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Jim Sutherland

1956-1963Washington State

One defining program at Washington State.

Jim Sutherland's coaching record is 37-39-4, highlighted by seasons at Washington State from 1956 to 1963.

Jim Sutherland coached 8 seasons, won 48.8%, and posted an average SRS of 3.5. Best season: 1958 Washington State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
37-39-4
Career win rate
48.8%
Average SRS
3.5
Peak SRS
11.8

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
8
Career span
8 years
Best finish
Consistency
66.8

Primary school anchor

Washington State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 66.0.

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

Compare Jim Sutherland
Overall record
37-39-4

80 countable games, 48.8% win rate.

Washington State record
37-39-4

8 countable seasons at Washington State.

Full-season record
37-39-4

8 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-8

8 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-4

4 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-2

2 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Washington
2-6

Apple Cup games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 30, 1963. 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.

Jim Sutherland
EliteStrongAverageLean
1956Actual season year • SRS range -3.0 to 11.81963

Active comparison point

Jim Sutherland1958

Selected

1958 Washington State

Best season

7-3 • SRS 11.8 • SP Overall

Win %

70.0%

YoY SRS

+3.1

SP Off / Def

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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
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-8

Games
8
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results8
1961 Regular Week 4Washington StateTexas#4L8-41
1960 Regular Week 11Washington StateWashington#4L7-8
1959 Regular Week 11Washington StateWashington#9L0-20
1959 Regular Week 10Washington StateOregon#15L6-7
1957 Regular Week 6Washington StateOregon#18L13-14
1957 Regular Week 4Washington StateIowa#8L13-20
1956 Regular Week 8Washington StateUSC#16L12-28
1956 Regular Week 2Washington StateStanford#12L26-40

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

1956-19638 seasons

Avg SRS 3.5 • Win % 48.8%

Longest tenure
Washington State • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Washington State • 3.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Washington State • 48.8%

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.

Jim Sutherland

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.

Washington State

1956-196337-39-4

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

Avg SRS 3.5Win % 48.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 4.0 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.5 during vs -1.6 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Washington State 1958

7-3SRS 11.8

Biggest Improvement

Washington State 1957

6-411.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Washington State 1956

3-6-1SRS -3.0

Biggest Drop

Washington State 1963

3-6-1-9.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Washington State19631036135.0%-1.9-9.1-20.0%Season summary
Washington State19621054155.0%7.2+8.9+25.0%Season summary
Washington State19611037030.0%-1.7-0.8-15.0%Season summary
Washington State19601045145.0%-0.9-9.1-15.0%Season summary
Washington State19591064060.0%8.2-3.6-10.0%Season summary
Washington State19581073070.0%11.8+3.1+10.0%Season summary
Washington State19571064060.0%8.7+11.7+25.0%Season summary
Washington State19561036135.0%-3.0Season summary

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