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0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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William Elias
1960-1968 • George Washington, Navy, Virginia
3 schools coached, anchored by Navy.
William Elias coached 9 seasons, won 43.3%, and posted an average SRS of -3.5. Best season: 1965 Navy. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 36-48-5
- Career win rate
- 43.3%
- Average SRS
- -3.5
- Peak SRS
- 5.3
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
- 9
- Career span
- 9 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 81.1
Primary school anchor
Navy
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 48.3.
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.
William Elias
EliteStrongAverageLean
William Elias: 1961 VirginiaWilliam Elias: 1965 Navy
1960Actual season year • SRS range -7.9 to 5.31968
Active comparison point
William Elias • 1965
1965 Navy
Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Navy4-4-2 • SRS 5.3 • SP Overall —
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+13.1
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
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results6
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | Navy | Notre Dame | #12 | L14-45 |
| 1968 Regular Week 2 | Navy | Penn State | #10 | L6-31 |
| 1967 Regular Week 9 | Navy | Notre Dame | #9 | L14-43 |
| 1966 Regular Week 8 | Navy | Notre Dame | #1 | L7-31 |
| 1965 Regular Week 8 | Navy | Notre Dame | #4 | L3-29 |
| 1965 Regular Week 2 | Navy | Syracuse | #9 | L6-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Navy
1965-1968 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -0.5 • Win % 41.3%
Virginia
1961-1964 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -6.4 • Win % 41.3%
George Washington
1960-1960 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 61.1%
- Longest tenure
- Navy • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Navy • -0.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- George Washington • 61.1%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
William Elias
Insufficient sample
- 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.
Navy
1965-1968 • 15-22-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.5Win % 41.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.8 during vs 6.6 baseline
-2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.5 during vs 10.8 baseline
-11.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Virginia
1961-1964 • 16-23-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.4Win % 41.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 1.4 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.4 during vs -13.8 baseline
+7.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
George Washington
1960-1960 • 5-3-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -4.1Win % 61.1%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Navy 1965
4-4-2 • SRS 5.3
Biggest Improvement
Navy 1965
4-4-2 • 13.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Navy 1968
2-8 • SRS -7.9
Biggest Drop
Navy 1968
2-8 • -6.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Navy | 1968 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -7.9 | — | — | — | -6.7 | -35.0% |
| Navy | 1967 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -1.2 | — | — | — | -3.2 | +15.0% |
| Navy | 1966 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | -3.3 | -10.0% |
| Navy | 1965 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.3 | — | — | — | +13.1 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | 1964 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -7.8 | — | — | — | -0.9 | +25.0% |
| Virginia | 1963 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.9 | — | — | — | -2.9 | -25.0% |
| Virginia | 1962 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -4.0 | — | — | — | +2.9 | +10.0% |
| Virginia | 1961 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -6.9 | — | — | — | -2.8 | -21.1% |
| George Washington | 1960 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -4.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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