Top 25
5-23
- Games
- 28
- Win rate
- 17.9%
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Coach Profile
Butch Jones
2007-2025 • Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee
4 schools coached, anchored by Tennessee.
Butch Jones coached 16 seasons, won 54.7%, and posted an average SRS of -0.7. Best season: 2015 Tennessee. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 110-91
- Career win rate
- 54.7%
- Average SRS
- -0.7
- Peak SRS
- 17.7
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
- 16
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- #22
- Consistency
- 14.2
Primary school anchor
Tennessee
Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 79.6.
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
- 110-91
- Arkansas State record
- 26-37
- Full-season record
- 79-74
- Partial-season record
- 24-11
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-14
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-8
- Vs Memphis
- 0-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 6-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
201 countable games, 54.7% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Arkansas State.
12 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
14 games using AP ranking at game time.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
Paint Bucket Bowl games in this dataset.
9 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 19, 2025. At least one season record was backfilled from completed games, so current-season totals may move as more scores are loaded.
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.
Butch Jones
EliteStrongAverageLean
Butch Jones: 2010 CincinnatiButch Jones: 2013 TennesseeButch Jones: 2021 Arkansas State
2007Actual season year • SRS range -16.8 to 17.72025
Active comparison point
Butch Jones • 2015
2015 Tennessee
Best season9-4 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall 19.5
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+6.8
SP Off / Def
35.7 / 17.8
Finish
#22
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
0-14
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results28
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Arkansas State
2021-2025 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -11.3 • Win % 41.3%
Tennessee
2013-2017 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 55.7%
Cincinnati
2010-2012 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 62.2%
Central Michigan
2007-2009 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -1.8 • Win % 67.5%
- Longest tenure
- Arkansas State • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tennessee • 6.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Central Michigan • 67.5%
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.
Butch Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeButch Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Butch Jones
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.8
- Percentile
- 60th 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.
Arkansas State
2021-2025 • 26-37
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -11.3Win % 41.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.2 during vs 7.0 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.3 during vs -4.0 baseline
-7.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.2 during vs -1.6 baseline
-9.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Tennessee
2013-2017 • 34-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.8Win % 55.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 5.1 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.3 during vs 4.8 baseline
+5.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.3 during vs 11.6 baseline
+1.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
Cincinnati
2010-2012 • 23-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.4Win % 62.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 8.2 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 5.9 baseline
-3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 8.5 baseline
-0.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-10.0%
Central Michigan
2007-2009 • 27-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.8Win % 67.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.0 during vs -12.0 baseline
+7.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-8.1 during vs -15.6 baseline
+7.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tennessee 2015
9-4 • SRS 17.7
Biggest Improvement
Central Michigan 2009
11-2 • 11.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tennessee 2016
9-4 • SP Off 39.9
Best Defensive Season
Tennessee 2015
9-4 • SP Def 17.8
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Arkansas State 2021
2-10 • SRS -16.8
Biggest Drop
Tennessee 2017
4-6 • -17.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arkansas State | 2025 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -10.2 | -8.8 | 24.4 | 33.5 | +1.3 | -7.7% | Completed-game fallback |
| Arkansas State | 2024 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -11.5 | -9.9 | 24.6 | 35.2 | -5.1 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| Arkansas State | 2023 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -6.4 | -6.3 | 25.8 | 32.8 | +5.0 | +21.1% | Season summary |
| Arkansas State | 2022 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -11.4 | -13.0 | 23.7 | 38.5 | +5.4 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Arkansas State | 2021 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -16.8 | -17.9 | 21.0 | 40.0 | -9.5 | -23.3% | Season summary |
| Tennessee | 2017 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #25 | — | -7.3 | 1.2 | 25.8 | 25.7 | -17.7 | -29.2% | Partial season |
| Tennessee | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #9 | #22 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 39.9 | 25.2 | -7.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Tennessee | 2015 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #25 | #22 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 35.7 | 17.8 | +6.8 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| Tennessee | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 10.9 | 12.2 | 31.0 | 19.9 | +8.5 | +12.2% | Season summary |
| Tennessee | 2013 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.4 | 5.1 | 29.2 | 26.1 | -8.1 | -33.3% | Season summary |
| Cincinnati | 2012 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 10.5 | 11.1 | 33.8 | 23.7 | +2.6 | -1.9% | Partial season |
| Cincinnati | 2011 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #25 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 30.1 | 17.8 | +10.0 | +43.6% | Season summary |
| Cincinnati | 2010 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -2.1 | 2.5 | 28.4 | 27.7 | -6.6 | -51.3% | Season summary |
| Central Michigan | 2009 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #23 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 29.1 | 25.7 | +11.4 | +23.1% | Partial season |
| Central Michigan | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -6.9 | -5.6 | 30.1 | 36.3 | -3.8 | +4.4% | Season summary |
| Central Michigan | 2007 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | -3.1 | -10.6 | 30.2 | 39.8 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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