Top 25
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Coach Profile
Trusty Tallman
College football coaching record, West Virginia years & career stats
1934-1936 • West Virginia
One defining program at West Virginia.
Trusty Tallman's coaching record is 15-12-2, highlighted by seasons at West Virginia from 1934 to 1936.
Trusty Tallman coached 3 seasons, won 55.2%, and posted an average SRS of -1.8. Best season: 1934 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a very steady season-to-season shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 15-12-2
- Career win rate
- 55.2%
- Average SRS
- -1.8
- Peak SRS
- 4.7
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 77.8
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
- 15-12-2
- West Virginia record
- 15-12-2
- Full-season record
- 15-12-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Pittsburgh
- 0-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
29 countable games, 55.2% win rate.
3 countable seasons at West Virginia.
3 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Backyard Brawl 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.
Career Résumé
Trusty Tallman season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 2
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
67% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
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 26, 1936. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about Trusty Tallman
Who is Trusty Tallman?
Trusty Tallman is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at West Virginia, with a 15-12-2 career record from 1934-1936 across 3 countable seasons.
What is Trusty Tallman's college football coaching record?
Trusty Tallman's college football coaching record is 15-12-2 across 3 countable seasons, anchored by West Virginia.
Which schools did Trusty Tallman coach?
Trusty Tallman coached at West Virginia in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did Trusty Tallman have?
Trusty Tallman had 2 winning seasons across 3 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did Trusty Tallman have?
Trusty Tallman had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did Trusty Tallman have?
Trusty Tallman recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did Trusty Tallman coach at West Virginia?
Trusty Tallman's West Virginia head coach years were 1934-1936, covering 3 countable seasons with a 15-12-2 record.
How did Trusty Tallman do against ranked opponents?
Trusty Tallman's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-1 across 1 game.
How does CFBTrack count Trusty Tallman's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Trusty Tallman 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
Trusty Tallman
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1934Actual season year • SRS range -6.0 to 4.71936
Active comparison point
Trusty Tallman • 1934
1934 West Virginia
Best season6-4 • SRS 4.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
60.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
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
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results1
| 1936 Regular Week 3 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #5 | L0-34 |
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- West Virginia • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- West Virginia • -1.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- West Virginia • 55.2%
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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.
Overall Strength
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Trusty Tallman
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Trusty Tallman coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
West Virginia
1934-1936 • 15-12-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.8Win % 55.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 4.2 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.8 during vs -0.8 baseline
-1.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 1934
6-4 • SRS 4.7
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 1936
6-4 • 1.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
West Virginia 1935
3-4-2 • SRS -6.0
Biggest Drop
West Virginia 1935
3-4-2 • -10.7 SRS
Trusty Tallman coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| West Virginia | 1936 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -4.1 | — | — | — | +1.9 | +15.6% | Season summary |
| West VirginiaLowest | 1935 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.4% | — | — | -6.0 | — | — | — | -10.7 | -15.6% | Season summary |
| West VirginiaBest | 1934 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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