Top 25
4-13
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 23.5%
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Paul Wiggin
1980-1983 • Stanford
One defining program at Stanford.
Paul Wiggin coached 4 seasons, won 36.4%, and posted an average SRS of 6.0. Best season: 1982 Stanford. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 16-28
- Career win rate
- 36.4%
- Average SRS
- 6.0
- Peak SRS
- 12.8
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 24.9
Primary school anchor
Stanford
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 67.9.
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.
Paul Wiggin
EliteStrongAverageLean
1980Actual season year • SRS range -8.5 to 12.81983
Active comparison point
Paul Wiggin • 1982
1982 Stanford
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-6 • SRS 12.8 • SP Overall 13.7
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+5.4
SP Off / Def
40.3 / 29.0
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
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
1-3
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results17
| 1983 Regular Week 8 | Stanford | Washington | #14 | L15-32 |
| 1983 Regular Week 6 | Stanford | Arizona State | #18 | L11-29 |
| 1983 Regular Week 3 | Stanford | Oklahoma | #2 | L14-27 |
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | Stanford | UCLA | #12 | L35-38 |
| 1982 Regular Week 9 | Stanford | Washington | #2 | W43-31 |
| 1982 Regular Week 7 | Stanford | USC | #14 | L21-41 |
| 1982 Regular Week 6 | Stanford | Arizona State | #11 | L17-21 |
| 1982 Regular Week 4 | Stanford | Ohio State | #13 | W23-20 |
| 1981 Regular Week 9 | Stanford | Washington | #18 | L31-42 |
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | Stanford | Arizona State | #17 | L36-62 |
| 1981 Regular Week 7 | Stanford | USC | #7 | L17-25 |
| 1981 Regular Week 6 | Stanford | UCLA | #17 | W26-23 |
| 1981 Regular Week 4 | Stanford | Ohio State | #8 | L19-24 |
| 1980 Regular Week 11 | Stanford | USC | #2 | L9-34 |
| 1980 Regular Week 8 | Stanford | Washington | #18 | L24-27 |
| 1980 Regular Week 7 | Stanford | UCLA | #4 | L21-35 |
| 1980 Regular Week 5 | Stanford | Oklahoma | #12 | W31-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Stanford
1980-1983 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 6.0 • Win % 36.4%
- Longest tenure
- Stanford • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Stanford • 6.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Stanford • 36.4%
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.
Paul Wiggin sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePaul Wiggin sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Wiggin
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.3
- Percentile
- 73th pct
Strong
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.
Stanford
1980-1983 • 16-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.0Win % 36.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 6.8 baseline
-2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 9.3 baseline
-3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 9.7 baseline
-4.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Stanford 1982
5-6 • SRS 12.8
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1982
5-6 • 5.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Stanford 1982
5-6 • SP Off 40.3
Best Defensive Season
Stanford 1980
6-5 • SP Def 27.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Stanford 1983
1-10 • SRS -8.5
Biggest Drop
Stanford 1983
1-10 • -21.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Stanford | 1983 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -8.5 | -12.6 | 19.1 | 30.7 | -21.3 | -36.4% |
| Stanford | 1982 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 12.8 | 13.7 | 40.3 | 29.0 | +5.4 | +9.1% |
| Stanford | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #18 | — | 7.4 | 7.1 | 35.7 | 30.9 | -4.8 | -18.2% |
| Stanford | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #15 | — | 12.2 | 12.8 | 38.7 | 27.3 | — | — |
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