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Mario Cristobal

2007-2025Florida International, Miami, Oregon

3 schools coached, anchored by Florida International.

Mario Cristobal coached 14 seasons, won 52.8%, and posted an average SRS of 0.7. Best season: 2025 Miami. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
84-75
Career win rate
52.8%
Average SRS
0.7
Peak SRS
22.2

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
14
Career span
19 years
Best finish
#5
Consistency
2.7

Primary school anchor

Florida International

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 88.7.

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.

Mario Cristobal
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Mario Cristobal: 2018 OregonMario Cristobal: 2022 Miami
2007Actual season year • SRS range -20.4 to 22.22025

Active comparison point

Mario Cristobal2025

Selected

2025 Miami

Best season

0-0 • SRS 22.2 • SP Overall 20.7

Win %

YoY SRS

+6.7

SP Off / Def

34.2 / 14.3

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

14-19

Games
33
Win rate
42.4%

Top 10

6-9

Games
15
Win rate
40.0%

Top 5

4-4

Games
8
Win rate
50.0%
View ranked game results33
2025 Regular Week 14MiamiPittsburgh#24W38-7
2025 Regular Week 6MiamiFlorida State#18W28-22
2025 Regular Week 3MiamiSouth Florida#18W49-12
2025 Postseason Week 1MiamiIndiana#1L21-27
2025 Postseason Week 1MiamiOle Miss#3W31-27
2025 Postseason Week 1MiamiOhio State#5W24-14
2025 Postseason Week 1MiamiTexas A&M#8W10-3
2024 Postseason Week 1MiamiIowa State#15L41-42
2023 Regular Week 12MiamiLouisville#9L31-38
2023 Regular Week 11MiamiFlorida State#4L20-27
2023 Regular Week 7MiamiNorth Carolina#12L31-41
2023 Regular Week 2MiamiTexas A&M#23W48-33
2022 Regular Week 12MiamiClemson#9L10-40
2022 Regular Week 3MiamiTexas A&M#24L9-17
2021 Regular Week 14OregonUtah#14L10-38
2021 Regular Week 12OregonUtah#24L7-38
2021 Regular Week 2OregonOhio State#3W35-28
2021 Postseason Week 1OregonOklahoma#10L32-47
2020 Regular Week 16OregonUSC#13W31-24
2020 Postseason Week 1OregonIowa State#9L17-34
2019 Regular Week 15OregonUtah#5W37-15
2019 Regular Week 8OregonWashington#25W35-31
2019 Postseason Week 1OregonWisconsin#11W28-27
2018 Regular Week 8OregonWashington State#25L20-34
2018 Regular Week 7OregonWashington#7W30-27
2018 Regular Week 5OregonCalifornia#24W42-24
2018 Regular Week 4OregonStanford#7L31-38
2012 Regular Week 4Florida InternationalLouisville#20L21-28
2009 Regular Week 12Florida InternationalFlorida#1L3-62
2009 Regular Week 2Florida InternationalAlabama#4L14-40
2008 Regular Week 4Florida InternationalSouth Florida#12L9-17
2008 Regular Week 1Florida InternationalKansas#14L10-40
2007 Regular Week 1Florida InternationalPenn State#17L0-59

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Miami

2022-20254 seasons

Avg SRS 10.5 • Win % 57.9%

Oregon

2018-20214 seasons

Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 74.5%

Florida International

2007-20126 seasons

Avg SRS -11.5 • Win % 36.5%

Longest tenure
Florida International • 6 seasons
Best tenure
Oregon • 12.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Oregon • 74.5%

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.

Mario Cristobal sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mario Cristobal sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mario Cristobal

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-2.2
Percentile
49th pct

Mixed

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.

Miami

2022-202522-16

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

Avg SRS 10.5Win % 57.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 6.9 baseline

-1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.5 during vs 6.7 baseline

+3.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.3 during vs 12.6 baseline

-0.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-15.0%

Oregon

2018-202135-12

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

Avg SRS 12.0Win % 74.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 8.8 baseline

-0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 14.6 baseline

-2.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.2 during vs 16.9 baseline

-4.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

-10.0%

Florida International

2007-201227-47

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -11.5Win % 36.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.5 during vs 2.7 baseline

+1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.5 during vs -23.3 baseline

+11.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-19.0 during vs -27.0 baseline

+8.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Miami 2025

0-0SRS 22.2

Biggest Improvement

Oregon 2018

9-416.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Miami 2024

10-3SP Off 44.2

Best Defensive Season

Miami 2025

0-0SP Def 14.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Florida International 2007

1-11SRS -20.4

Biggest Drop

Miami 2022

5-7-14.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Miami2025000022.220.734.214.3+6.7
Miami202413103076.9%#19#1815.521.644.224.3+6.7+23.1%
Miami20231376053.8%8.89.630.723.1+13.4+12.2%
Miami20221257041.7%#16-4.6-2.724.428.9-14.5-35.3%
Oregon202113103076.9%#11#229.910.235.026.0+19.8%
Oregon2020743057.1%#9-28.6%
Oregon201914122085.7%#11#521.019.035.615.5+15.8+16.5%
Oregon20181394069.2%#245.27.334.725.8+16.6+44.2%
Florida International20121239025.0%-11.4-12.723.534.6-5.6-36.5%
Florida International20111385061.5%-5.8-8.517.526.9+0.5+7.7%
Florida International20101376053.8%-6.3-12.320.833.5+7.7+28.8%
Florida International20091239025.0%-14.0-30.312.642.6-2.9-16.7%
Florida International20081257041.7%-11.1-17.315.031.2+9.3+33.3%
Florida International20071211108.3%-20.4-32.99.640.9

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