Top 25
22-62-1
- Games
- 85
- Win rate
- 26.5%
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Coach Profile
Bill Snyder
1989-2018 • Kansas State
One defining program at Kansas State.
Bill Snyder coached 27 seasons, won 64.7%, and posted an average SRS of 10.3. Best season: 1998 Kansas State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 215-117-1
- Career win rate
- 64.7%
- Average SRS
- 10.3
- Peak SRS
- 27.1
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
- 27
- Career span
- 30 years
- Best finish
- #6
- Consistency
- 11.4
Primary school anchor
Kansas State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.7.
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.
Bill Snyder
EliteStrongAverageLean
1989Actual season year • SRS range -19.2 to 27.12018
Active comparison point
Bill Snyder • 1998
1998 Kansas State
Best season11-2 • SRS 27.1 • SP Overall 28.6
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+9.9
SP Off / Def
49.8 / 24.1
Finish
#10
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
5-37
- Games
- 42
- Win rate
- 11.9%
Top 5
2-21
- Games
- 23
- Win rate
- 8.7%
View ranked game results85
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
2009-2018 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 9.4 • Win % 61.7%
Kansas State
1989-2005 • 17 seasons
Avg SRS 10.8 • Win % 66.6%
- Longest tenure
- Kansas State • 17 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kansas State • 10.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kansas State • 66.6%
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.
Bill Snyder sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Snyder sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Snyder
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.3
- Percentile
- 90th pct
Elite
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
2009-2018 • 79-49
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.4Win % 61.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.9 during vs 5.2 baseline
+2.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 0.2 baseline
+9.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.3 during vs 8.7 baseline
+1.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
30.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+30.0%
Kansas State
1989-2005 • 136-68-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.8Win % 66.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 1.1 baseline
+6.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.8 during vs -17.7 baseline
+28.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.4 during vs -21.4 baseline
+34.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
58.8% during vs 0.0% baseline
+58.8%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kansas State 1998
11-2 • SRS 27.1
Biggest Improvement
Kansas State 1990
5-6 • 16.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kansas State 1998
11-2 • SP Off 49.8
Best Defensive Season
Kansas State 1996
9-3 • SP Def 15.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas State 1989
1-10 • SRS -19.2
Biggest Drop
Kansas State 2004
4-7 • -16.8 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 | 2018 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.9 | -0.5 | 27.2 | 27.5 | -3.4 | -19.9% |
| Kansas State | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #20 | — | 7.3 | 10.9 | 34.4 | 26.1 | -2.4 | -7.7% |
| Kansas State | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 9.7 | 8.2 | 34.2 | 27.2 | +7.6 | +23.1% |
| Kansas State | 2015 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 2.1 | 2.6 | 32.2 | 30.8 | -16.4 | -23.1% |
| Kansas State | 2014 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #20 | #18 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 37.7 | 23.2 | +4.1 | +7.7% |
| Kansas State | 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 14.4 | 21.7 | 40.4 | 20.0 | -8.1 | -23.1% |
| Kansas State | 2012 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #22 | #12 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 41.8 | 20.4 | +9.6 | +7.7% |
| Kansas State | 2011 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #15 | 12.9 | 7.6 | 32.1 | 24.6 | +9.4 | +23.1% |
| Kansas State | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.5 | 8.6 | 34.4 | 27.4 | +3.8 | +3.9% |
| Kansas State | 2009 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.3 | 5.0 | 25.1 | 20.3 | +2.0 | +4.5% |
| Kansas State | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.3 | 6.1 | 25.9 | 19.8 | -5.5 | +9.1% |
| Kansas State | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #13 | — | 3.2 | 7.9 | 40.8 | 34.9 | -16.8 | -37.0% |
| Kansas State | 2003 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 73.3% | #7 | #14 | 20.0 | 25.8 | 43.0 | 19.2 | -6.2 | -11.3% |
| Kansas State | 2002 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #7 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 44.4 | 21.8 | +13.8 | +34.6% |
| Kansas State | 2001 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #13 | — | 12.4 | 17.1 | 34.6 | 19.0 | -5.8 | -28.6% |
| Kansas State | 2000 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #8 | #9 | 18.2 | 22.7 | 44.6 | 25.2 | -0.6 | -13.1% |
| Kansas State | 1999 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #20 | #6 | 18.8 | 21.8 | 40.8 | 21.3 | -8.3 | +7.0% |
| Kansas State | 1998 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #6 | #10 | 27.1 | 28.6 | 49.8 | 24.1 | +9.9 | -7.0% |
| Kansas State | 1997 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #23 | #8 | 17.2 | 23.2 | 40.3 | 18.9 | +0.6 | +16.7% |
| Kansas State | 1996 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #21 | #17 | 16.6 | 21.8 | 35.7 | 15.0 | -3.0 | -8.3% |
| Kansas State | 1995 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #7 | 19.6 | 22.7 | 41.3 | 20.6 | +6.5 | +8.3% |
| Kansas State | 1994 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 13.1 | 17.4 | 32.0 | 15.6 | +2.2 | -4.2% |
| Kansas State | 1993 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | #20 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 33.3 | 23.7 | +14.8 | +33.7% |
| Kansas State | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -3.9 | -5.1 | 20.8 | 26.1 | -12.1 | -18.2% |
| Kansas State | 1991 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 8.2 | 8.9 | 30.1 | 22.5 | +10.6 | +18.2% |
| Kansas State | 1990 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.4 | -4.5 | 29.5 | 33.7 | +16.8 | +36.4% |
| Kansas State | 1989 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -19.2 | -22.8 | 18.3 | 38.3 | — | — |
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