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Jim Hofher
2001-2005 • Buffalo
One defining program at Buffalo.
Jim Hofher coached 5 seasons, won 14.0%, and posted an average SRS of -22.0. Best season: 2001 Buffalo. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 8-49
- Career win rate
- 14.0%
- Average SRS
- -22.0
- Peak SRS
- -17.9
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 93.0
Primary school anchor
Buffalo
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 6.3.
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.
Jim Hofher
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range -25.4 to -17.92005
Active comparison point
Jim Hofher • 2001
2001 Buffalo
Best season3-8 • SRS -17.9 • SP Overall -23.1
Win %
27.3%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
16.0 / 36.8
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
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- Games
- 0
- Win rate
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Top 5
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- Games
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View ranked game results1
| 2003 Regular Week 12 | Buffalo | Northern Illinois | #23 | L9-40 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Buffalo
2001-2005 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -22.0 • Win % 14.0%
- Longest tenure
- Buffalo • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Buffalo • -22.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Buffalo • 14.0%
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.
Jim Hofher sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Hofher sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Hofher
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -25.1
- Percentile
- 3th 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.
Buffalo
2001-2005 • 8-49
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -22.0Win % 14.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Buffalo 2001
3-8 • SRS -17.9
Biggest Improvement
Buffalo 2003
1-11 • 2.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Buffalo 2003
1-11 • SP Off 22.3
Best Defensive Season
Buffalo 2005
1-10 • SP Def 35.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Buffalo 2004
2-9 • SRS -25.4
Biggest Drop
Buffalo 2004
2-9 • -5.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Buffalo | 2005 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -24.7 | -28.6 | 7.2 | 35.8 | +0.7 | -9.1% |
| Buffalo | 2004 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -25.4 | -27.6 | 17.3 | 40.9 | -5.4 | +9.8% |
| Buffalo | 2003 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -20.0 | -20.1 | 22.3 | 39.4 | +2.0 | 0.0% |
| Buffalo | 2002 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -22.0 | -26.0 | 19.1 | 41.4 | -4.1 | -18.9% |
| Buffalo | 2001 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -17.9 | -23.1 | 16.0 | 36.8 | — | — |
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