Top 25
4-15
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 21.1%
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Coach Profile
Rocky Long
1998-2019 • New Mexico, San Diego State
2 schools coached, anchored by New Mexico.
Rocky Long coached 20 seasons, won 57.7%, and posted an average SRS of -1.7. Best season: 2015 San Diego State. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 146-107
- Career win rate
- 57.7%
- Average SRS
- -1.7
- Peak SRS
- 6.2
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
- 20
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- #25
- Consistency
- 64.5
Primary school anchor
New Mexico
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 51.3.
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.
Rocky Long
EliteStrongAverageLean
Rocky Long: 2011 San Diego State
1998Actual season year • SRS range -18.5 to 6.22019
Active comparison point
Rocky Long • 2015
2015 San Diego State
Best seasonBiggest improvement11-3 • SRS 6.2 • SP Overall 8.0
Win %
78.6%
YoY SRS
+10.7
SP Off / Def
28.6 / 22.6
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results19
| 2018 Regular Week 3 | San Diego State | Arizona State | #23 | W28-21 |
| 2018 Regular Week 1 | San Diego State | Stanford | #13 | L10-31 |
| 2017 Regular Week 3 | San Diego State | Stanford | #19 | W20-17 |
| 2014 Regular Week 2 | San Diego State | North Carolina | #21 | L27-31 |
| 2013 Regular Week 9 | San Diego State | Fresno State | #15 | L28-35 |
| 2013 Regular Week 2 | San Diego State | Ohio State | #3 | L7-42 |
| 2012 Regular Week 10 | San Diego State | Boise State | #19 | W21-19 |
| 2011 Regular Week 12 | San Diego State | Boise State | #10 | L35-52 |
| 2011 Regular Week 4 | San Diego State | Michigan | #22 | L7-28 |
| 2008 Regular Week 10 | New Mexico | Utah | #10 | L10-13 |
| 2008 Regular Week 7 | New Mexico | BYU | #9 | L3-21 |
| 2006 Regular Week 12 | New Mexico | BYU | #23 | L17-42 |
| 2004 Regular Week 6 | New Mexico | Utah | #14 | L7-28 |
| 2004 Postseason Week 1 | New Mexico | Navy | #24 | L19-34 |
| 2003 Regular Week 10 | New Mexico | Utah | #24 | W47-35 |
| 2003 Regular Week 5 | New Mexico | Washington State | #24 | L13-23 |
| 2002 Regular Week 14 | New Mexico | Colorado State | #20 | L14-22 |
| 2001 Regular Week 8 | New Mexico | BYU | #18 | L20-24 |
| 1999 Regular Week 8 | New Mexico | BYU | #21 | L7-31 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
San Diego State
2011-2019 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 0.4 • Win % 68.1%
New Mexico
1998-2008 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS -3.5 • Win % 48.5%
- Longest tenure
- New Mexico • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- San Diego State • 0.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- San Diego State • 68.1%
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.
Rocky Long sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRocky Long sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rocky Long
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.8
- Percentile
- 60th 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.
San Diego State
2011-2019 • 81-38
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.4Win % 68.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 4.4 baseline
+4.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.4 during vs -9.0 baseline
+9.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.2 during vs -9.2 baseline
+12.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
New Mexico
1998-2008 • 65-69
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.5Win % 48.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.9 during vs 6.0 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs -1.7 baseline
-1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.2 during vs 0.3 baseline
-1.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
San Diego State 2015
11-3 • SRS 6.2
Biggest Improvement
San Diego State 2015
11-3 • 10.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
New Mexico 2003
8-5 • SP Off 34.2
Best Defensive Season
San Diego State 2019
10-3 • SP Def 16.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
New Mexico 1998
3-9 • SRS -18.5
Biggest Drop
San Diego State 2013
8-5 • -9.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| San Diego State | 2019 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | — | 1.7 | 2.0 | 16.6 | 16.6 | +6.5 | +23.1% |
| San Diego State | 2018 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -4.8 | 6.0 | 25.6 | 21.0 | -7.9 | -23.1% |
| San Diego State | 2017 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | — | 3.1 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 24.8 | -2.3 | -1.7% |
| San Diego State | 2016 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #25 | 5.4 | 11.4 | 32.0 | 22.5 | -0.8 | 0.0% |
| San Diego State | 2015 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | — | 6.2 | 8.0 | 28.6 | 22.6 | +10.7 | +24.7% |
| San Diego State | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -4.5 | 1.0 | 25.1 | 24.6 | +0.8 | -7.7% |
| San Diego State | 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -5.3 | -4.8 | 26.9 | 29.9 | -9.3 | -7.7% |
| San Diego State | 2012 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 4.0 | 2.4 | 29.3 | 26.1 | +5.9 | +7.7% |
| San Diego State | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -1.9 | -1.5 | 29.9 | 30.2 | +2.6 | +28.2% |
| New Mexico | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -4.5 | -2.0 | 18.2 | 20.2 | -2.2 | -35.9% |
| New Mexico | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -2.3 | 4.4 | 22.5 | 19.4 | +0.1 | +23.1% |
| New Mexico | 2006 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -2.4 | -0.5 | 19.8 | 21.5 | +1.5 | -8.4% |
| New Mexico | 2005 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -3.9 | 0.2 | 28.0 | 27.8 | -9.2 | -3.8% |
| New Mexico | 2004 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.3 | 5.4 | 25.6 | 21.0 | +1.2 | -3.2% |
| New Mexico | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 4.1 | 8.6 | 34.2 | 27.4 | +7.4 | +11.5% |
| New Mexico | 2002 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -3.3 | -4.4 | 28.1 | 32.4 | -0.8 | -4.5% |
| New Mexico | 2001 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -2.5 | -3.8 | 28.8 | 32.5 | -1.6 | +12.9% |
| New Mexico | 2000 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.9 | 2.1 | 23.5 | 21.8 | +8.9 | +5.3% |
| New Mexico | 1999 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -9.8 | -5.6 | 26.8 | 32.3 | +8.7 | +11.4% |
| New Mexico | 1998 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -18.5 | -17.7 | 26.8 | 41.0 | — | — |
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