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Red Blaik

1934-1958Army, Dartmouth

2 schools coached, anchored by Army.

Red Blaik coached 25 seasons, won 75.9%, and posted an average SRS of 13.3. Best season: 1945 Army. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
166-48-14
Career win rate
75.9%
Average SRS
13.3
Peak SRS
44.1

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
25
Career span
25 years
Best finish
#1
Consistency
6.1

Primary school anchor

Army

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 99.9.

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.

Red Blaik
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Red Blaik: 1941 Army
1934Actual season year • SRS range -7.2 to 44.11958

Active comparison point

Red Blaik1945

Selected

1945 Army

Best season

9-0 • SRS 44.1 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+12.6

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#1

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

14-14-4

Games
32
Win rate
50.0%

Top 10

2-7-1

Games
10
Win rate
25.0%

Top 5

1-3-1

Games
5
Win rate
30.0%
View ranked game results32
1958 Regular Week 9ArmyRice#17W14-7
1958 Regular Week 7ArmyPittsburgh#12T14-14
1958 Regular Week 5ArmyNotre Dame#12W14-2
1957 Regular Week 5ArmyNotre Dame#8L21-23
1956 Regular Week 10ArmyPittsburgh#14L7-20
1956 Regular Week 6ArmySyracuse#14L0-7
1956 Regular Week 5ArmyMichigan#8L14-48
1955 Regular Week 11ArmyNavy#11W14-6
1955 Regular Week 4ArmyMichigan#2L2-26
1955 Regular Week 3ArmyPenn State#18W35-6
1954 Regular Week 11ArmyNavy#6L20-27
1954 Regular Week 5ArmyDuke#6W28-14
1953 Regular Week 5ArmyDuke#16W14-13
1953 Regular Week 3ArmyNorthwestern#18L20-33
1952 Regular Week 9ArmyGeorgia Tech#2L6-45
1952 Regular Week 4ArmyUSC#7L0-22
1951 Regular Week 8ArmyUSC#11L6-28
1951 Regular Week 4ArmyNorthwestern#18L14-20
1950 Regular Week 8ArmyPennsylvania#20W28-13
1950 Regular Week 5ArmyMichigan#14W27-6
1949 Regular Week 5ArmyMichigan#5W21-7
1948 Regular Week 7ArmyCornell#19W27-6
1947 Regular Week 9ArmyNotre Dame#1L7-27
1947 Regular Week 7ArmyColumbia#19L20-21
1947 Regular Week 5ArmyIllinois#11T0-0
1946 Regular Week 5ArmyMichigan#11W20-13
1946 Regular Week 3ArmyOklahoma#14W21-7
1945 Regular Week 8ArmyDuke#11W48-13
1945 Regular Week 6ArmyMichigan#14W28-7
1943 Regular Week 8ArmyPennsylvania#18T13-13
1941 Regular Week 7ArmyNotre Dame#4T0-0
1936 Regular Week 4DartmouthHoly Cross#17L0-7

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Army

1941-195818 seasons

Avg SRS 15.3 • Win % 76.8%

Dartmouth

1934-19407 seasons

Avg SRS 8.0 • Win % 73.4%

Longest tenure
Army • 18 seasons
Best tenure
Army • 15.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Army • 76.8%

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 edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Red Blaik

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.

Army

1941-1958121-33-10

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

Avg SRS 15.3Win % 76.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.7 during vs 5.0 baseline

+1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.3 during vs 4.0 baseline

+11.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

72.2% during vs 0.0% baseline

+72.2%

Dartmouth

1934-194045-15-4

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

Avg SRS 8.0Win % 73.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Army 1945

9-0SRS 44.1

Biggest Improvement

Army 1944

9-019.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Army 1951

2-7SRS -7.2

Biggest Drop

Army 1951

2-7-25.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Army1958980194.4%#9#321.4+8.2+16.7%
Army1957972077.8%#1813.2+8.3+16.7%
Army1956953161.1%#114.9-1.1-5.6%
Army1955963066.7%#7#206.0-6.5-11.1%
Army1954972077.8%#13#712.5+5.0-5.6%
Army1953971183.3%#147.5+1.6+33.3%
Army1952944150.0%5.9+13.1+27.8%
Army1951927022.2%-7.2-25.5-66.7%
Army1950981088.9%#2#218.3-1.7-11.1%
Army19499900100.0%#420.0-0.9+5.6%
Army1948980194.4%#620.9+2.6+27.8%
Army1947952266.7%#1118.3-12.9-28.3%
Army19461090195.0%#231.2-12.9-5.0%
Army19459900100.0%#144.1+12.60.0%
Army19449900100.0%#131.5+19.9+25.0%
Army19431072175.0%#1111.6+1.6+8.3%
Army1942963066.7%10.0+4.6+5.6%
Army1941953161.1%5.4+3.1+5.6%
Dartmouth1940954055.6%2.3+0.9-5.6%
Dartmouth1939953161.1%1.4-15.1-16.7%
Dartmouth1938972077.8%#2016.5-9.4-11.1%
Dartmouth1937970288.9%#725.9+16.2+5.6%
Dartmouth1936971183.3%#139.7+5.9+3.3%
Dartmouth19351082080.0%3.8+7.5+13.3%
Dartmouth1934963066.7%-3.7

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