Top 25
4-25
- Games
- 29
- Win rate
- 13.8%
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Coach Profile
Brady Hoke
2003-2023 • Ball State, Michigan, San Diego State, Tennessee
4 schools coached, anchored by Ball State.
Brady Hoke's coaching record is 105-92, highlighted by seasons at Ball State from 2003 to 2023.
Brady Hoke coached 17 seasons, won 53.3%, and posted an average SRS of -1.9. Best season: 2011 Michigan. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 5 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 105-92
- Career win rate
- 53.3%
- Average SRS
- -1.9
- Peak SRS
- 15.8
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
- 17
- Career span
- 21 years
- Best finish
- #12
- Consistency
- 15.7
Primary school anchor
Ball State
Defense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 75.3.
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
- 105-92
- Ball State record
- 34-38
- Full-season record
- 93-89
- Partial-season record
- 12-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-8
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Northern Illinois
- 2-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 3-4
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
197 countable games, 53.3% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Ball State.
15 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Ball State-Northern Illinois games in this dataset.
7 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 26, 2023. 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.
Brady Hoke
EliteStrongAverageLean
Brady Hoke: 2009 San Diego StateBrady Hoke: 2011 MichiganBrady Hoke: 2017 TennesseeBrady Hoke: 2020 San Diego State
2003Actual season year • SRS range -21.0 to 15.82023
Active comparison point
Brady Hoke • 2011
2011 Michigan
Best seasonNew stop: Michigan11-2 • SRS 15.8 • SP Overall 20.0
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+9.2
SP Off / Def
39.3 / 18.8
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results29
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 Diego State
2020-2023 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -2.2 • Win % 57.5%
Tennessee
2017-2017 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -7.3 • Win % 0.0%
Michigan
2011-2014 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 9.0 • Win % 60.8%
San Diego State
2009-2010 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.5 • Win % 52.0%
Ball State
2003-2008 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -8.0 • Win % 47.2%
- Longest tenure
- Ball State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan • 9.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Michigan • 60.8%
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.
Brady Hoke sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBrady Hoke sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Brady Hoke
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.6
- Percentile
- 59th 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 Diego State
2020-2023 • 27-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.2Win % 57.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 9.8 baseline
-3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.2 during vs 2.3 baseline
-4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.3 during vs 6.4 baseline
-6.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+5.0%
Tennessee
2017-2017 • 0-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -7.3Win % 0.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Michigan
2011-2014 • 31-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.0Win % 60.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 4.3 baseline
+4.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.9 during vs 10.7 baseline
+4.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+10.0%
San Diego State
2009-2010 • 13-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.5Win % 52.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 3.6 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.5 during vs -8.6 baseline
+6.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.1 during vs -10.0 baseline
+9.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Ball State
2003-2008 • 34-38
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -8.0Win % 47.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.4 during vs 3.4 baseline
+1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.4 during vs -15.8 baseline
+5.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.5 during vs -16.1 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
Michigan 2011
11-2 • SRS 15.8
Biggest Improvement
San Diego State 2010
9-4 • 18.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Michigan 2011
11-2 • SP Off 39.3
Best Defensive Season
San Diego State 2020
4-4 • SP Def 15.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Ball State 2004
2-9 • SRS -21.0
Biggest Drop
San Diego State 2009
4-8 • -15.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| San Diego State | 2023 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.8 | -10.3 | 19.4 | 30.2 | -2.9 | -20.5% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 2022 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -6.9 | -4.4 | 15.1 | 21.1 | -12.1 | -31.9% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 2021 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #25 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 23.7 | 17.1 | +2.4 | +35.7% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 2020 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 2.8 | 5.3 | 20.2 | 15.0 | +10.1 | +50.0% | Season summary |
| Tennessee | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | #25 | — | -7.3 | 1.2 | 25.8 | 25.7 | -8.9 | -41.7% | Partial season |
| Michigan | 2014 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 1.6 | 8.2 | 27.0 | 19.0 | -6.0 | -12.2% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #17 | — | 7.6 | 11.1 | 31.2 | 20.2 | -3.4 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2012 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #8 | #24 | 11.0 | 20.5 | 36.2 | 16.6 | -4.8 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| Michigan | 2011 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #12 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 39.3 | 18.8 | +9.2 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 2010 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 6.6 | 8.9 | 34.3 | 25.5 | +18.3 | +35.9% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -11.7 | -11.0 | 19.5 | 28.7 | -15.9 | -59.0% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 2008 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | — | 4.2 | 14.3 | 38.9 | 26.1 | +7.1 | +38.5% | Partial season |
| Ball State | 2007 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -2.9 | -4.6 | 29.0 | 33.6 | +1.4 | +12.2% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 2006 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -4.3 | -7.5 | 22.6 | 32.0 | +6.7 | +5.3% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 2005 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -11.0 | -18.5 | 16.3 | 34.8 | +10.0 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 2004 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -21.0 | -18.7 | 26.8 | 41.6 | -8.0 | -15.2% | Season summary |
| Ball State | 2003 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -13.0 | -13.0 | 28.8 | 38.3 | — | — | Season summary |
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