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Pat Hill

1997-2011Fresno State

One defining program at Fresno State.

Pat Hill coached 15 seasons, won 58.3%, and posted an average SRS of 0.3. Best season: 2004 Fresno State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
112-80
Career win rate
58.3%
Average SRS
0.3
Peak SRS
14.6

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
15
Career span
15 years
Best finish
#22
Consistency
56.1

Primary school anchor

Fresno State

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 72.5.

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.

Pat Hill
EliteStrongAverageLean
1997Actual season year • SRS range -7.4 to 14.62011

Active comparison point

Pat Hill2004

Selected

2004 Fresno State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-3 • SRS 14.6 • SP Overall 14.9

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+18.9

SP Off / Def

43.8 / 32.1

Finish

#22

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

6-25

Games
31
Win rate
19.4%

Top 10

1-8

Games
9
Win rate
11.1%

Top 5

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results31
2011 Regular Week 6Fresno StateBoise State#5L7-57
2011 Regular Week 2Fresno StateNebraska#10L29-42
2010 Regular Week 12Fresno StateBoise State#3L0-51
2010 Regular Week 11Fresno StateNevada#21L34-35
2009 Regular Week 4Fresno StateCincinnati#14L20-28
2009 Regular Week 3Fresno StateBoise State#10L34-51
2008 Regular Week 14Fresno StateBoise State#9L10-61
2008 Regular Week 3Fresno StateWisconsin#10L10-13
2007 Regular Week 11Fresno StateHawai'i#14L30-37
2007 Regular Week 3Fresno StateOregon#19L21-52
2007 Regular Week 2Fresno StateTexas A&M#23L45-47
2006 Regular Week 10Fresno StateBoise State#14L21-45
2006 Regular Week 8Fresno StateLSU#14L6-38
2006 Regular Week 2Fresno StateOregon#20L24-31
2005 Regular Week 12Fresno StateUSC#1L42-50
2004 Regular Week 9Fresno StateBoise State#19L16-33
2004 Regular Week 3Fresno StateKansas State#13W45-21
2004 Postseason Week 1Fresno StateVirginia#23W37-34
2003 Regular Week 14Fresno StateBoise State#20L17-31
2003 Regular Week 4Fresno StateOklahoma#1L28-52
2002 Regular Week 7Fresno StateColorado State#25W32-30
2002 Regular Week 3Fresno StateOregon#13L24-28
2002 Regular Week 1Fresno StateWisconsin#25L21-23
2001 Regular Week 3Fresno StateWisconsin#23W32-20
2001 Regular Week 2Fresno StateOregon State#10W44-24
2000 Regular Week 12Fresno StateTCU#18L7-24
2000 Regular Week 3Fresno StateUCLA#16L21-24
2000 Regular Week 2Fresno StateOhio State#16L10-43
1999 Regular Week 4Fresno StateUCLA#21L21-35
1998 Regular Week 3Fresno StateColorado#15L21-29
1997 Regular Week 9Fresno StateAir Force#18W20-17

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

1997-201115 seasons

Avg SRS 0.3 • Win % 58.3%

Longest tenure
Fresno State • 15 seasons
Best tenure
Fresno State • 0.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Fresno State • 58.3%

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.

Pat Hill sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Pat Hill sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pat Hill

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
2.6
Percentile
66th pct

Above average

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

1997-2011112-80

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

Avg SRS 0.3Win % 58.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 6.2 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.3 during vs -0.5 baseline

+0.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.6 during vs 0.7 baseline

+2.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

6.7% during vs 20.0% baseline

-13.3%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Fresno State 2004

9-3SRS 14.6

Biggest Improvement

Fresno State 2004

9-318.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Fresno State 2001

11-3SP Off 44.4

Best Defensive Season

Fresno State 2005

8-5SP Def 25.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Fresno State 2011

4-9SRS -7.4

Biggest Drop

Fresno State 2006

4-8-16.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Fresno State20111349030.8%-7.4-6.030.435.7-5.1-30.8%
Fresno State20101385061.5%-2.33.729.927.5-0.20.0%
Fresno State20091385061.5%-2.14.133.532.1+4.3+7.7%
Fresno State20081376053.8%-6.4-3.529.433.4-6.5-15.4%
Fresno State20071394069.2%0.11.833.232.0+6.5+35.9%
Fresno State20061248033.3%-6.4-8.121.629.4-16.3-28.2%
Fresno State20051385061.5%#249.910.636.425.8-4.7-13.5%
Fresno State20041293075.0%#2214.614.943.832.1+18.9+10.7%
Fresno State20031495064.3%-4.3-2.426.228.5-1.50.0%
Fresno State20021495064.3%-2.8-0.432.933.5-11.9-14.3%
Fresno State200114113078.6%9.113.344.433.9+5.7+20.2%
Fresno State20001275058.3%3.44.930.527.4+2.1-3.2%
Fresno State19991385061.5%1.36.035.631.7+2.6+16.1%
Fresno State19981156045.5%-1.30.027.227.4+0.3-4.5%
Fresno State19971266050.0%-1.60.831.531.6

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