Top 25
13-25
- Games
- 38
- Win rate
- 34.2%
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Coach Profile
Sonny Dykes
2010-2025 • California, Louisiana Tech, SMU, TCU
4 schools coached, anchored by TCU.
Sonny Dykes coached 15 seasons, won 56.6%, and posted an average SRS of 4.1. Best season: 2022 TCU. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 98-75
- Career win rate
- 56.6%
- Average SRS
- 4.1
- Peak SRS
- 16.7
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
- 15
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 37.9
Primary school anchor
TCU
Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 77.5.
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.
Sonny Dykes
EliteStrongAverageLean
Sonny Dykes: 2013 CaliforniaSonny Dykes: 2018 SMUSonny Dykes: 2022 TCU
2010Actual season year • SRS range -10.3 to 16.72025
Active comparison point
Sonny Dykes • 2022
2022 TCU
Best seasonNew stop: TCU13-2 • SRS 16.7 • SP Overall 24.3
Win %
86.7%
YoY SRS
+10.6
SP Off / Def
43.3 / 20.2
Finish
#2
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
2-11
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 15.4%
Top 5
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
View ranked game results38
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
TCU
2022-2025 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 10.8 • Win % 67.5%
SMU
2018-2021 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 1.5 • Win % 63.8%
California
2013-2016 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 1.3 • Win % 38.8%
Louisiana Tech
2010-2012 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 1.7 • Win % 59.5%
- Longest tenure
- TCU • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- TCU • 10.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- TCU • 67.5%
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.
Sonny Dykes sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeSonny Dykes sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Sonny Dykes
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.2
- Percentile
- 70th 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.
TCU
2022-2025 • 27-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.8Win % 67.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 6.3 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.8 during vs 7.1 baseline
+3.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.8 during vs 6.7 baseline
+6.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+5.0%
SMU
2018-2021 • 30-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.5Win % 63.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 3.8 baseline
+3.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.5 during vs -11.1 baseline
+12.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.6 during vs -13.5 baseline
+16.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
California
2013-2016 • 19-30
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.3Win % 38.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 6.4 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.3 during vs 6.0 baseline
-4.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.3 during vs 10.4 baseline
-9.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Louisiana Tech
2010-2012 • 22-15
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.7Win % 59.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 5.4 baseline
+1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.7 during vs -10.4 baseline
+12.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.8 during vs -11.3 baseline
+9.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
TCU 2022
13-2 • SRS 16.7
Biggest Improvement
SMU 2019
10-3 • 17.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
TCU 2022
13-2 • SP Off 43.3
Best Defensive Season
TCU 2022
13-2 • SP Def 20.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
California 2013
1-11 • SRS -10.3
Biggest Drop
California 2013
1-11 • -15.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| TCU | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8.5 | 8.3 | 32.9 | 23.9 | -0.7 | — |
| TCU | 2024 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 9.2 | 10.8 | 34.6 | 22.8 | +0.6 | +27.6% |
| TCU | 2023 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #17 | — | 8.6 | 7.9 | 33.5 | 25.3 | -8.1 | -45.0% |
| TCU | 2022 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 86.7% | — | #2 | 16.7 | 24.3 | 43.3 | 20.2 | +10.6 | +20.0% |
| SMU | 2021 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 6.1 | 8.9 | 36.7 | 27.1 | — | -3.3% |
| SMU | 2020 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -6.9% |
| SMU | 2019 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | — | 7.7 | 4.4 | 34.6 | 28.3 | +17.1 | +35.3% |
| SMU | 2018 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -9.4 | -5.4 | 24.0 | 29.7 | -11.4 | 0.0% |
| California | 2016 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.0 | 2.4 | 38.4 | 36.3 | -9.0 | -19.9% |
| California | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.0 | 12.1 | 41.3 | 29.5 | +8.5 | +19.9% |
| California | 2014 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.5 | -0.6 | 36.6 | 36.3 | +12.8 | +33.3% |
| California | 2013 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -10.3 | -8.7 | 27.7 | 37.1 | -15.9 | -66.7% |
| Louisiana Tech | 2012 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 5.6 | 0.2 | 39.4 | 39.7 | +0.6 | +13.5% |
| Louisiana Tech | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 5.0 | 1.9 | 23.6 | 22.9 | +10.5 | +19.9% |
| Louisiana Tech | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -5.5 | -7.4 | 23.9 | 33.0 | — | — |
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