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Charles Shira
1967-1972 • Mississippi State
One defining program at Mississippi State.
Charles Shira coached 6 seasons, won 27.0%, and posted an average SRS of -0.6. Best season: 1970 Mississippi State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 16-45-2
- Career win rate
- 27.0%
- Average SRS
- -0.6
- 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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 88.2
Primary school anchor
Mississippi State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 46.3.
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.
Charles Shira
EliteStrongAverageLean
1967Actual season year • SRS range -4.4 to 4.71972
Active comparison point
Charles Shira • 1970
1970 Mississippi State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 4.7 • SP Overall 5.1
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+6.9
SP Off / Def
25.9 / 21.8
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.
Top 10
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results19
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Mississippi State | LSU | #8 | L14-28 |
| 1972 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #2 | L14-58 |
| 1971 Regular Week 12 | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | #18 | L0-48 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | LSU | #20 | L3-28 |
| 1971 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #5 | L21-30 |
| 1971 Regular Week 8 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #4 | L10-41 |
| 1971 Regular Week 7 | Mississippi State | Tennessee | #18 | L7-10 |
| 1971 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Georgia | #11 | L7-35 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Mississippi State | LSU | #6 | L7-38 |
| 1970 Regular Week 11 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #13 | L0-56 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Mississippi State | Houston | #15 | L14-31 |
| 1969 Regular Week 12 | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | #14 | L22-48 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | LSU | #10 | L6-61 |
| 1969 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #11 | L13-52 |
| 1969 Regular Week 3 | Mississippi State | Florida | #12 | L35-47 |
| 1968 Regular Week 6 | Mississippi State | Texas Tech | #15 | T28-28 |
| 1968 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Florida | #4 | L14-31 |
| 1967 Regular Week 7 | Mississippi State | Houston | #9 | L6-43 |
| 1967 Regular Week 3 | Mississippi State | Georgia | #5 | L0-30 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Mississippi State
1967-1972 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -0.6 • Win % 27.0%
- Longest tenure
- Mississippi State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Mississippi State • -0.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Mississippi State • 27.0%
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.
Charles Shira sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCharles Shira sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Charles Shira
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.1
- Percentile
- 67th 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.
Mississippi State
1967-1972 • 16-45-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.6Win % 27.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 4.0 baseline
-1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.6 during vs 8.3 baseline
-8.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.1 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
Mississippi State 1970
6-5 • SRS 4.7
Biggest Improvement
Mississippi State 1970
6-5 • 6.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Mississippi State 1972
4-7 • SP Off 26.6
Best Defensive Season
Mississippi State 1970
6-5 • SP Def 21.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Mississippi State 1967
1-9 • SRS -4.4
Biggest Drop
Mississippi State 1971
2-9 • -7.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Mississippi State | 1972 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 3.9 | 5.4 | 26.6 | 22.1 | +6.8 | +18.2% |
| Mississippi State | 1971 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -2.9 | -1.2 | 23.7 | 25.0 | -7.6 | -36.4% |
| Mississippi State | 1970 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 5.1 | 25.9 | 21.8 | +6.9 | +24.6% |
| Mississippi State | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -2.2 | — | — | — | +0.5 | +20.0% |
| Mississippi State | 1968 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10.0% | — | — | -2.7 | — | — | — | +1.7 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi State | 1967 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | -4.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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