Top 25
13-16
- Games
- 29
- Win rate
- 44.8%
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Mario Cristobal
2007-2025 • Florida International, Miami, Oregon
3 schools coached, anchored by Florida International.
Mario Cristobal's coaching record is 97-78, highlighted by seasons at Florida International from 2007 to 2025.
Mario Cristobal coached 14 seasons, won 55.4%, 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
- 97-78
- Career win rate
- 55.4%
- 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.
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
- 97-78
- Florida International record
- 27-47
- Full-season record
- 74-72
- Partial-season record
- 10-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 5-8
- Vs AP Top 5
- 3-4
- Vs Florida Atlantic
- 2-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 6-5
- CFP record
- 3-1
- National titles
- 0
175 countable games, 55.4% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Florida International.
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.
13 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
Shula Bowl games in this dataset.
11 scored postseason games in this dataset.
4 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: Jan 20, 2026. 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.
Mario Cristobal
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mario Cristobal: 2018 OregonMario Cristobal: 2022 Miami
2007Actual season year • SRS range -20.4 to 22.22025
Active comparison point
Mario Cristobal • 2025
2025 Miami
Best season13-3 • SRS 22.2 • SP Overall 20.7
Win %
81.3%
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.
Top 10
5-8
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 38.5%
Top 5
3-4
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 42.9%
View ranked game results29
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
2022-2025 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 10.5 • Win % 64.8%
Oregon
2018-2021 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 74.5%
Florida International
2007-2012 • 6 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 edgeMario 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
2022-2025 • 35-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.5Win % 64.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 7.6 baseline
+1.1
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
2018-2021 • 35-12
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
8.3 during vs 8.8 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.1 during vs 14.6 baseline
-1.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.2 during vs 16.9 baseline
-3.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 60.0% baseline
-26.7%
Florida International
2007-2012 • 27-47
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
13-3 • SRS 22.2
Biggest Improvement
Oregon 2018
9-4 • 16.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Miami 2024
10-3 • SP Off 44.2
Best Defensive Season
Miami 2025
13-3 • SP Def 14.3
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Florida International 2007
1-11 • SRS -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.
| Miami | 2025 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81.3% | — | — | 22.2 | 20.7 | 34.2 | 14.3 | +6.7 | +4.3% | Completed-game fallback |
| Miami | 2024 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #19 | #18 | 15.5 | 21.6 | 44.2 | 24.3 | +6.7 | +23.1% | Season summary |
| Miami | 2023 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 8.8 | 9.6 | 30.7 | 23.1 | +13.4 | +12.2% | Season summary |
| Miami | 2022 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #16 | — | -4.6 | -2.7 | 24.4 | 28.9 | -14.5 | -35.3% | Season summary |
| Oregon | 2021 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #11 | #22 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 35.0 | 26.0 | — | +19.8% | Partial season |
| Oregon | 2020 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.1% | #9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | -28.6% | Season summary |
| Oregon | 2019 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | #11 | #5 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 35.6 | 15.5 | +15.8 | +16.5% | Season summary |
| Oregon | 2018 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #24 | — | 5.2 | 7.3 | 34.7 | 25.8 | +16.6 | +44.2% | Season summary |
| Florida International | 2012 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -11.4 | -12.7 | 23.5 | 34.6 | -5.6 | -36.5% | Season summary |
| Florida International | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -5.8 | -8.5 | 17.5 | 26.9 | +0.5 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Florida International | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -6.3 | -12.3 | 20.8 | 33.5 | +7.7 | +28.8% | Season summary |
| Florida International | 2009 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -14.0 | -30.3 | 12.6 | 42.6 | -2.9 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Florida International | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -11.1 | -17.3 | 15.0 | 31.2 | +9.3 | +33.3% | Season summary |
| Florida International | 2007 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -20.4 | -32.9 | 9.6 | 40.9 | — | — | Season summary |
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