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Tony Knap

1963-1981 • UNLV, Utah State

2 schools coached, anchored by Utah State.

Tony Knap's coaching record is 54-29-3, highlighted by seasons at Utah State from 1963 to 1981.

Tony Knap coached 8 seasons, won 64.5%, and posted an average SRS of 3.2. Best season: 1964 Utah State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 54-29-3
Career win rate: 64.5%
Average SRS: 3.2
Peak SRS: 10.1

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: 19 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 72.2

Primary school anchor

Utah State

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 62.0.

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

Compare Tony Knap

Overall record: 54-29-3
UNLV record: 29-15-2
Full-season record: 54-29-3
Vs AP Top 25: 1-3
Vs AP Top 10: 1-2
Vs AP Top 5: 0-0
Vs Nevada: 1-1
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

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 28, 1981. 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.

Tony Knap

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Tony Knap: 1978 UNLV

1963Actual season year • SRS range -7.7 to 10.11981

Active comparison point

Tony Knap • 1964

Selected

1964 Utah State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

5-4-1 • SRS 10.1 • SP Overall —

Win %

55.0%

YoY SRS

+4.5

SP Off / Def

— / —

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

1-3

Games: 4
Win rate: 25.0%

Top 10

1-2

Games: 3
Win rate: 33.3%

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

View ranked game results4


1981 Regular Week 6	UNLV	BYU	#8	W45-41
1980 Regular Week 14	UNLV	BYU	#13	L14-54
1966 Regular Week 7	Utah State	Wyoming	#10	L10-35
1966 Regular Week 3	Utah State	Nebraska	#6	L7-28

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

UNLV

1978-1981 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 0.7 • Win % 65.2%

Utah State

1963-1966 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 5.7 • Win % 63.7%

Longest tenure: UNLV • 4 seasons
Best tenure: Utah State • 5.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate: UNLV • 65.2%

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.

Tony Knap sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tony Knap sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tony Knap

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.2
Percentile: 58th 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.

UNLV

1978-1981 • 29-15-2

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 0.7Win % 65.2%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Utah State

1963-1966 • 25-14-1

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

Avg SRS 5.7Win % 63.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 6.8 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.7 during vs -1.0 baseline

+6.7

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

Utah State 1964

5-4-1 • SRS 10.1

Biggest Improvement

Utah State 1964

5-4-1 • 4.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UNLV 1980

7-4 • SP Off 39.1

Best Defensive Season

UNLV 1978

7-4 • SP Def 20.6

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

UNLV 1981

6-6 • SRS -7.7

Biggest Drop

UNLV 1981

6-6 • -13.6 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


UNLV	1981	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	-7.7	-6.8	35.9	40.3	-13.6	-13.6%	Season summary
UNLV	1980	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	5.9	7.9	39.1	33.0	+4.3	-19.7%	Season summary
UNLV	1979	12	9	1	2	83.3%	—	—	1.6	-1.6	32.9	34.3	-1.5	+19.7%	Season summary
UNLV	1978	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	3.1	1.4	22.0	20.6	+3.6	+23.6%	Season summary
Utah State	1966	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	-0.5	—	—	—	-8.2	-40.0%	Season summary
Utah State	1965	10	8	2	0	80.0%	—	—	7.7	—	—	—	-2.4	+25.0%	Season summary
Utah State	1964	10	5	4	1	55.0%	—	—	10.1	—	—	—	+4.5	-25.0%	Season summary
Utah State	1963	10	8	2	0	80.0%	—	—	5.6	—	—	—	—	—	Season summary

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