Top 25
21-37-3
- Games
- 61
- Win rate
- 36.9%
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Coach Profile
Darrell Royal
1954-1976 • Mississippi State, Texas, Washington
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas.
Darrell Royal coached 23 seasons, won 74.9%, and posted an average SRS of 18.9. Best season: 1970 Texas. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 184-60-5
- Career win rate
- 74.9%
- Average SRS
- 18.9
- Peak SRS
- 35.4
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
- 23
- Career span
- 23 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 33.7
Primary school anchor
Texas
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 99.1.
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.
Darrell Royal
EliteStrongAverageLean
Darrell Royal: 1956 WashingtonDarrell Royal: 1957 Texas
1954Actual season year • SRS range 6.8 to 35.41976
Active comparison point
Darrell Royal • 1970
1970 Texas
Best season10-1 • SRS 35.4 • SP Overall 30.9
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+4.3
SP Off / Def
45.2 / 15.9
Finish
#3
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
11-25-2
- Games
- 38
- Win rate
- 31.6%
Top 5
5-14
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 26.3%
View ranked game results61
| 1976 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Texas A&M | #10 | L3-27 |
| 1976 Regular Week 10 | Texas | Houston | #12 | L0-30 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Texas | Texas Tech | #5 | L28-31 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #6 | T6-6 |
| 1976 Regular Week 2 | Texas | Boston College | #15 | L13-14 |
| 1975 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Texas A&M | #2 | L10-20 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Arkansas | #20 | W24-18 |
| 1975 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #2 | L17-24 |
| 1975 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Colorado | #16 | W38-21 |
| 1974 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Texas A&M | #8 | W32-3 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #2 | L13-16 |
| 1974 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Auburn | #8 | L3-27 |
| 1973 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Oklahoma | #3 | L13-52 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Texas | Miami | #18 | L15-20 |
| 1973 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Nebraska | #7 | L3-19 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Arkansas | #17 | W35-15 |
| 1972 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Oklahoma | #2 | L0-27 |
| 1972 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Alabama | #7 | W17-13 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #16 | L7-31 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Oklahoma | #8 | L27-48 |
| 1971 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Penn State | #5 | L6-30 |
| 1970 Regular Week 6 | Texas | UCLA | #19 | W20-17 |
| 1970 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Notre Dame | #2 | L11-24 |
| 1969 Regular Week 13 | Texas | Arkansas | #3 | W15-14 |
| 1969 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Oklahoma | #12 | W27-17 |
| 1969 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Notre Dame | #5 | W21-17 |
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | Texas | SMU | #13 | W38-7 |
| 1968 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #9 | W39-29 |
| 1968 Regular Week 2 | Texas | Houston | #11 | T20-20 |
| 1968 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Tennessee | #13 | W36-13 |
| 1967 Regular Week 4 | Texas | Texas Tech | #10 | L13-19 |
| 1967 Regular Week 3 | Texas | USC | #2 | L13-17 |
| 1966 Regular Week 2 | Texas | USC | #5 | L6-10 |
| 1965 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #1 | L24-27 |
| 1964 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #4 | L13-14 |
| 1964 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Alabama | #1 | W21-17 |
| 1963 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Oklahoma | #6 | W28-7 |
| 1963 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Navy | #2 | W28-6 |
| 1962 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #9 | W7-3 |
| 1962 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | LSU | #7 | L0-13 |
| 1961 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Ole Miss | #5 | W12-7 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Rice | #13 | L0-7 |
| 1960 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #14 | L23-24 |
| 1960 Regular Week 2 | Texas | Nebraska | #12 | L13-14 |
| 1960 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Alabama | #9 | T3-3 |
| 1959 Regular Week 10 | Texas | TCU | #10 | L9-14 |
| 1959 Regular Week 6 | Texas | Arkansas | #10 | W13-12 |
| 1959 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Syracuse | #1 | L14-23 |
| 1958 Regular Week 10 | Texas | TCU | #7 | L8-22 |
| 1958 Regular Week 8 | Texas | SMU | #20 | L10-26 |
| 1958 Regular Week 7 | Texas | Rice | #14 | L7-34 |
| 1958 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Oklahoma | #11 | W15-14 |
| 1957 Regular Week 5 | Texas | Oklahoma | #2 | L7-21 |
| 1957 Postseason Week 1 | Texas | Ole Miss | #7 | L7-39 |
| 1956 Regular Week 8 | Washington | Oregon State | #14 | L20-28 |
| 1956 Regular Week 6 | Washington | USC | #6 | L7-35 |
| 1955 Regular Week 11 | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | #15 | L0-26 |
| 1955 Regular Week 8 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #14 | L26-27 |
| 1955 Regular Week 5 | Mississippi State | Kentucky | #20 | W20-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 11 | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | #7 | L0-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 6 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #12 | W12-7 |
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
1957-1976 • 20 seasons
Avg SRS 20.3 • Win % 77.4%
Washington
1956-1956 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 11.1 • Win % 50.0%
Mississippi State
1954-1955 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 9.5 • Win % 60.0%
- Longest tenure
- Texas • 20 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas • 20.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Texas • 77.4%
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.
Darrell Royal sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDarrell Royal sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Darrell Royal
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 22.6
- Percentile
- 99th 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.
Texas
1957-1976 • 167-47-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 20.3Win % 77.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 5.2 baseline
+3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
20.3 during vs 11.6 baseline
+8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
22.6 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
70.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+30.0%
Washington
1956-1956 • 5-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.1Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.1 during vs 3.4 baseline
+7.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Mississippi State
1954-1955 • 12-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.5Win % 60.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 3.6 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.5 during vs 5.9 baseline
+3.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas 1970
10-1 • SRS 35.4
Biggest Improvement
Texas 1968
9-1-1 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas 1970
10-1 • SP Off 45.2
Best Defensive Season
Texas 1972
10-1 • SP Def 6.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
Texas 1976
5-5-1 • SRS 6.8
Biggest Drop
Texas 1971
8-3 • -18.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Texas | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | #7 | — | 6.8 | 8.6 | 24.5 | 17.0 | -18.0 | -33.3% |
| Texas | 1975 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #11 | #6 | 24.8 | 26.3 | 40.8 | 17.0 | +4.2 | +16.7% |
| Texas | 1974 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #10 | #17 | 20.6 | 23.0 | 39.3 | 17.5 | -5.3 | -6.1% |
| Texas | 1973 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #3 | #14 | 25.9 | 23.0 | 39.6 | 18.1 | -0.7 | -18.2% |
| Texas | 1972 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #14 | #3 | 26.6 | 29.5 | 35.7 | 6.6 | +9.9 | +18.2% |
| Texas | 1971 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #3 | #18 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 32.2 | 17.1 | -18.7 | -18.2% |
| Texas | 1970 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #2 | #3 | 35.4 | 30.9 | 45.2 | 15.9 | +4.3 | -9.1% |
| Texas | 1969 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #4 | #1 | 31.1 | — | — | — | +3.0 | +13.6% |
| Texas | 1968 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #5 | #3 | 28.1 | — | — | — | +16.2 | +26.4% |
| Texas | 1967 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #4 | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | -5.7 | -3.6% |
| Texas | 1966 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 17.6 | — | — | — | +5.6 | +3.6% |
| Texas | 1965 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #2 | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | -6.5 | -30.9% |
| Texas | 1964 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #4 | #5 | 18.5 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -9.1% |
| Texas | 1963 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #5 | #1 | 23.9 | — | — | — | +7.2 | +13.6% |
| Texas | 1962 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #2 | #4 | 16.7 | — | — | — | -12.6 | -4.5% |
| Texas | 1961 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #4 | #3 | 29.3 | — | — | — | +12.0 | +22.7% |
| Texas | 1960 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | #4 | — | 17.3 | — | — | — | -2.8 | -13.6% |
| Texas | 1959 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #17 | #4 | 20.1 | — | — | — | +9.9 | +11.8% |
| Texas | 1958 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #11 | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | -2.1 | +10.9% |
| Texas | 1957 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | #11 | 12.3 | — | — | — | +1.2 | +9.1% |
| Washington | 1956 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | +1.8 | -10.0% |
| Mississippi State | 1955 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 9.3 | — | — | — | -0.4 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi State | 1954 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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