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1-10
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 9.1%
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Coach Profile
Claude Gilbert
1973-1989 • San Diego State, San José State
2 schools coached, anchored by San Diego State.
Claude Gilbert coached 14 seasons, won 63.6%, and posted an average SRS of 0.2. Best season: 1977 San Diego State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 99-56-3
- Career win rate
- 63.6%
- Average SRS
- 0.2
- Peak SRS
- 11.7
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
- 14
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #16
- Consistency
- 26.9
Primary school anchor
San Diego State
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 65.6.
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.
Claude Gilbert
EliteStrongAverageLean
Claude Gilbert: 1984 San José State
1973Actual season year • SRS range -17.0 to 11.71989
Active comparison point
Claude Gilbert • 1977
1977 San Diego State
Best season10-1 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 13.0
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+15.3
SP Off / Def
34.9 / 23.2
Finish
#16
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
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results11
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | San José State | Fresno State | #25 | L30-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 7 | San José State | Miami | #2 | L16-48 |
| 1988 Regular Week 5 | San José State | Washington | #17 | L31-35 |
| 1980 Regular Week 5 | San Diego State | Missouri | #9 | L7-31 |
| 1979 Regular Week 13 | San Diego State | BYU | #9 | L14-63 |
| 1979 Regular Week 2 | San Diego State | Missouri | #11 | L15-45 |
| 1978 Regular Week 3 | San Diego State | Iowa State | #20 | L13-14 |
| 1977 Regular Week 12 | San Diego State | Florida State | #20 | W41-16 |
| 1975 Regular Week 10 | San Diego State | Arizona | #15 | L24-31 |
| 1974 Regular Week 2 | San Diego State | Arizona | #17 | L10-17 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | San Diego State | Houston | #14 | L9-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
San José State
1984-1989 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -3.6 • Win % 55.8%
San Diego State
1973-1980 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 3.1 • Win % 69.7%
- Longest tenure
- San Diego State • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- San Diego State • 3.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- San Diego State • 69.7%
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.
Claude Gilbert sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeClaude Gilbert sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Claude Gilbert
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 2.8
- 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.
San José State
1984-1989 • 38-30-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.6Win % 55.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 7.0 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.6 during vs 2.4 baseline
-6.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.2 during vs 2.0 baseline
-3.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
San Diego State
1973-1980 • 61-26-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.1Win % 69.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 9.0 baseline
-1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.1 during vs 8.7 baseline
-5.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 9.1 baseline
-3.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline
+12.5%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
San Diego State 1977
10-1 • SRS 11.7
Biggest Improvement
San José State 1986
10-2 • 26.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
San José State 1987
10-2 • SP Off 37.8
Best Defensive Season
San Diego State 1976
10-1 • SP Def 14.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
San José State 1985
2-8-1 • SRS -17.0
Biggest Drop
San José State 1985
2-8-1 • -15.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| San José State | 1989 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -3.3 | -2.4 | 31.5 | 33.9 | +6.6 | +21.2% |
| San José State | 1988 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.9 | -10.6 | 28.8 | 36.9 | -10.9 | -50.0% |
| San José State | 1987 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 1.0 | 8.5 | 37.8 | 31.2 | -8.1 | 0.0% |
| San José State | 1986 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 9.1 | 12.2 | 37.4 | 27.1 | +26.1 | +60.6% |
| San José State | 1985 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -17.0 | -16.9 | 22.9 | 37.5 | -15.5 | -31.8% |
| San José State | 1984 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.5 | 2.1 | 27.8 | 26.4 | +8.5 | +21.2% |
| San Diego State | 1980 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -10.0 | -15.0 | 15.9 | 29.8 | -12.8 | -39.4% |
| San Diego State | 1979 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 2.8 | 3.2 | 32.3 | 30.5 | +5.4 | +36.4% |
| San Diego State | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.6 | -5.3 | 25.4 | 30.4 | -14.3 | -54.5% |
| San Diego State | 1977 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #16 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 34.9 | 23.2 | +15.3 | 0.0% |
| San Diego State | 1976 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | — | -3.6 | 5.6 | 19.1 | 14.3 | -12.6 | +18.2% |
| San Diego State | 1975 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 9.0 | 9.0 | 29.6 | 21.6 | +2.3 | -4.5% |
| San Diego State | 1974 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | — | 6.7 | 16.6 | 32.7 | 17.7 | -4.2 | -9.1% |
| San Diego State | 1973 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | — | 10.9 | 19.3 | 33.5 | 15.3 | — | — |
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