Top 25
25-37-1
- Games
- 63
- Win rate
- 40.5%
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Coach Profile
Fred Akers
1975-1990 • Purdue, Texas, Wyoming
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas.
Fred Akers coached 16 seasons, won 58.9%, and posted an average SRS of 6.7. Best season: 1977 Texas. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 108-75-3
- Career win rate
- 58.9%
- Average SRS
- 6.7
- Peak SRS
- 26.1
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
- 16
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 5.2
Primary school anchor
Texas
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 93.8.
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.
Fred Akers
EliteStrongAverageLean
Fred Akers: 1977 TexasFred Akers: 1987 Purdue
1975Actual season year • SRS range -12.3 to 26.11990
Active comparison point
Fred Akers • 1977
1977 Texas
Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Texas11-1 • SRS 26.1 • SP Overall 27.0
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+31.2
SP Off / Def
42.1 / 17.1
Finish
#4
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
12-21-1
- Games
- 34
- Win rate
- 36.8%
Top 5
1-12-1
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 10.7%
View ranked game results63
| 1990 Regular Week 13 | Purdue | Iowa | #13 | L9-38 |
| 1990 Regular Week 11 | Purdue | Michigan | #19 | L13-38 |
| 1990 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Illinois | #8 | L0-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #1 | L11-37 |
| 1990 Regular Week 4 | Purdue | Washington | #21 | L14-20 |
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | Purdue | Michigan | #4 | L27-42 |
| 1989 Regular Week 7 | Purdue | Illinois | #16 | L2-14 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #1 | L7-40 |
| 1989 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Washington | #15 | L9-38 |
| 1988 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #8 | L7-52 |
| 1988 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Washington | #20 | L6-20 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | Purdue | Michigan State | #13 | L3-45 |
| 1987 Regular Week 8 | Purdue | Ohio State | #16 | L17-20 |
| 1987 Regular Week 5 | Purdue | Notre Dame | #5 | L20-44 |
| 1987 Regular Week 3 | Purdue | Washington | #10 | L10-28 |
| 1986 Regular Week 14 | Texas | Texas A&M | #8 | L3-16 |
| 1986 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Baylor | #16 | L13-18 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Arkansas | #14 | L14-21 |
| 1986 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #5 | L12-47 |
| 1985 Regular Week 14 | Texas | Texas A&M | #15 | L10-42 |
| 1985 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Baylor | #15 | W17-10 |
| 1985 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Arkansas | #4 | W15-13 |
| 1985 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #2 | L7-14 |
| 1985 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Air Force | #8 | L16-24 |
| 1984 Regular Week 13 | Texas | TCU | #17 | W44-23 |
| 1984 Regular Week 10 | Texas | SMU | #19 | W13-7 |
| 1984 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Oklahoma | #2 | T15-15 |
| 1984 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Penn State | #11 | W28-3 |
| 1984 Regular Week 4 | Texas | Auburn | #19 | W35-27 |
| 1984 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Iowa | #16 | L17-55 |
| 1983 Regular Week 9 | Texas | SMU | #10 | W15-12 |
| 1983 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #15 | W28-16 |
| 1983 Regular Week 4 | Texas | Auburn | #11 | W20-7 |
| 1983 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Georgia | #4 | L9-10 |
| 1982 Regular Week 14 | Texas | Arkansas | #6 | W33-7 |
| 1982 Regular Week 8 | Texas | SMU | #4 | L17-30 |
| 1982 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | North Carolina | #18 | L10-26 |
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | Texas | SMU | #8 | W9-7 |
| 1981 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #10 | W34-14 |
| 1981 Regular Week 4 | Texas | Miami | #14 | W14-7 |
| 1981 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Alabama | #7 | W14-12 |
| 1980 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Baylor | #8 | L0-16 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | Texas | SMU | #19 | L6-20 |
| 1980 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #17 | W20-13 |
| 1980 Regular Week 1 | Texas | Arkansas | #6 | W23-17 |
| 1980 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | North Carolina | #10 | L7-16 |
| 1979 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Baylor | #20 | W13-0 |
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | Texas | Houston | #9 | W21-13 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Arkansas | #4 | L14-17 |
| 1979 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #8 | W16-7 |
| 1979 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Missouri | #15 | W21-0 |
| 1979 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Washington | #11 | L7-14 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | Texas | Houston | #6 | L7-10 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Arkansas | #9 | W28-21 |
| 1978 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #1 | L10-31 |
| 1978 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Maryland | #20 | W42-0 |
| 1977 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Texas A&M | #17 | W57-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Arkansas | #9 | W13-9 |
| 1977 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #7 | W13-6 |
| 1977 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Notre Dame | #1 | L10-38 |
| 1976 Postseason Week 1 | Wyoming | Oklahoma | #5 | L7-41 |
| 1975 Regular Week 10 | Wyoming | Arizona State | #10 | L20-21 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Wyoming | Arizona | #15 | L0-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Purdue
1987-1990 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -7.6 • Win % 28.4%
Texas
1977-1986 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 14.4 • Win % 73.1%
Wyoming
1975-1976 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.9 • Win % 43.5%
- Longest tenure
- Texas • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas • 14.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Texas • 73.1%
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.
Fred Akers sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFred Akers sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Fred Akers
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 7.6
- 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.
Purdue
1987-1990 • 12-31-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.6Win % 28.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 4.2 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.6 during vs -2.1 baseline
-5.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.6 during vs -2.2 baseline
-7.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Texas
1977-1986 • 86-31-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.4Win % 73.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.6 during vs 8.2 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.4 during vs 20.9 baseline
-6.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.3 during vs 22.1 baseline
-4.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
60.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-20.0%
Wyoming
1975-1976 • 10-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.9Win % 43.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 3.2 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.9 during vs -9.3 baseline
+6.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.3 during vs -9.8 baseline
+3.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas 1977
11-1 • SRS 26.1
Biggest Improvement
Texas 1977
11-1 • 31.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas 1977
11-1 • SP Off 42.1
Best Defensive Season
Texas 1978
9-3 • SP Def 7.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Purdue 1988
4-7 • SRS -12.3
Biggest Drop
Texas 1984
7-4-1 • -11.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Purdue | 1990 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -7.4 | -9.4 | 24.2 | 32.4 | -1.6 | -9.1% |
| Purdue | 1989 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.8 | -5.2 | 22.5 | 27.7 | +6.5 | -9.1% |
| Purdue | 1988 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -12.3 | -15.7 | 15.9 | 30.9 | -7.5 | +4.5% |
| Purdue | 1987 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -4.8 | -8.1 | 23.2 | 30.5 | -6.6 | -13.6% |
| Texas | 1986 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.8 | 4.0 | 27.8 | 25.0 | -3.3 | -21.2% |
| Texas | 1985 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 5.1 | 8.8 | 30.4 | 23.2 | +0.3 | +4.2% |
| Texas | 1984 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | #6 | — | 4.8 | 9.0 | 30.4 | 22.7 | -11.3 | -29.2% |
| Texas | 1983 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #3 | #5 | 16.1 | 21.4 | 30.1 | 9.3 | -0.8 | +16.7% |
| Texas | 1982 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #17 | #17 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 35.7 | 17.4 | -0.8 | -12.5% |
| Texas | 1981 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 87.5% | #9 | #2 | 17.7 | 21.9 | 31.2 | 10.3 | +6.8 | +29.2% |
| Texas | 1980 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #10 | — | 10.9 | 10.7 | 29.0 | 19.2 | -10.3 | -16.7% |
| Texas | 1979 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #4 | #12 | 21.2 | 24.0 | 27.6 | — | -2.1 | 0.0% |
| Texas | 1978 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #8 | #9 | 23.3 | 26.3 | 33.5 | 7.8 | -2.8 | -16.7% |
| Texas | 1977 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #4 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 42.1 | 17.1 | +31.2 | +25.0% |
| Wyoming | 1976 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -5.1 | -7.6 | 22.9 | 29.9 | -4.5 | +48.5% |
| Wyoming | 1975 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -0.6 | -4.9 | 20.0 | 25.0 | — | — |
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