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Phil Sarboe

1945-1949 • Washington State

One defining program at Washington State.

Phil Sarboe's coaching record is 17-26-3, highlighted by seasons at Washington State from 1945 to 1949.

Phil Sarboe coached 5 seasons, won 40.2%, and posted an average SRS of -3.1. Best season: 1945 Washington State. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 17-26-3
Career win rate: 40.2%
Average SRS: -3.1
Peak SRS: 2.6

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: 5
Career span: 5 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 92.1

Primary school anchor

Washington State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 40.7.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Phil Sarboe

Overall record: 17-26-3
Washington State record: 17-26-3
Full-season record: 17-26-3
Vs AP Top 25: 0-5
Vs AP Top 10: 0-3
Vs AP Top 5: 0-0
Vs Washington: 2-4
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

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 19, 1949. 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.

Phil Sarboe

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1945Actual season year • SRS range -5.6 to 2.61949

Active comparison point

Phil Sarboe • 1945

Selected

1945 Washington State

Best season

6-2-1 • SRS 2.6 • SP Overall —

Win %

72.2%

YoY SRS

—

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-5

Games: 5
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-3

Games: 3
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

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1949 Regular Week 4	Washington State	USC	#15	L7-35
1948 Regular Week 7	Washington State	Oregon	#13	L7-33
1947 Regular Week 6	Washington State	California	#10	L6-21
1947 Regular Week 3	Washington State	USC	#10	L0-21
1947 Regular Week 2	Washington State	Penn State	#9	L6-27

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Washington State

1945-1949 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -3.1 • Win % 40.2%

Longest tenure: Washington State • 5 seasons
Best tenure: Washington State • -3.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Washington State • 40.2%

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 edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Phil Sarboe

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —
Percentile: —

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.

Washington State

1945-1949 • 17-26-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -3.1Win % 40.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.4 during vs 5.3 baseline

-1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.1 during vs 5.4 baseline

-8.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 66.7% baseline

-66.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Washington State 1945

6-2-1 • SRS 2.6

Biggest Improvement

Washington State 1947

3-7 • 2.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Washington State 1948

4-5-1 • SRS -5.6

Biggest Drop

Washington State 1946

1-6-1 • -8.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.


Washington State	1949	9	3	6	0	33.3%	—	—	-3.6	—	—	—	+2.0	-11.7%	Season summary
Washington State	1948	10	4	5	1	45.0%	—	—	-5.6	—	—	—	-2.2	+15.0%	Season summary
Washington State	1947	10	3	7	0	30.0%	—	—	-3.4	—	—	—	+2.0	+11.3%	Season summary
Washington State	1946	8	1	6	1	18.8%	—	—	-5.4	—	—	—	-8.0	-53.5%	Season summary
Washington State	1945	9	6	2	1	72.2%	—	—	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	Season summary

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