Top 25
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Elliot Uzelac
1975-1989 • Navy, Western Michigan
2 schools coached, anchored by Western Michigan.
Elliot Uzelac coached 10 seasons, won 41.8%, and posted an average SRS of -8.3. Best season: 1979 Western Michigan. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 46-64
- Career win rate
- 41.8%
- Average SRS
- -8.3
- Peak SRS
- -1.7
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
- 10
- Career span
- 15 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 81.0
Primary school anchor
Western Michigan
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 31.6.
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.
Elliot Uzelac
EliteStrongAverageLean
Elliot Uzelac: 1987 Navy
1975Actual season year • SRS range -18.6 to -1.71989
Active comparison point
Elliot Uzelac • 1979
1979 Western Michigan
Best season6-5 • SRS -1.7 • SP Overall 4.4
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+6.5
SP Off / Def
17.5 / 14.1
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
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results8
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | Navy | Notre Dame | #1 | L0-41 |
| 1989 Regular Week 7 | Navy | Pittsburgh | #9 | L14-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 6 | Navy | Air Force | #20 | L7-35 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Navy | Syracuse | #16 | L21-49 |
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | Navy | Notre Dame | #2 | L7-22 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | Navy | Syracuse | #6 | L10-34 |
| 1987 Regular Week 10 | Navy | Notre Dame | #9 | L13-56 |
| 1975 Regular Week 10 | Western Michigan | Miami (OH) | #17 | L21-44 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Navy
1987-1989 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -9.8 • Win % 24.2%
Western Michigan
1975-1981 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -7.7 • Win % 49.4%
- Longest tenure
- Western Michigan • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Western Michigan • -7.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Western Michigan • 49.4%
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.
Elliot Uzelac sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeElliot Uzelac sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Elliot Uzelac
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -4.6
- Percentile
- 43th 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.
Navy
1987-1989 • 8-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -9.8Win % 24.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 4.0 baseline
-1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.8 during vs -3.9 baseline
-5.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.5 during vs -7.3 baseline
-5.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Western Michigan
1975-1981 • 38-39
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.7Win % 49.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 6.0 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.7 during vs -5.6 baseline
-2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.2 during vs 1.3 baseline
-2.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Western Michigan 1979
6-5 • SRS -1.7
Biggest Improvement
Western Michigan 1976
7-4 • 13.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Western Michigan 1976
7-4 • SP Off 27.4
Best Defensive Season
Western Michigan 1979
6-5 • SP Def 14.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Western Michigan 1975
1-10 • SRS -18.6
Biggest Drop
Navy 1987
2-9 • -4.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Navy | 1989 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -9.8 | -11.5 | 19.9 | 30.1 | -3.1 | 0.0% |
| Navy | 1988 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.7 | -10.2 | 21.0 | 30.4 | +6.1 | +9.1% |
| Navy | 1987 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -12.8 | -15.9 | 17.0 | 32.4 | -4.7 | -36.4% |
| Western Michigan | 1981 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -8.1 | -1.7 | 19.3 | 21.0 | -1.9 | -9.1% |
| Western Michigan | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -6.2 | 2.8 | 23.7 | 21.3 | -4.5 | +9.1% |
| Western Michigan | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.7 | 4.4 | 17.5 | 14.1 | +6.5 | -9.1% |
| Western Michigan | 1978 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -8.2 | 1.2 | 20.4 | 19.5 | -1.6 | +27.3% |
| Western Michigan | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -6.6 | -2.1 | 25.9 | 28.2 | -1.8 | -27.3% |
| Western Michigan | 1976 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -4.8 | 3.2 | 27.4 | 25.2 | +13.8 | +54.5% |
| Western Michigan | 1975 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -18.6 | -16.3 | 14.8 | 30.7 | — | — |
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