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- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Bill Meek
1951-1973 • Houston, Kansas State, SMU, Utah
4 schools coached, anchored by Utah.
Bill Meek coached 17 seasons, won 47.1%, and posted an average SRS of 2.5. Best season: 1958 SMU. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 78-88-7
- Career win rate
- 47.1%
- Average SRS
- 2.5
- Peak SRS
- 17.0
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
- 17
- Career span
- 23 years
- Best finish
- #18
- Consistency
- 30.0
Primary school anchor
Utah
Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 78.0.
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.
Bill Meek
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bill Meek: 1955 HoustonBill Meek: 1957 SMUBill Meek: 1968 Utah
1951Actual season year • SRS range -13.3 to 17.01973
Active comparison point
Bill Meek • 1958
1958 SMU
Best season6-4 • SRS 17.0 • SP Overall —
Win %
60.0%
YoY SRS
+12.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#18
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
0-16
- Games
- 16
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results32
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Utah | Arizona State | #14 | W36-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | Utah | UCLA | #15 | L16-66 |
| 1971 Regular Week 12 | Utah | Houston | #15 | L16-42 |
| 1971 Regular Week 3 | Utah | Arizona State | #15 | L21-41 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Utah | Arizona State | #9 | L14-37 |
| 1968 Regular Week 3 | Utah | Oregon State | #18 | L21-24 |
| 1968 Regular Week 2 | Utah | Nebraska | #14 | L0-31 |
| 1961 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Arkansas | #9 | L7-21 |
| 1961 Regular Week 8 | SMU | Texas | #1 | L0-27 |
| 1960 Regular Week 11 | SMU | Baylor | #19 | L7-20 |
| 1960 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Arkansas | #7 | L3-26 |
| 1960 Regular Week 6 | SMU | Rice | #20 | L0-47 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | SMU | Navy | #5 | L7-26 |
| 1960 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Ohio State | #9 | L0-24 |
| 1960 Regular Week 2 | SMU | Missouri | #16 | L0-20 |
| 1959 Regular Week 12 | SMU | TCU | #7 | L0-19 |
| 1959 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Arkansas | #13 | L14-17 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | SMU | Texas | #3 | L0-21 |
| 1959 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Georgia Tech | #7 | L12-16 |
| 1958 Regular Week 4 | SMU | Notre Dame | #4 | L6-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Ohio State | #3 | L20-23 |
| 1957 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas A&M | #1 | L6-19 |
| 1957 Regular Week 6 | SMU | Rice | #13 | L21-27 |
| 1957 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Georgia Tech | #14 | T0-0 |
| 1956 Regular Week 5 | Houston | Texas A&M | #14 | T14-14 |
| 1956 Regular Week 4 | Houston | Ole Miss | #7 | L0-14 |
| 1955 Regular Week 9 | Houston | Ole Miss | #14 | L11-27 |
| 1954 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #1 | L0-21 |
| 1953 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #8 | L0-34 |
| 1952 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Kansas | #19 | L6-26 |
| 1952 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #4 | L6-49 |
| 1951 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #12 | L0-33 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Utah
1968-1973 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 3.4 • Win % 51.6%
SMU
1957-1961 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 6.0 • Win % 38.0%
Houston
1955-1956 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 7.4 • Win % 67.5%
Kansas State
1951-1954 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -5.5 • Win % 41.0%
- Longest tenure
- Utah • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Houston • 7.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Houston • 67.5%
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.
Bill Meek sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Meek sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Meek
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.0
- Percentile
- 67th pct
Above average
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.
Utah
1968-1973 • 33-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.4Win % 51.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 5.0 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 2.5 baseline
+0.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.0 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
SMU
1957-1961 • 17-29-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.0Win % 38.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 4.6 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 10.0 baseline
-3.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
Houston
1955-1956 • 13-6-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.4Win % 67.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 5.4 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.4 during vs 4.8 baseline
+2.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Kansas State
1951-1954 • 15-22-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.5Win % 41.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.8 during vs 0.8 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.5 during vs -18.8 baseline
+13.2
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
SMU 1958
6-4 • SRS 17.0
Biggest Improvement
Kansas State 1953
6-3-1 • 17.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Utah 1973
7-5 • SP Off 44.0
Best Defensive Season
Utah 1970
6-4 • SP Def 21.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas State 1952
1-9 • SRS -13.3
Biggest Drop
SMU 1960
0-9-1 • -11.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Utah | 1973 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 7.1 | 11.6 | 44.0 | 34.9 | +8.2 | +3.8% |
| Utah | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.1 | -0.5 | 38.7 | 38.0 | +1.6 | +27.3% |
| Utah | 1971 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.7 | -3.1 | 29.8 | 33.0 | -7.6 | -32.7% |
| Utah | 1970 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 4.9 | 4.0 | 24.9 | 21.5 | -9.7 | -20.0% |
| Utah | 1969 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 14.6 | — | — | — | +16.9 | +50.0% |
| Utah | 1968 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -2.3 | — | — | — | -0.5 | +5.0% |
| SMU | 1961 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | -1.8 | — | — | — | -1.4 | +20.0% |
| SMU | 1960 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5.0% | — | — | -0.4 | — | — | — | -11.1 | -50.0% |
| SMU | 1959 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | #4 | — | 10.7 | — | — | — | -6.3 | -5.0% |
| SMU | 1958 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #17 | #18 | 17.0 | — | — | — | +12.3 | +15.0% |
| SMU | 1957 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | -8.5 | -30.0% |
| Houston | 1956 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 13.2 | — | — | — | +11.6 | +15.0% |
| Houston | 1955 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 1.6 | — | — | — | +4.6 | -10.0% |
| Kansas State | 1954 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | -3.0 | — | — | — | -7.5 | +5.0% |
| Kansas State | 1953 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | +17.8 | +55.0% |
| Kansas State | 1952 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | -13.3 | — | — | — | -2.9 | -6.7% |
| Kansas State | 1951 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16.7% | — | — | -10.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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