.9 | 27.2 | -8.6 | -20.5% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2012 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #11 | — | 6.1 | 8.1 | 39.1 | 29.4 | -3.1 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 2011 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #24 | #17 | 9.2 | 16.8 | 38.7 | 21.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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