Top 25
8-8-1
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 50.0%
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Frank Thomas
1931-1946 • Alabama
One defining program at Alabama.
Frank Thomas's coaching record is 115-24-7, highlighted by seasons at Alabama from 1931 to 1946.
Frank Thomas coached 15 seasons, won 81.2%, and posted an average SRS of 16.9. Best season: 1945 Alabama. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 115-24-7
- Career win rate
- 81.2%
- Average SRS
- 16.9
- Peak SRS
- 31.5
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
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 60.3
Primary school anchor
Alabama
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 97.6.
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
- 115-24-7
- Alabama record
- 93-18-5
- Full-season record
- 115-24-7
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-6
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Mississippi State
- 10-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
146 countable games, 81.2% win rate.
12 countable seasons at Alabama.
15 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Battle for Highway 82 games in this dataset.
6 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, 1946. 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.
Frank Thomas
EliteStrongAverageLean
1931Actual season year • SRS range 8.9 to 31.51946
Active comparison point
Frank Thomas • 1945
1945 Alabama
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-0 • SRS 31.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+21.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#2
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.
Top 10
2-6
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 25.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results17
| 1946 Regular Week 8 | Alabama | Georgia | #3 | L0-14 |
| 1946 Regular Week 6 | Alabama | Tennessee | #8 | L0-12 |
| 1945 Regular Week 7 | Alabama | Tennessee | #14 | W25-7 |
| 1945 Regular Week 5 | Alabama | LSU | #14 | W26-7 |
| 1945 Postseason Week 1 | Alabama | USC | #11 | W34-14 |
| 1944 Postseason Week 1 | Alabama | Duke | #11 | L26-29 |
| 1942 Regular Week 6 | Alabama | Tennessee | #11 | W8-0 |
| 1942 Postseason Week 1 | Alabama | Boston College | #8 | W37-21 |
| 1941 Regular Week 6 | Alabama | Georgia | #20 | W27-14 |
| 1941 Regular Week 3 | Alabama | Mississippi State | #17 | L0-14 |
| 1941 Postseason Week 1 | Alabama | Texas A&M | #9 | W29-21 |
| 1940 Regular Week 6 | Alabama | Tennessee | #6 | L12-27 |
| 1939 Regular Week 6 | Alabama | Tennessee | #2 | L0-21 |
| 1938 Regular Week 5 | Alabama | Tennessee | #3 | L0-13 |
| 1938 Regular Week 2 | Alabama | USC | #19 | W19-7 |
| 1937 Postseason Week 1 | Alabama | California | #2 | L0-13 |
| 1936 Regular Week 5 | Alabama | Tennessee | #19 | T0-0 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Alabama
1944-1946 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 18.3 • Win % 76.7%
Alabama
1931-1942 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 16.5 • Win % 82.3%
- Longest tenure
- Alabama • 12 seasons
- Best tenure
- Alabama • 18.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Alabama • 82.3%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Thomas
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.
Alabama
1944-1946 • 22-6-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 18.3Win % 76.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 7.3 baseline
+0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
18.3 during vs 15.8 baseline
+2.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 50.0% baseline
-16.7%
Alabama
1931-1942 • 93-18-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 16.5Win % 82.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 7.2 baseline
+0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
16.5 during vs 13.4 baseline
+3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
41.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+41.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Alabama 1945
10-0 • SRS 31.5
Biggest Improvement
Alabama 1945
10-0 • 21.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Alabama 1940
7-2 • SRS 8.9
Biggest Drop
Alabama 1946
7-4 • -18.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Alabama | 1946 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 13.2 | — | — | — | -18.3 | -36.4% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1945 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #2 | 31.5 | — | — | — | +21.2 | +33.3% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1944 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 10.3 | — | — | — | -12.1 | -6.1% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1942 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #10 | 22.4 | — | — | — | +4.2 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1941 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #20 | 18.2 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +4.0% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1940 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 8.9 | — | — | — | -4.6 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1939 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 13.5 | — | — | — | +0.7 | -22.2% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1938 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | #13 | 12.8 | — | — | — | -3.6 | -6.7% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1937 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #4 | 16.4 | — | — | — | -2.7 | -4.4% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1936 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | #4 | 19.1 | — | — | — | +1.2 | +22.2% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1935 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | 17.9 | — | — | — | -9.2 | -27.8% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1934 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 27.1 | — | — | — | +15.8 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1933 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | -2.8 | +3.3% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1932 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 14.1 | — | — | — | -2.3 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Alabama | 1931 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | — | 16.4 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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