Top 25
8-22-1
- Games
- 31
- Win rate
- 27.4%
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Coach Profile
Ted Tollner
1983-2001 • San Diego State, USC
2 schools coached, anchored by San Diego State.
Ted Tollner's coaching record is 69-68-1, highlighted by seasons at San Diego State from 1983 to 2001.
Ted Tollner coached 12 seasons, won 50.4%, and posted an average SRS of 1.1. Best season: 1986 USC. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 69-68-1
- Career win rate
- 50.4%
- Average SRS
- 1.1
- Peak SRS
- 13.2
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
- 12
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 47.0
Primary school anchor
San Diego State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 69.0.
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
- 69-68-1
- San Diego State record
- 43-48
- Full-season record
- 69-68-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-3
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Fresno State
- 4-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
138 countable games, 50.4% win rate.
8 countable seasons at San Diego State.
12 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Fresno State-San Diego State games in this dataset.
4 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
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 18, 2001. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Ted Tollner
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ted Tollner: 1994 San Diego State
1983Actual season year • SRS range -14.2 to 13.22001
Active comparison point
Ted Tollner • 1986
1986 USC
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-5 • SRS 13.2 • SP Overall 16.6
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
+6.1
SP Off / Def
32.7 / 17.5
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
2-3
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 40.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results31
| 2001 Regular Week 10 | San Diego State | BYU | #16 | L21-59 |
| 2000 Regular Week 3 | San Diego State | Illinois | #21 | L13-49 |
| 1999 Regular Week 11 | San Diego State | BYU | #15 | L7-30 |
| 1999 Regular Week 4 | San Diego State | USC | #17 | L21-24 |
| 1998 Regular Week 5 | San Diego State | Arizona | #14 | L16-35 |
| 1998 Regular Week 3 | San Diego State | USC | #18 | L6-35 |
| 1998 Regular Week 2 | San Diego State | Wisconsin | #17 | L14-26 |
| 1997 Regular Week 14 | San Diego State | Colorado State | #25 | L17-38 |
| 1997 Regular Week 4 | San Diego State | Washington | #3 | L3-36 |
| 1996 Regular Week 12 | San Diego State | Wyoming | #16 | W28-24 |
| 1995 Regular Week 3 | San Diego State | Oklahoma | #14 | L22-38 |
| 1994 Regular Week 12 | San Diego State | BYU | #23 | L28-35 |
| 1994 Regular Week 7 | San Diego State | Utah | #25 | L22-38 |
| 1986 Regular Week 13 | USC | UCLA | #15 | L25-45 |
| 1986 Regular Week 10 | USC | Arizona | #17 | W20-13 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | USC | Arizona State | #9 | L20-29 |
| 1986 Regular Week 5 | USC | Washington | #12 | W20-10 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | USC | Baylor | #17 | W17-14 |
| 1986 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Auburn | #6 | L7-16 |
| 1985 Regular Week 13 | USC | UCLA | #8 | W17-13 |
| 1985 Regular Week 2 | USC | Illinois | #11 | W20-10 |
| 1985 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Alabama | #13 | L3-24 |
| 1984 Regular Week 14 | USC | Notre Dame | #19 | L7-19 |
| 1984 Regular Week 13 | USC | UCLA | #19 | L10-29 |
| 1984 Regular Week 12 | USC | Washington | #8 | W16-7 |
| 1984 Regular Week 6 | USC | LSU | #15 | L3-23 |
| 1984 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Ohio State | #13 | W20-17 |
| 1983 Regular Week 12 | USC | Washington | #15 | L0-24 |
| 1983 Regular Week 9 | USC | Notre Dame | #19 | L6-27 |
| 1983 Regular Week 8 | USC | Arizona State | #13 | L14-34 |
| 1983 Regular Week 3 | USC | Florida | #15 | T19-19 |
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
1994-2001 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -2.1 • Win % 47.3%
USC
1983-1986 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 7.7 • Win % 56.4%
- Longest tenure
- San Diego State • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- USC • 7.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- USC • 56.4%
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.
Ted Tollner sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeTed Tollner sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ted Tollner
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.6
- Percentile
- 69th 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
1994-2001 • 43-48
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.1Win % 47.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 6.2 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.1 during vs 2.2 baseline
-4.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.1 during vs 5.6 baseline
-5.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
USC
1983-1986 • 26-20-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.7Win % 56.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 9.6 baseline
-3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 23.7 baseline
-16.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.9 during vs 27.0 baseline
-16.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
-75.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
USC 1986
7-5 • SRS 13.2
Biggest Improvement
USC 1986
7-5 • 6.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
San Diego State 1996
8-3 • SP Off 43.0
Best Defensive Season
USC 1984
9-3 • SP Def 12.4
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
San Diego State 2001
3-8 • SRS -14.2
Biggest Drop
San Diego State 1994
4-7 • -12.9 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 | 2001 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -14.2 | -14.8 | 19.0 | 32.7 | -8.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 2000 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.0 | -6.3 | 21.3 | 27.4 | -8.6 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 7.5 | 29.9 | 24.1 | +4.6 | -12.9% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 1998 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -2.0 | 0.7 | 24.9 | 24.5 | +1.7 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 1997 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -3.7 | -0.9 | 29.6 | 30.9 | -8.2 | -31.1% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 1996 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 4.5 | 7.7 | 43.0 | 36.9 | +2.9 | +6.1% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 1995 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 1.6 | 6.2 | 37.4 | 33.0 | +1.3 | +30.3% | Season summary |
| San Diego State | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.3 | -0.7 | 36.9 | 37.1 | -12.9 | -22.0% | Season summary |
| USC | 1986 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 13.2 | 16.6 | 32.7 | 17.5 | +6.1 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| USC | 1985 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #6 | — | 7.1 | 10.8 | 25.2 | 15.1 | -1.1 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| USC | 1984 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #10 | 8.2 | 13.7 | 25.9 | 12.4 | +6.1 | +34.1% | Season summary |
| USC | 1983 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | #8 | — | 2.1 | 2.4 | 25.6 | 23.8 | — | — | Season summary |
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