Top 25
5-7
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 41.7%
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Coach Profile
Ron McBride
1990-2002 • Utah
One defining program at Utah.
Ron McBride's coaching record is 88-63, highlighted by seasons at Utah from 1990 to 2002.
Ron McBride coached 13 seasons, won 58.3%, and posted an average SRS of 1.4. Best season: 1994 Utah. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 88-63
- Career win rate
- 58.3%
- Average SRS
- 1.4
- Peak SRS
- 15.1
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
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 52.9
Primary school anchor
Utah
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 73.9.
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
- 88-63
- Utah record
- 88-63
- Full-season record
- 88-63
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Utah State
- 11-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 3-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
151 countable games, 58.3% win rate.
13 countable seasons at Utah.
13 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Battle of the Brothers games in this dataset.
6 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 23, 2002. 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.
Ron McBride
EliteStrongAverageLean
1990Actual season year • SRS range -12.6 to 15.12002
Active comparison point
Ron McBride • 1994
1994 Utah
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-2 • SRS 15.1 • SP Overall 20.0
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+14.5
SP Off / Def
40.1 / 22.4
Finish
#10
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results12
| 2002 Regular Week 5 | Utah | Michigan | #14 | L7-10 |
| 2001 Regular Week 13 | Utah | BYU | #8 | L21-24 |
| 2001 Regular Week 3 | Utah | Oregon | #7 | L10-24 |
| 1999 Regular Week 13 | Utah | BYU | #19 | W20-17 |
| 1996 Regular Week 14 | Utah | BYU | #8 | L17-37 |
| 1996 Regular Week 6 | Utah | Kansas | #20 | W45-42 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | Utah | BYU | #20 | W34-31 |
| 1994 Regular Week 9 | Utah | Colorado State | #12 | W45-31 |
| 1994 Postseason Week 1 | Utah | Arizona | #20 | W16-13 |
| 1992 Regular Week 2 | Utah | Nebraska | #11 | L22-49 |
| 1992 Postseason Week 1 | Utah | Washington State | #15 | L28-31 |
| 1990 Regular Week 13 | Utah | BYU | #4 | L22-45 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Utah
1990-2002 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS 1.4 • Win % 58.3%
- Longest tenure
- Utah • 13 seasons
- Best tenure
- Utah • 1.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Utah • 58.3%
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.
Ron McBride sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRon McBride sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ron McBride
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.4
- Percentile
- 69th 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.
Utah
1990-2002 • 88-63
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.4Win % 58.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 5.0 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.4 during vs -6.5 baseline
+8.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.4 during vs -5.9 baseline
+9.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
7.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+7.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Utah 1994
10-2 • SRS 15.1
Biggest Improvement
Utah 1994
10-2 • 14.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Utah 1994
10-2 • SP Off 40.1
Best Defensive Season
Utah 2001
8-4 • SP Def 21.1
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Utah 1990
4-7 • SRS -12.6
Biggest Drop
Utah 1995
7-4 • -13.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Utah | 2002 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.1 | -5.4 | 23.7 | 29.0 | -11.0 | -21.2% | Season summary |
| Utah | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 8.9 | 12.8 | 33.0 | 21.1 | +7.9 | +30.3% | Season summary |
| Utah | 2000 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 1.0 | -2.1 | 23.3 | 25.4 | -7.5 | -38.6% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1999 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 8.5 | 14.5 | 36.2 | 23.4 | +8.1 | +11.4% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1998 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 0.4 | 2.2 | 32.2 | 31.2 | +2.4 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1997 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -2.0 | -0.6 | 24.7 | 25.5 | -1.0 | -12.1% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1996 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -1.0 | 2.5 | 32.4 | 31.3 | -2.9 | +3.0% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1995 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 1.9 | 8.5 | 32.6 | 25.8 | -13.2 | -19.7% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1994 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #10 | 15.1 | 20.0 | 40.1 | 22.4 | +14.5 | +29.5% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1993 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 0.6 | 0.8 | 38.4 | 36.9 | -2.6 | +3.9% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1992 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.2 | 6.1 | 33.3 | 29.0 | +6.5 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1991 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -3.3 | -3.2 | 26.7 | 30.0 | +9.3 | +22.0% | Season summary |
| Utah | 1990 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -12.6 | -11.8 | 26.5 | 35.6 | — | — | Season summary |
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