Top 25
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Back to Coaches
Defense-FirstDefense-First
Coach Profile
Dick Bestwick
1976-1981 • Virginia
One defining program at Virginia.
Dick Bestwick coached 6 seasons, won 25.0%, and posted an average SRS of -3.9. Best season: 1979 Virginia. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 16-49-1
- Career win rate
- 25.0%
- Average SRS
- -3.9
- Peak SRS
- 9.5
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 52.5
Primary school anchor
Virginia
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 60.0.
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.
Dick Bestwick
EliteStrongAverageLean
1976Actual season year • SRS range -9.1 to 9.51981
Active comparison point
Dick Bestwick • 1979
1979 Virginia
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 9.5 • SP Overall 10.1
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+18.1
SP Off / Def
23.2 / 13.9
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
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results9
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | Virginia | North Carolina | #13 | L14-17 |
| 1981 Regular Week 6 | Virginia | Clemson | #9 | L0-27 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | Virginia | North Carolina | #15 | L3-26 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | Virginia | Navy | #17 | L10-17 |
| 1979 Regular Week 3 | Virginia | NC State | #19 | L27-31 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | Virginia | Maryland | #11 | L7-17 |
| 1977 Regular Week 11 | Virginia | North Carolina | #18 | L14-35 |
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Virginia | Texas | #9 | L0-68 |
| 1976 Regular Week 12 | Virginia | Maryland | #5 | L0-28 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Virginia
1976-1981 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -3.9 • Win % 25.0%
- Longest tenure
- Virginia • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Virginia • -3.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Virginia • 25.0%
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.
Dick Bestwick sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDick Bestwick sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Bestwick
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -8.2
- Percentile
- 32th 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.
Virginia
1976-1981 • 16-49-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.9Win % 25.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 3.2 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.9 during vs -8.5 baseline
+4.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-8.2 during vs -13.4 baseline
+5.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Virginia 1979
6-5 • SRS 9.5
Biggest Improvement
Virginia 1979
6-5 • 18.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Virginia 1979
6-5 • SP Off 23.2
Best Defensive Season
Virginia 1979
6-5 • SP Def 13.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
Virginia 1976
2-9 • SRS -9.1
Biggest Drop
Virginia 1980
4-7 • -11.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Virginia | 1981 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -4.8 | -9.6 | 16.6 | 25.6 | -2.9 | -27.3% |
| Virginia | 1980 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.9 | -2.9 | 20.4 | 23.4 | -11.4 | -18.2% |
| Virginia | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 9.5 | 10.1 | 23.2 | 13.9 | +18.1 | +36.4% |
| Virginia | 1978 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -8.6 | -16.4 | 12.0 | 28.3 | -0.2 | +4.5% |
| Virginia | 1977 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13.6% | — | — | -8.4 | -13.5 | 11.6 | 23.8 | +0.7 | -4.5% |
| Virginia | 1976 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.1 | -16.8 | 11.0 | 27.8 | — | — |
Similar coaches
Related profiles are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Ricky Rahne
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS -4.6 • Peak SRS 6.1 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.1
Open profile →PW Underwood
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.0
Avg SRS -2.9 • Peak SRS 4.7 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.2
Open profile →Geoff Collins
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS -3.7 • Peak SRS 3.7 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.8
Open profile →Fred Pancoast
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.2
Avg SRS -2.7 • Peak SRS 5.8 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Mike London
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS -3.3 • Peak SRS 5.1 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.9
Open profile →Rip Scherer
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.3
Avg SRS -5.2 • Peak SRS 6.0 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.4
Open profile →