Top 25
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Gary Crowton
1996-2004 • BYU, Louisiana Tech
2 schools coached, anchored by BYU.
Gary Crowton's coaching record is 47-36, highlighted by seasons at BYU from 1996 to 2004.
Gary Crowton coached 7 seasons, won 56.6%, and posted an average SRS of -1.9. Best season: 2001 BYU. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 47-36
- Career win rate
- 56.6%
- Average SRS
- -1.9
- Peak SRS
- 7.5
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
- 7
- Career span
- 9 years
- Best finish
- #25
- Consistency
- 57.9
Primary school anchor
BYU
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 55.4.
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
- 47-36
- BYU record
- 26-23
- Full-season record
- 47-36
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs Utah
- 1-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
83 countable games, 56.6% win rate.
4 countable seasons at BYU.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Holy War games in this dataset.
1 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 21, 2004. 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.
Gary Crowton
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Gary Crowton: 2001 BYU
1996Actual season year • SRS range -10.6 to 7.52004
Active comparison point
Gary Crowton • 2001
2001 BYU
Best seasonNew stop: BYU12-2 • SRS 7.5 • SP Overall 9.6
Win %
85.7%
YoY SRS
+7.8
SP Off / Def
47.7 / 40.3
Finish
#25
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
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results9
| 2004 Regular Week 13 | BYU | Utah | #5 | L21-52 |
| 2004 Regular Week 5 | BYU | Boise State | #21 | L27-28 |
| 2004 Regular Week 4 | BYU | USC | #1 | L10-42 |
| 2003 Regular Week 3 | BYU | USC | #4 | L18-35 |
| 2002 Regular Week 8 | BYU | Air Force | #21 | L9-52 |
| 2001 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Louisville | #23 | L10-28 |
| 1998 Regular Week 14 | Louisiana Tech | Tulane | #9 | L30-63 |
| 1998 Regular Week 3 | Louisiana Tech | Texas A&M | #17 | L7-28 |
| 1997 Regular Week 8 | Louisiana Tech | Auburn | #8 | L13-49 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
BYU
2001-2004 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 0.0 • Win % 53.1%
Louisiana Tech
1996-1998 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -4.3 • Win % 61.8%
- Longest tenure
- BYU • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- BYU • 0.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Louisiana Tech • 61.8%
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.
Gary Crowton sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGary Crowton sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gary Crowton
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -1.9
- Percentile
- 50th pct
Mixed
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.
BYU
2001-2004 • 26-23
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.0Win % 53.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 8.6 baseline
-2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.0 during vs 3.9 baseline
-3.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.2 during vs 8.3 baseline
-6.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+5.0%
Louisiana Tech
1996-1998 • 21-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -4.3Win % 61.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 4.6 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.3 during vs -12.4 baseline
+8.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.3 during vs -13.8 baseline
+6.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
BYU 2001
12-2 • SRS 7.5
Biggest Improvement
BYU 2004
5-6 • 9.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
BYU 2001
12-2 • SP Off 47.7
Best Defensive Season
BYU 2003
4-8 • SP Def 25.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Louisiana Tech 1996
6-5 • SRS -10.6
Biggest Drop
BYU 2002
5-7 • -16.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| BYU | 2004 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.1 | 7.8 | 34.4 | 28.3 | +9.1 | +12.1% | Season summary |
| BYU | 2003 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -4.0 | 1.5 | 26.2 | 25.2 | +4.6 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| BYU | 2002 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -8.6 | -10.2 | 26.6 | 34.9 | -16.1 | -44.0% | Season summary |
| BYU | 2001 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #25 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 47.7 | 40.3 | +7.8 | +35.7% | Season summary |
| Louisiana Tech | 1998 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.3 | -0.3 | 44.2 | 42.6 | +1.8 | -31.8% | Season summary |
| Louisiana Tech | 1997 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | -2.1 | -6.3 | 33.2 | 37.7 | +8.5 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Louisiana Tech | 1996 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -10.6 | -15.3 | 34.9 | 44.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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