Top 25
5-11
- Games
- 16
- Win rate
- 31.3%
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David McWilliams
1987-1991 • Texas
One defining program at Texas.
David McWilliams coached 5 seasons, won 54.4%, and posted an average SRS of 6.8. Best season: 1990 Texas. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 31-26
- Career win rate
- 54.4%
- Average SRS
- 6.8
- Peak SRS
- 18.6
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- #12
- Consistency
- 50.8
Primary school anchor
Texas
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 81.7.
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.
David McWilliams
EliteStrongAverageLean
1987Actual season year • SRS range -1.1 to 18.61991
Active comparison point
David McWilliams • 1990
1990 Texas
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-2 • SRS 18.6 • SP Overall 24.9
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+15.3
SP Off / Def
40.6 / 17.5
Finish
#12
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
2-5
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 28.6%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
| 1991 Regular Week 14 | Texas | Texas A&M | #10 | L14-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #6 | W10-7 |
| 1991 Regular Week 4 | Texas | Auburn | #13 | L10-14 |
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Texas | Houston | #12 | W45-24 |
| 1990 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Oklahoma | #16 | W14-13 |
| 1990 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Colorado | #20 | L22-29 |
| 1990 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Miami | #3 | L3-46 |
| 1989 Regular Week 14 | Texas | Texas A&M | #16 | L10-21 |
| 1989 Regular Week 11 | Texas | Houston | #15 | L9-47 |
| 1989 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Arkansas | #7 | W24-20 |
| 1989 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #15 | W28-24 |
| 1988 Regular Week 8 | Texas | Arkansas | #17 | L24-27 |
| 1988 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #10 | L13-28 |
| 1987 Regular Week 14 | Texas | Texas A&M | #15 | L13-20 |
| 1987 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #1 | L9-44 |
| 1987 Regular Week 2 | Texas | Auburn | #4 | L3-31 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Texas
1987-1991 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 54.4%
- Longest tenure
- Texas • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas • 6.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Texas • 54.4%
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.
David McWilliams sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDavid McWilliams sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
David McWilliams
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 9.7
- Percentile
- 84th 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.
Texas
1987-1991 • 31-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.8Win % 54.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 8.0 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 8.9 baseline
-2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 12.6 baseline
-2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas 1990
10-2 • SRS 18.6
Biggest Improvement
Texas 1990
10-2 • 15.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas 1990
10-2 • SP Off 40.6
Best Defensive Season
Texas 1991
5-6 • SP Def 12.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Texas 1988
4-7 • SRS -1.1
Biggest Drop
Texas 1991
5-6 • -10.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Texas | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #14 | — | 8.5 | 11.2 | 23.3 | 12.5 | -10.1 | -37.9% |
| Texas | 1990 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #12 | 18.6 | 24.9 | 40.6 | 17.5 | +15.3 | +37.9% |
| Texas | 1989 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.3 | 6.4 | 30.5 | 26.1 | +4.4 | +9.1% |
| Texas | 1988 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.1 | -1.7 | 30.1 | 32.1 | -5.8 | -22.0% |
| Texas | 1987 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 4.7 | 7.9 | 36.8 | 30.9 | — | — |
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