Washington State
1919-1922 • 16-10-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 13.3Win % 61.1%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
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Gus Welch
1919-1922 • Washington State
One defining program at Washington State.
Gus Welch's coaching record is 16-10-1, highlighted by seasons at Washington State from 1919 to 1922.
Gus Welch coached 4 seasons, won 61.1%, and posted an average SRS of 13.3. Best season: 1920 Washington State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 16-10-1
- Career win rate
- 61.1%
- Average SRS
- 13.3
- Peak SRS
- 18.6
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 52.9
Primary school anchor
Washington State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 81.6.
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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
- 16-10-1
- Washington State record
- 16-10-1
- Full-season record
- 16-10-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Washington
- 1-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
27 countable games, 61.1% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Washington State.
4 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Apple Cup games in this dataset.
0 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 30, 1922. 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.
Gus Welch
EliteStrongAverageLean
1919Actual season year • SRS range 2.2 to 18.61922
Active comparison point
Gus Welch • 1920
1920 Washington State
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-1 • SRS 18.6 • SP Overall —
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+3.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
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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.
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.
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
1919-1922 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 13.3 • Win % 61.1%
- Longest tenure
- Washington State • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Washington State • 13.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Washington State • 61.1%
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
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Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gus Welch
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.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Washington State 1920
5-1 • SRS 18.6
Biggest Improvement
Washington State 1920
5-1 • 3.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Washington State 1922
2-5 • SRS 2.2
Biggest Drop
Washington State 1922
2-5 • -14.6 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 | 1922 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% | — | — | 2.2 | — | — | — | -14.6 | -35.7% | Season summary |
| Washington State | 1921 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 64.3% | — | — | 16.8 | — | — | — | -1.8 | -19.1% | Season summary |
| Washington State | 1920 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 18.6 | — | — | — | +3.1 | +11.9% | Season summary |
| Washington State | 1919 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 15.5 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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