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Bob Sutton

1991-1999Army

One defining program at Army.

Bob Sutton coached 9 seasons, won 44.5%, and posted an average SRS of -8.1. Best season: 1996 Army. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
44-55-1
Career win rate
44.5%
Average SRS
-8.1
Peak SRS
9.0

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
9
Career span
9 years
Best finish
#25
Consistency
27.4

Primary school anchor

Army

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 58.9.

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.

Bob Sutton
EliteStrongAverageLean
1991Actual season year • SRS range -16.7 to 9.01999

Active comparison point

Bob Sutton1996

Selected

1996 Army

Best season

10-2 • SRS 9.0 • SP Overall 16.3

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+5.7

SP Off / Def

36.8 / 22.5

Finish

#25

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

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results10
1999 Regular Week 8ArmySouthern Miss#25L0-24
1999 Regular Week 6ArmyEast Carolina#19L14-33
1998 Regular Week 12ArmyTulane#12L35-49
1998 Regular Week 11ArmyAir Force#23L7-35
1998 Regular Week 9ArmyNotre Dame#16L17-20
1996 Regular Week 13ArmySyracuse#19L17-42
1996 Postseason Week 1ArmyAuburn#24L29-32
1995 Regular Week 8ArmyNotre Dame#17L27-28
1995 Regular Week 5ArmyWashington#22L13-21
1992 Regular Week 13ArmyBoston College#19L24-41

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

1991-19999 seasons

Avg SRS -8.1 • Win % 44.5%

Longest tenure
Army • 9 seasons
Best tenure
Army • -8.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Army • 44.5%

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.

Bob Sutton sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bob Sutton sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bob Sutton

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-9.4
Percentile
29th 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

1991-199944-55-1

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

Avg SRS -8.1Win % 44.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.9 during vs 6.4 baseline

-1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.1 during vs -5.3 baseline

-2.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-9.4 during vs -11.1 baseline

+1.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+11.1%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Army 1996

10-2SRS 9.0

Biggest Improvement

Army 1995

5-5-117.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Army 1996

10-2SP Off 36.8

Best Defensive Season

Army 1996

10-2SP Def 22.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Army 1997

4-7SRS -16.7

Biggest Drop

Army 1997

4-7-25.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Army19991138027.3%-8.7-11.125.534.7-1.60.0%
Army19981138027.3%-7.1-4.230.434.3+9.6-9.1%
Army19971147036.4%-16.7-16.320.335.1-25.7-47.0%
Army199612102083.3%#259.016.336.822.5+5.7+33.3%
Army19951155150.0%3.31.529.028.1+17.4+13.6%
Army19941147036.4%-14.1-19.015.934.1+2.3-18.2%
Army19931165054.5%-16.4-19.022.939.2-7.3+9.1%
Army19921156045.5%-9.1-14.320.233.0+3.7+9.1%
Army19911147036.4%-12.8-18.910.629.5

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