Top 25
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Matt Simon
1995-1997 • North Texas
One defining program at North Texas.
Matt Simon's coaching record is 11-22, highlighted by seasons at North Texas from 1995 to 1997.
Matt Simon coached 3 seasons, won 33.3%, and posted an average SRS of -20.0. Best season: 1996 North Texas. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 11-22
- Career win rate
- 33.3%
- Average SRS
- -20.0
- Peak SRS
- -17.6
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
- —
- Consistency
- 89.2
Primary school anchor
North Texas
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 6.5.
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
- 11-22
- North Texas record
- 11-22
- Full-season record
- 11-22
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
33 countable games, 33.3% win rate.
3 countable seasons at North Texas.
3 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
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 22, 1997. 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.
Matt Simon
EliteStrongAverageLean
1995Actual season year • SRS range -24.9 to -17.61997
Active comparison point
Matt Simon • 1996
1996 North Texas
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-6 • SRS -17.6 • SP Overall -17.7
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+7.3
SP Off / Def
16.6 / 33.7
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
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results4
| 1997 Regular Week 6 | North Texas | Texas A&M | #22 | L10-36 |
| 1996 Regular Week 4 | North Texas | Arizona State | #18 | L7-52 |
| 1995 Regular Week 10 | North Texas | Alabama | #18 | L19-38 |
| 1995 Regular Week 5 | North Texas | Oklahoma | #10 | L10-51 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
North Texas
1995-1997 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -20.0 • Win % 33.3%
- Longest tenure
- North Texas • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- North Texas • -20.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- North Texas • 33.3%
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.
Matt Simon sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMatt Simon sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Matt Simon
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -21.9
- Percentile
- 6th pct
Lower end
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.
North Texas
1995-1997 • 11-22
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -20.0Win % 33.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
North Texas 1996
5-6 • SRS -17.6
Biggest Improvement
North Texas 1996
5-6 • 7.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
North Texas 1995
2-9 • SP Off 22.9
Best Defensive Season
North Texas 1996
5-6 • SP Def 33.7
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
North Texas 1995
2-9 • SRS -24.9
Biggest Drop
North Texas 1997
4-7 • 0.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| North Texas | 1997 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -17.6 | -21.7 | 21.6 | 39.9 | 0.0 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| North Texas | 1996 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -17.6 | -17.7 | 16.6 | 33.7 | +7.3 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| North Texas | 1995 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -24.9 | -26.3 | 22.9 | 43.3 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Avg SRS -18.4 • Peak SRS -15.4 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 2.5
Open profile →Jeff Woodruff
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 2.0
Avg SRS -22.0 • Peak SRS -17.6 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.1
Open profile →Mike DeBord
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.5
Avg SRS -18.6 • Peak SRS -16.0 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 2.2
Open profile →Vic Koenning
same offense-first identity • volatility within 0.3
Avg SRS -17.0 • Peak SRS -13.1 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.1
Open profile →Jim Hess
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS -20.4 • Peak SRS -15.1 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.3
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