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- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 13.0%
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Andy Gustafson
1926-1963 • Miami, Virginia Tech
2 schools coached, anchored by Miami.
Andy Gustafson coached 20 seasons, won 59.4%, and posted an average SRS of 4.9. Best season: 1956 Miami. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 115-78-4
- Career win rate
- 59.4%
- Average SRS
- 4.9
- Peak SRS
- 16.7
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
- 38 years
- Best finish
- #6
- Consistency
- 37.0
Primary school anchor
Miami
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.5.
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.
Andy Gustafson
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Andy Gustafson: 1948 Miami
1926Actual season year • SRS range -11.0 to 16.71963
Active comparison point
Andy Gustafson • 1956
1956 Miami
Best season8-1-1 • SRS 16.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
85.0%
YoY SRS
+2.0
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#6
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
0-13
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results27
| 1963 Regular Week 12 | Miami | Pittsburgh | #4 | L20-31 |
| 1962 Regular Week 9 | Miami | Alabama | #1 | L3-36 |
| 1962 Regular Week 5 | Miami | LSU | #4 | L3-17 |
| 1961 Regular Week 5 | Miami | Colorado | #9 | L7-9 |
| 1961 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Syracuse | #14 | L14-15 |
| 1960 Regular Week 11 | Miami | Syracuse | #17 | L14-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Miami | Auburn | #14 | L7-20 |
| 1959 Regular Week 12 | Miami | Florida | #18 | L14-23 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | Miami | Auburn | #8 | L6-21 |
| 1959 Regular Week 5 | Miami | LSU | #1 | L3-27 |
| 1958 Regular Week 5 | Miami | LSU | #9 | L0-41 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | Miami | Wisconsin | #9 | L0-20 |
| 1957 Regular Week 6 | Miami | NC State | #11 | T0-0 |
| 1957 Regular Week 5 | Miami | North Carolina | #14 | L13-20 |
| 1957 Regular Week 2 | Miami | Houston | #14 | L0-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 7 | Miami | Pittsburgh | #16 | W21-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 6 | Miami | TCU | #18 | L19-21 |
| 1955 Regular Week 4 | Miami | Notre Dame | #5 | L0-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 3 | Miami | Baylor | #11 | W19-13 |
| 1953 Regular Week 8 | Miami | Auburn | #20 | L20-29 |
| 1953 Regular Week 6 | Miami | Maryland | #2 | L0-30 |
| 1953 Regular Week 3 | Miami | Baylor | #9 | L13-21 |
| 1952 Regular Week 4 | Miami | Alabama | #18 | L7-21 |
| 1951 Regular Week 8 | Miami | Kentucky | #9 | L0-32 |
| 1951 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Clemson | #19 | W14-0 |
| 1950 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Clemson | #10 | L14-15 |
| 1948 Regular Week 7 | Miami | Georgia | #11 | L21-42 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Miami
1948-1963 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 7.1 • Win % 58.7%
Virginia Tech
1926-1929 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -3.9 • Win % 62.5%
- Longest tenure
- Miami • 16 seasons
- Best tenure
- Miami • 7.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Virginia Tech • 62.5%
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.
Andy Gustafson
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.
Miami
1948-1963 • 93-65-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.1Win % 58.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 6.3 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 5.0 baseline
+2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Virginia Tech
1926-1929 • 22-13-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.9Win % 62.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 6.0 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.9 during vs -0.5 baseline
-3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Miami 1956
8-1-1 • SRS 16.7
Biggest Improvement
Miami 1954
8-1 • 13.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Virginia Tech 1926
5-3-1 • SRS -11.0
Biggest Drop
Miami 1952
4-7 • -14.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Miami | 1963 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | -7.2 | -33.6% |
| Miami | 1962 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 10.1 | — | — | — | -1.8 | 0.0% |
| Miami | 1961 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | +6.6 | +3.6% |
| Miami | 1960 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 5.3 | — | — | — | -3.1 | 0.0% |
| Miami | 1959 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 8.4 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +40.0% |
| Miami | 1958 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | #16 | — | -0.9 | — | — | — | -9.2 | -35.0% |
| Miami | 1957 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | #14 | — | 8.3 | — | — | — | -8.4 | -30.0% |
| Miami | 1956 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | #18 | #6 | 16.7 | — | — | — | +2.0 | +18.3% |
| Miami | 1955 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | #9 | #14 | 14.7 | — | — | — | -1.8 | -22.2% |
| Miami | 1954 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #11 | 16.5 | — | — | — | +13.0 | +44.4% |
| Miami | 1953 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 3.5 | — | — | — | +9.4 | +8.1% |
| Miami | 1952 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -5.9 | — | — | — | -14.0 | -36.4% |
| Miami | 1951 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 8.1 | — | — | — | -4.7 | -13.6% |
| Miami | 1950 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | #15 | 12.8 | — | — | — | +8.9 | +19.7% |
| Miami | 1949 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 3.9 | — | — | — | +5.9 | +26.7% |
| Miami | 1948 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -2.0 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -15.6% |
| Virginia Tech | 1929 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -3.1 | — | — | — | -0.3 | -22.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 1928 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | -2.8 | — | — | — | -4.1 | +22.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 1927 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | +12.3 | -5.6% |
| Virginia Tech | 1926 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -11.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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