Longevity CoachOffense-First

Coach Profile

Jim Sweeney

1968-1996 • Fresno State, Washington State

2 schools coached, anchored by Fresno State.

Jim Sweeney coached 27 seasons, won 55.7%, and posted an average SRS of -0.3. Best season: 1992 Fresno State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 169-134-4
Career win rate: 55.7%
Average SRS: -0.3
Peak SRS: 10.2

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: 27
Career span: 29 years
Best finish: #19
Consistency: 53.6

Primary school anchor

Fresno State

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 62.2.

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 Sweeney

EliteStrongAverageLean

Jim Sweeney: 1976 Fresno State

1968Actual season year • SRS range -11.1 to 10.21996

Active comparison point

Jim Sweeney • 1992

Selected

1992 Fresno State

Best season

9-4 • SRS 10.2 • SP Overall 13.2

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+6.2

SP Off / Def

45.6 / 35.3

Finish

#24

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

3-25-1

Games: 29
Win rate: 12.1%

Top 10

1-12

Games: 13
Win rate: 7.7%

Top 5

0-4

Games: 4
Win rate: 0.0%

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1996 Regular Week 9	Fresno State	Wyoming	#23	L21-42
1996 Regular Week 3	Fresno State	Auburn	#18	L0-62
1994 Regular Week 13	Fresno State	Colorado State	#10	L42-44
1993 Postseason Week 1	Fresno State	Colorado	#16	L30-41
1987 Regular Week 4	Fresno State	UCLA	#13	L0-17
1975 Regular Week 7	Washington State	UCLA	#18	L23-37
1975 Regular Week 6	Washington State	USC	#3	L10-28
1974 Regular Week 11	Washington State	California	#19	L33-37
1974 Regular Week 6	Washington State	USC	#7	L7-54
1974 Regular Week 5	Washington State	Ohio State	#1	L7-42
1974 Regular Week 4	Washington State	Illinois	#16	L19-21
1973 Regular Week 8	Washington State	UCLA	#13	L13-24
1973 Regular Week 7	Washington State	USC	#6	L35-46
1973 Regular Week 6	Washington State	Ohio State	#1	L3-27
1973 Regular Week 4	Washington State	Arizona State	#13	L9-20
1972 Regular Week 11	Washington State	Washington	#17	W27-10
1972 Regular Week 10	Washington State	Stanford	#20	W27-13
1972 Regular Week 9	Washington State	USC	#1	L3-44
1972 Regular Week 8	Washington State	UCLA	#9	L20-35
1971 Regular Week 9	Washington State	USC	#17	L20-30
1971 Regular Week 7	Washington State	Stanford	#10	W24-23
1970 Regular Week 10	Washington State	UCLA	#17	L9-54
1970 Regular Week 8	Washington State	Stanford	#6	L16-63
1970 Regular Week 7	Washington State	Arizona State	#12	L30-37
1969 Regular Week 9	Washington State	USC	#6	L7-28
1969 Regular Week 6	Washington State	Stanford	#19	L0-49
1969 Regular Week 5	Washington State	UCLA	#8	L14-46
1968 Regular Week 6	Washington State	Stanford	#14	T21-21
1968 Regular Week 3	Washington State	UCLA	#8	L21-31

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Fresno State

1980-1996 • 17 seasons

Avg SRS -1.4 • Win % 65.6%

Fresno State

1976-1977 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS 2.8 • Win % 63.6%

Washington State

1968-1975 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS 1.2 • Win % 30.8%

Longest tenure: Fresno State • 17 seasons
Best tenure: Fresno State • 2.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Fresno State • 65.6%

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.

Jim Sweeney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Sweeney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Sweeney

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.8
Percentile: 60th pct

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.

Fresno State

1980-1996 • 129-67-3

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

Avg SRS -1.4Win % 65.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 4.8 baseline

+2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.4 during vs -7.1 baseline

+5.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.7 during vs -4.1 baseline

+4.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

5.9% during vs 0.0% baseline

+5.9%

Fresno State

1976-1977 • 14-8

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

Avg SRS 2.8Win % 63.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

+2.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.8 during vs -10.4 baseline

+13.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.0 during vs -8.1 baseline

+20.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Washington State

1968-1975 • 26-59-1

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

Avg SRS 1.2Win % 30.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 3.6 baseline

-0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.2 during vs -2.5 baseline

+3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.6 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline

+12.5%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Fresno State 1992

9-4 • SRS 10.2

Biggest Improvement

Fresno State 1977

9-2 • 12.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Fresno State 1992

9-4 • SP Off 45.6

Best Defensive Season

Fresno State 1976

5-6 • SP Def 19.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Fresno State 1980

5-6 • SRS -11.1

Biggest Drop

Fresno State 1980

5-6 • -20.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Fresno State	1996	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	-9.9	-11.8	29.2	38.0	-1.5	-5.3%
Fresno State	1995	12	5	7	0	41.7%	—	—	-8.4	-9.4	35.0	40.9	-6.0	-0.6%
Fresno State	1994	13	5	7	1	42.3%	—	—	-2.4	-0.9	37.6	37.5	-10.5	-24.4%
Fresno State	1993	12	8	4	0	66.7%	—	—	8.1	12.2	45.6	36.2	-2.1	-2.6%
Fresno State	1992	13	9	4	0	69.2%	—	#24	10.2	13.2	45.6	35.3	+6.2	-14.1%
Fresno State	1991	12	10	2	0	83.3%	—	—	4.0	5.3	39.7	35.6	+5.9	+6.1%
Fresno State	1990	11	8	2	1	77.3%	—	—	-1.9	-0.3	32.0	32.6	-5.5	-14.4%
Fresno State	1989	12	11	1	0	91.7%	—	—	3.6	7.4	34.6	29.2	+2.5	+8.3%
Fresno State	1988	12	10	2	0	83.3%	—	—	1.1	5.7	30.5	26.6	+8.4	+28.8%
Fresno State	1987	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-7.3	-2.8	23.5	26.3	-7.5	-27.3%
Fresno State	1986	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	0.2	2.5	24.5	22.7	-6.9	-14.0%
Fresno State	1985	12	11	0	1	95.8%	—	—	7.1	12.6	39.8	29.5	+12.0	+45.8%
Fresno State	1984	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	-4.9	-0.3	27.8	28.1	+3.7	-4.5%
Fresno State	1983	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-8.6	-6.7	20.8	27.4	-12.6	-37.1%
Fresno State	1982	12	11	1	0	91.7%	—	—	4.0	9.6	35.9	28.3	+10.7	+46.2%
Fresno State	1981	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-6.7	-11.5	26.5	35.4	+4.4	0.0%
Fresno State	1980	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-11.1	-12.8	17.3	29.0	-20.3	-36.4%
Fresno State	1977	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	9.2	18.6	38.8	22.0	+12.8	+36.4%
Fresno State	1976	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-3.6	5.4	24.7	19.9	-1.6	+18.2%
Washington State	1975	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-2.0	-10.3	22.7	32.1	+1.9	+9.1%
Washington State	1974	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-3.9	-9.7	19.3	28.3	-11.9	-27.3%
Washington State	1973	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	8.0	5.1	32.0	28.3	-1.2	-18.2%
Washington State	1972	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	#19	9.2	9.4	32.4	24.8	+5.2	+27.3%
Washington State	1971	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	4.0	0.0	29.6	30.0	+6.4	+27.3%
Washington State	1970	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-2.4	-10.0	34.6	41.2	+5.3	-0.9%
Washington State	1969	10	1	9	0	10.0%	—	—	-7.7	—	—	—	-12.1	-25.0%
Washington State	1968	10	3	6	1	35.0%	—	—	4.4	—	—	—	—	—