Virginia
1902-1902 • 8-1-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -2.2Win % 85.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
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Coach Profile
John DeSaulles
College football coaching record, Virginia years & career stats
1902-1902 • Virginia
One defining program at Virginia.
John DeSaulles's coaching record is 8-1-1, highlighted by seasons at Virginia from 1902 to 1902.
John DeSaulles coached 1 seasons, won 85.0%, and posted an average SRS of -2.2. Best season: 1902 Virginia. The profile was balanced with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 8-1-1
- Career win rate
- 85.0%
- Average SRS
- -2.2
- Peak SRS
- -2.2
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
- 1
- Career span
- 1 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- —
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
- 8-1-1
- Virginia record
- 8-1-1
- Full-season record
- 8-1-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs North Carolina
- 0-0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
10 countable games, 85.0% win rate.
1 countable seasons at Virginia.
1 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
South's Oldest Rivalry games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career Résumé
John DeSaulles season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 1
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
100% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
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 27, 1902. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about John DeSaulles
Who is John DeSaulles?
John DeSaulles is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at Virginia, with a 8-1-1 career record from 1902 across 1 countable season.
What is John DeSaulles's college football coaching record?
John DeSaulles's college football coaching record is 8-1-1 across 1 countable season, anchored by Virginia.
Which schools did John DeSaulles coach?
John DeSaulles coached at Virginia in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did John DeSaulles have?
John DeSaulles had 1 winning season across 1 countable season row in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did John DeSaulles have?
John DeSaulles had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did John DeSaulles have?
John DeSaulles recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did John DeSaulles coach at Virginia?
John DeSaulles's Virginia head coach years were 1902, covering 1 countable season with a 8-1-1 record.
How did John DeSaulles do against ranked opponents?
John DeSaulles's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-0.
How does CFBTrack count John DeSaulles's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
John DeSaulles 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
John DeSaulles
EliteStrongAverageLean
1901Actual season year • SRS range -3.2 to -1.21903
Active comparison point
John DeSaulles • 1902
1902 Virginia
Best seasonWorst season8-1-1 • SRS -2.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
85.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Season 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.
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- Virginia • 1 seasons
- Best tenure
- Virginia • -2.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Virginia • 85.0%
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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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Overall Strength
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John DeSaulles
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
John DeSaulles coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Virginia 1902
8-1-1 • SRS -2.2
Biggest Improvement
Unavailable
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Virginia 1902
8-1-1 • SRS -2.2
Biggest Drop
Unavailable
John DeSaulles coaching record by season
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| VirginiaBest | 1902 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | — | -2.2 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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