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Coach Profile
Homer Smith
1965-1978 • Army, Davidson, Pacific
3 schools coached, anchored by Army.
Homer Smith's coaching record is 53-71-1, highlighted by seasons at Army from 1965 to 1978.
Homer Smith coached 12 seasons, won 42.8%, and posted an average SRS of -12.8. Best season: 1977 Army. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 53-71-1
- Career win rate
- 42.8%
- Average SRS
- -12.8
- Peak SRS
- 2.7
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
- 12
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 23.5
Primary school anchor
Army
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 40.9.
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
- 53-71-1
- Army record
- 21-33-1
- Full-season record
- 53-71-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Navy
- 1-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
125 countable games, 42.8% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Army.
12 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Army-Navy Game games in this dataset.
1 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: Dec 2, 1978. 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.
Homer Smith
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Homer Smith: 1970 PacificHomer Smith: 1974 Army
1965Actual season year • SRS range -30.9 to 2.71978
Active comparison point
Homer Smith • 1977
1977 Army
Best season7-4 • SRS 2.7 • SP Overall 4.0
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+9.5
SP Off / Def
31.4 / 28.7
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
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- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results11
| 1978 Regular Week 12 | Army | Pittsburgh | #15 | L17-35 |
| 1977 Regular Week 11 | Army | Pittsburgh | #10 | L26-52 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Army | Notre Dame | #11 | L0-24 |
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | Army | Colorado | #6 | L0-31 |
| 1976 Regular Week 10 | Army | Pittsburgh | #1 | L7-37 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Army | North Carolina | #14 | L32-34 |
| 1975 Regular Week 8 | Army | Penn State | #9 | L0-31 |
| 1974 Regular Week 7 | Army | Notre Dame | #7 | L0-48 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | Army | Penn State | #15 | L14-21 |
| 1970 Regular Week 11 | Pacific | San Diego State | #14 | L13-14 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Pacific | LSU | #14 | L0-34 |
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
1974-1978 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -7.6 • Win % 39.1%
Pacific
1970-1971 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -6.7 • Win % 36.4%
Davidson
1965-1969 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -20.4 • Win % 50.0%
- Longest tenure
- Army • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Pacific • -6.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Davidson • 50.0%
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.
Homer Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeHomer Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Homer Smith
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -10.5
- Percentile
- 27th pct
Lower end
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
1974-1978 • 21-33-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.6Win % 39.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 3.4 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.6 during vs -5.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.9 during vs -9.8 baseline
-3.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Pacific
1970-1971 • 8-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.7Win % 36.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 5.3 baseline
-1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.7 during vs -4.2 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.5 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Davidson
1965-1969 • 24-24
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -20.4Win % 50.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Army 1977
7-4 • SRS 2.7
Biggest Improvement
Army 1976
5-6 • 9.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Army 1977
7-4 • SP Off 31.4
Best Defensive Season
Pacific 1971
3-8 • SP Def 22.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Davidson 1966
4-5 • SRS -30.9
Biggest Drop
Davidson 1966
4-5 • -12.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Army | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -7.8 | -16.3 | 16.3 | 32.3 | -10.5 | -22.7% | Season summary |
| Army | 1977 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 2.7 | 4.0 | 31.4 | 28.7 | +9.5 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Army | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.8 | -14.3 | 20.8 | 33.5 | +9.8 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Army | 1975 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -16.6 | -22.5 | 14.5 | 35.1 | -6.9 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Army | 1974 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -9.7 | -15.3 | 19.9 | 33.7 | -3.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Pacific | 1971 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.5 | -5.1 | 16.8 | 22.0 | +0.3 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Pacific | 1970 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.8 | -4.0 | 18.6 | 22.7 | +3.6 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Davidson | 1969 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -10.4 | — | — | — | +8.2 | +30.3% | Season summary |
| Davidson | 1968 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -18.6 | — | — | — | +4.9 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Davidson | 1967 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -23.5 | — | — | — | +7.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Davidson | 1966 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -30.9 | — | — | — | -12.1 | -15.6% | Season summary |
| Davidson | 1965 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -18.8 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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