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Jim Dickey
1978-1985 • Kansas State
One defining program at Kansas State.
Jim Dickey coached 8 seasons, won 31.3%, and posted an average SRS of -6.0. Best season: 1982 Kansas State. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 24-54-2
- Career win rate
- 31.3%
- Average SRS
- -6.0
- Peak SRS
- 4.0
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
- 8
- Career span
- 8 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 53.6
Primary school anchor
Kansas State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 44.3.
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 Dickey
EliteStrongAverageLean
1978Actual season year • SRS range -19.2 to 4.01985
Active comparison point
Jim Dickey • 1982
1982 Kansas State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5-1 • SRS 4.0 • SP Overall 5.6
Win %
54.2%
YoY SRS
+8.7
SP Off / Def
22.0 / 17.4
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
0-14
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results26
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | #10 | L3-35 |
| 1985 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #5 | L3-41 |
| 1985 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #2 | L6-41 |
| 1984 Regular Week 11 | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | #7 | L6-34 |
| 1984 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #3 | L14-62 |
| 1984 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | South Carolina | #17 | L17-49 |
| 1984 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #5 | L6-24 |
| 1983 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #1 | L25-51 |
| 1983 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #8 | L10-29 |
| 1982 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #14 | L10-24 |
| 1982 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #6 | L13-42 |
| 1982 Regular Week 5 | Kansas State | Arizona State | #13 | L7-30 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #17 | L21-28 |
| 1981 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Iowa State | #11 | W10-7 |
| 1981 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #19 | L3-49 |
| 1981 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Missouri | #13 | L13-58 |
| 1981 Regular Week 3 | Kansas State | Washington | #15 | L3-20 |
| 1980 Regular Week 11 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #4 | L8-55 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Missouri | #15 | L3-13 |
| 1980 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #17 | L21-35 |
| 1980 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Iowa State | #19 | L7-31 |
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #3 | L12-21 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #7 | L6-38 |
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #1 | L19-56 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Missouri | #13 | L14-56 |
| 1978 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #5 | L14-48 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kansas State
1978-1985 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -6.0 • Win % 31.3%
- Longest tenure
- Kansas State • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kansas State • -6.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kansas State • 31.3%
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 Dickey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Dickey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Dickey
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -9.2
- 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.
Kansas State
1978-1985 • 24-54-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.0Win % 31.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 2.8 baseline
+0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.0 during vs 0.8 baseline
-6.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.2 during vs 1.4 baseline
-10.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kansas State 1982
6-5-1 • SRS 4.0
Biggest Improvement
Kansas State 1982
6-5-1 • 8.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kansas State 1978
4-7 • SP Off 27.2
Best Defensive Season
Kansas State 1982
6-5-1 • SP Def 17.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas State 1985
0-2 • SRS -19.2
Biggest Drop
Kansas State 1983
3-8 • -14.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas State | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -19.2 | -22.8 | 12.0 | 33.9 | -9.9 | -31.8% |
| Kansas State | 1984 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -9.3 | -10.2 | 24.7 | 33.6 | +0.9 | +4.5% |
| Kansas State | 1983 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -10.2 | -11.3 | 24.7 | 34.2 | -14.2 | -26.9% |
| Kansas State | 1982 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 54.2% | — | — | 4.0 | 5.6 | 22.0 | 17.4 | +8.7 | +36.0% |
| Kansas State | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.7 | -7.7 | 22.0 | 29.2 | -1.9 | -9.1% |
| Kansas State | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.8 | -9.4 | 14.2 | 22.7 | -0.4 | 0.0% |
| Kansas State | 1979 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.4 | -10.0 | 15.9 | 25.2 | +1.3 | -9.1% |
| Kansas State | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.7 | -7.4 | 27.2 | 33.5 | — | — |
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