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- Games
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- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Bob Tyler
1973-1981 • Mississippi State, North Texas
2 schools coached, anchored by Mississippi State.
Bob Tyler's coaching record is 41-34-3, highlighted by seasons at Mississippi State from 1973 to 1981.
Bob Tyler coached 7 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of 7.1. Best season: 1974 Mississippi State. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 41-34-3
- Career win rate
- 54.5%
- Average SRS
- 7.1
- Peak SRS
- 14.1
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
- 7
- Career span
- 9 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 62.0
Primary school anchor
Mississippi State
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 71.4.
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
- 41-34-3
- Mississippi State record
- 39-25-3
- Full-season record
- 41-34-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-9
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Ole Miss
- 3-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
78 countable games, 54.5% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Mississippi State.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Egg Bowl games in this dataset.
1 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, 1981. 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.
Bob Tyler
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Bob Tyler: 1981 North Texas
1973Actual season year • SRS range -5.1 to 14.11981
Active comparison point
Bob Tyler • 1974
1974 Mississippi State
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-3 • SRS 14.1 • SP Overall 20.8
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+10.8
SP Off / Def
37.7 / 17.8
Finish
#17
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
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results13
| 1981 Regular Week 3 | North Texas | Texas | #6 | L10-23 |
| 1978 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #3 | L14-35 |
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #2 | L7-37 |
| 1977 Regular Week 6 | Mississippi State | Kentucky | #12 | L7-23 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Florida | #9 | L22-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #15 | L17-34 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Florida | #19 | L30-34 |
| 1975 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #6 | L10-21 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Florida | #19 | L10-27 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #10 | L20-24 |
| 1974 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #4 | L0-35 |
| 1973 Regular Week 12 | Mississippi State | LSU | #7 | L7-26 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #2 | L0-35 |
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
1981-1981 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -5.1 • Win % 18.2%
Mississippi State
1973-1978 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 9.2 • Win % 60.5%
- Longest tenure
- Mississippi State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Mississippi State • 9.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Mississippi State • 60.5%
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.
Bob Tyler sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBob Tyler sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob Tyler
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 11.4
- Percentile
- 88th pct
Elite
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
1981-1981 • 2-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.1Win % 18.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
-5.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.1 during vs 4.3 baseline
-9.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-8.0 during vs 7.8 baseline
-15.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Mississippi State
1973-1978 • 39-25-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.2Win % 60.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 3.0 baseline
+3.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.2 during vs 0.2 baseline
+9.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.7 during vs 3.1 baseline
+11.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Mississippi State 1974
9-3 • SRS 14.1
Biggest Improvement
Mississippi State 1974
9-3 • 10.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Mississippi State 1974
9-3 • SP Off 37.7
Best Defensive Season
Mississippi State 1975
6-4-1 • SP Def 11.4
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
North Texas 1981
2-9 • SRS -5.1
Biggest Drop
North Texas 1981
2-9 • -15.4 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 | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -5.1 | -8.0 | 14.7 | 22.2 | -15.4 | -36.4% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 1978 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 10.3 | 15.7 | 30.9 | 16.7 | +1.9 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #16 | — | 8.4 | 14.5 | 29.8 | 15.9 | -3.6 | -36.4% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 1976 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #20 | 12.0 | 19.1 | 33.2 | 15.6 | +5.2 | +22.7% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 6.8 | 12.4 | 23.5 | 11.4 | -7.3 | -15.9% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 1974 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #17 | 14.1 | 20.8 | 37.7 | 17.8 | +10.8 | +29.5% | Season summary |
| Mississippi State | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.3 | 5.6 | 28.7 | 24.1 | — | — | 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
Dick MacPherson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.0
Avg SRS 7.1 • Peak SRS 18.1 • 10 seasons
Best finish #4 • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Eli Drinkwitz
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.3
Avg SRS 6.8 • Peak SRS 14.7 • 7 seasons
Best finish #8 • Volatility 5.8
Open profile →Ralph Friedgen
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS 6.6 • Peak SRS 17.7 • 10 seasons
Best finish #11 • Volatility 6.7
Open profile →Bobby Collins
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS 7.3 • Peak SRS 16.6 • 12 seasons
Best finish #2 • Volatility 6.1
Open profile →Will Muschamp
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS 6.4 • Peak SRS 20.7 • 9 seasons
Best finish #9 • Volatility 7.3
Open profile →George Perles
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS 6.9 • Peak SRS 15.9 • 12 seasons
Best finish #8 • Volatility 7.0
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