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Nelson Norgren

1914-1917Utah

One defining program at Utah.

Nelson Norgren coached 4 seasons, won 54.2%, and posted an average SRS of -10.7. Best season: 1916 Utah. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
13-11
Career win rate
54.2%
Average SRS
-10.7
Peak SRS
44.0

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
Consistency
0.0

Primary school anchor

Utah

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 99.9.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Nelson Norgren
Overall record
13-11

24 countable games, 54.2% win rate.

Utah record
13-11

4 countable seasons at Utah.

Full-season record
13-11

4 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Utah State
3-1

Battle of the Brothers games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 29, 1917. 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.

Nelson Norgren
EliteStrongAverageLean
1914Actual season year • SRS range -37.4 to 44.01917

Active comparison point

Nelson Norgren1916

Selected

1916 Utah

Best seasonBiggest improvement

3-2 • SRS 44.0 • SP Overall

Win %

60.0%

YoY SRS

+77.0

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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.

Poll source
Ranking timing
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.

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

1914-19174 seasons

Avg SRS -10.7 • Win % 54.2%

Longest tenure
Utah • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Utah • -10.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Utah • 54.2%

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

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Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Nelson Norgren

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Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

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

1914-191713-11

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -10.7Win % 54.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 4.0 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-10.7 during vs -6.1 baseline

-4.5

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 1916

3-2SRS 44.0

Biggest Improvement

Utah 1916

3-277.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Utah 1917

2-4SRS -37.4

Biggest Drop

Utah 1917

2-4-81.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Utah1917624033.3%-37.4-81.4-26.7%Season summary
Utah1916532060.0%44.0+77.0-11.4%Season summary
Utah1915752071.4%-33.0-16.8+21.4%Season summary
Utah1914633050.0%-16.2Season summary

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