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1-6
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
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John Jenkins
1990-1992 • Houston
One defining program at Houston.
John Jenkins's coaching record is 18-15, highlighted by seasons at Houston from 1990 to 1992.
John Jenkins coached 3 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 1990 Houston. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 18-15
- Career win rate
- 54.5%
- Average SRS
- 5.1
- Peak SRS
- 14.3
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 46.7
Primary school anchor
Houston
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 71.8.
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
- 18-15
- Houston record
- 18-15
- Full-season record
- 18-15
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs Rice
- 3-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
33 countable games, 54.5% win rate.
3 countable seasons at Houston.
3 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Houston-Rice games in this dataset.
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.
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 28, 1992. 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.
John Jenkins
EliteStrongAverageLean
1990Actual season year • SRS range -2.2 to 14.31992
Active comparison point
John Jenkins • 1990
1990 Houston
Best season10-1 • SRS 14.3 • SP Overall 17.3
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
49.6 / 35.6
Finish
#10
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results7
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
1990-1992 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 5.1 • Win % 54.5%
- Longest tenure
- Houston • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Houston • 5.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Houston • 54.5%
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.
John Jenkins sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Jenkins sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Jenkins
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 7.5
- Percentile
- 79th 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
1990-1992 • 18-15
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.1Win % 54.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 5.4 baseline
+0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 5.9 baseline
-0.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 5.3 baseline
+2.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-6.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Houston 1990
10-1 • SRS 14.3
Biggest Improvement
Houston 1992
4-7 • -5.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Houston 1990
10-1 • SP Off 49.6
Best Defensive Season
Houston 1990
10-1 • SP Def 35.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Houston 1992
4-7 • SRS -2.2
Biggest Drop
Houston 1991
4-7 • -11.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Houston | 1992 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.2 | -2.4 | 40.8 | 42.0 | -5.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Houston | 1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #12 | — | 3.1 | 7.5 | 41.1 | 35.6 | -11.2 | -54.5% | Season summary |
| Houston | 1990 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #24 | #10 | 14.3 | 17.3 | 49.6 | 35.6 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Avg SRS 4.6 • Peak SRS 15.0 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.8
Open profile →Deion Sanders
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Avg SRS 3.8 • Peak SRS 12.7 • 3 seasons
Best finish #25 • Volatility 6.4
Open profile →Jerry Frei
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS 4.6 • Peak SRS 13.0 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.5
Open profile →Dave Aranda
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS 4.6 • Peak SRS 11.6 • 6 seasons
Best finish #5 • Volatility 6.8
Open profile →Paul Wiggin
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.9
Avg SRS 6.0 • Peak SRS 12.8 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.6
Open profile →Shawn Clark
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.8
Avg SRS 3.3 • Peak SRS 11.5 • 6 seasons
Best finish #19 • Volatility 6.5
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