Top 25
2-13
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 13.3%
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Coach Profile
Ray Nagel
1958-1970 • Iowa, Utah
2 schools coached, anchored by Utah.
Ray Nagel coached 13 seasons, won 45.1%, and posted an average SRS of -0.0. Best season: 1964 Utah. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 58-71-3
- Career win rate
- 45.1%
- Average SRS
- -0.0
- Peak SRS
- 15.9
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
- —
- Consistency
- 39.2
Primary school anchor
Utah
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 75.5.
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.
Ray Nagel
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ray Nagel: 1966 Iowa
1958Actual season year • SRS range -12.1 to 15.91970
Active comparison point
Ray Nagel • 1964
1964 Utah
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-2 • SRS 15.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+17.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
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
2-9
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 18.2%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results15
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Iowa | Michigan | #8 | L0-55 |
| 1970 Regular Week 5 | Iowa | USC | #4 | L0-48 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Iowa | Michigan | #12 | L6-51 |
| 1969 Regular Week 6 | Iowa | Purdue | #15 | L31-35 |
| 1968 Regular Week 10 | Iowa | Ohio State | #2 | L27-33 |
| 1968 Regular Week 7 | Iowa | Purdue | #7 | L14-44 |
| 1968 Regular Week 4 | Iowa | Notre Dame | #5 | L28-51 |
| 1968 Regular Week 2 | Iowa | Oregon State | #8 | W21-20 |
| 1967 Regular Week 8 | Iowa | Purdue | #6 | L22-41 |
| 1967 Regular Week 5 | Iowa | Notre Dame | #5 | L6-56 |
| 1966 Regular Week 9 | Iowa | Michigan State | #2 | L7-56 |
| 1966 Regular Week 5 | Iowa | Purdue | #9 | L0-35 |
| 1961 Regular Week 9 | Utah | Colorado | #8 | W21-12 |
| 1959 Regular Week 12 | Utah | UCLA | #17 | L6-21 |
| 1958 Regular Week 7 | Utah | Air Force | #13 | L14-16 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Iowa
1966-1970 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -0.9 • Win % 34.0%
Utah
1958-1965 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 0.5 • Win % 51.8%
- Longest tenure
- Utah • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Utah • 0.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Utah • 51.8%
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.
Ray Nagel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRay Nagel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ray Nagel
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -14.1
- Percentile
- 17th pct
Lower end
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.
Iowa
1966-1970 • 16-32-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.9Win % 34.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.2 during vs 3.2 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.9 during vs 9.7 baseline
-10.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-14.1 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Utah
1958-1965 • 42-39-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.5Win % 51.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.5 during vs -2.5 baseline
+3.0
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
Utah 1964
9-2 • SRS 15.9
Biggest Improvement
Utah 1964
9-2 • 17.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Iowa 1970
3-6-1 • SP Off 16.8
Best Defensive Season
Iowa 1970
3-6-1 • SP Def 29.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Iowa 1966
2-8 • SRS -12.1
Biggest Drop
Utah 1965
3-7 • -18.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Iowa | 1970 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 35.0% | — | — | -0.9 | -14.1 | 16.8 | 29.8 | -4.0 | -15.0% |
| Iowa | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.1 | — | — | — | -7.7 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 1968 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | +16.1 | +35.0% |
| Iowa | 1967 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15.0% | — | — | -5.3 | — | — | — | +6.8 | -5.0% |
| Iowa | 1966 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -12.1 | — | — | — | -9.1 | -10.0% |
| Utah | 1965 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -3.0 | — | — | — | -18.9 | -51.8% |
| Utah | 1964 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | +17.1 | +41.8% |
| Utah | 1963 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -1.2 | — | — | — | +4.5 | -5.0% |
| Utah | 1962 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | -5.7 | — | — | — | -9.9 | -15.0% |
| Utah | 1961 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 4.2 | — | — | — | +0.9 | -10.0% |
| Utah | 1960 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | +3.8 | +20.0% |
| Utah | 1959 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.5 | — | — | — | +8.5 | +13.6% |
| Utah | 1958 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -9.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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