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3-33-1
- Games
- 37
- Win rate
- 9.5%
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Coach Profile
Pete Elliott
1956-1974 • California, Illinois, Miami, Nebraska
4 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.
Pete Elliott coached 13 seasons, won 43.8%, and posted an average SRS of 6.0. Best season: 1965 Illinois. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 56-72-1
- Career win rate
- 43.8%
- Average SRS
- 6.0
- Peak SRS
- 18.9
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
- 13
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- #3
- Consistency
- 27.1
Primary school anchor
Illinois
Defense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 82.0.
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.
Pete Elliott
EliteStrongAverageLean
Pete Elliott: 1957 CaliforniaPete Elliott: 1960 IllinoisPete Elliott: 1973 Miami
1956Actual season year • SRS range -10.8 to 18.91974
Active comparison point
Pete Elliott • 1965
1965 Illinois
Best season6-4 • SRS 18.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
60.0%
YoY SRS
+3.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
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
1-25-1
- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 5.6%
Top 5
0-16-1
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 2.9%
View ranked game results37
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Miami | Alabama | #2 | L7-28 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | Miami | Notre Dame | #7 | L7-38 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | Miami | Auburn | #11 | L0-3 |
| 1974 Regular Week 3 | Miami | Houston | #19 | W20-3 |
| 1973 Regular Week 14 | Miami | Notre Dame | #3 | L0-44 |
| 1973 Regular Week 12 | Miami | Alabama | #2 | L13-43 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | Miami | Houston | #12 | L7-30 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | Miami | Oklahoma | #6 | L20-24 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Miami | Texas | #14 | W20-15 |
| 1966 Regular Week 4 | Illinois | Michigan State | #1 | L10-26 |
| 1965 Regular Week 4 | Illinois | Michigan State | #5 | L12-22 |
| 1964 Regular Week 9 | Illinois | Michigan | #6 | L6-21 |
| 1964 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Ohio State | #1 | L0-26 |
| 1963 Regular Week 12 | Illinois | Michigan State | #10 | W13-0 |
| 1963 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Ohio State | #4 | T20-20 |
| 1962 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Wisconsin | #3 | L6-35 |
| 1962 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | USC | #3 | L16-28 |
| 1962 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Ohio State | #6 | L15-51 |
| 1962 Regular Week 3 | Illinois | Washington | #8 | L7-28 |
| 1961 Regular Week 11 | Illinois | Michigan State | #8 | L7-34 |
| 1961 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Ohio State | #7 | L0-44 |
| 1960 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Minnesota | #6 | L10-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Ohio State | #3 | L7-34 |
| 1959 Regular Week 10 | California | Washington | #14 | L0-20 |
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | California | Oregon | #14 | L18-20 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | California | USC | #6 | L7-14 |
| 1959 Regular Week 4 | California | Texas | #4 | L0-33 |
| 1959 Regular Week 3 | California | Iowa | #5 | L12-42 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | California | Michigan State | #4 | L12-32 |
| 1958 Postseason Week 1 | California | Iowa | #2 | L12-38 |
| 1957 Regular Week 7 | California | Oregon | #15 | L6-24 |
| 1957 Regular Week 5 | California | Navy | #15 | L6-21 |
| 1957 Regular Week 4 | California | Michigan State | #2 | L0-19 |
| 1957 Regular Week 2 | California | SMU | #15 | L6-13 |
| 1956 Regular Week 11 | Nebraska | Oklahoma | #1 | L6-54 |
| 1956 Regular Week 10 | Nebraska | Baylor | #16 | L7-26 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | Nebraska | Ohio State | #4 | L7-34 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Miami
1973-1974 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 5.0 • Win % 50.0%
Illinois
1960-1966 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 9.2 • Win % 47.7%
California
1957-1959 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 32.3%
Nebraska
1956-1956 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -4.8 • Win % 40.0%
- Longest tenure
- Illinois • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Illinois • 9.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Miami • 50.0%
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.
Pete Elliott sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePete Elliott sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pete Elliott
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 7.0
- Percentile
- 78th 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.
Miami
1973-1974 • 11-11
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.0Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 3.9 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 3.2 baseline
+1.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 0.6 baseline
+6.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Illinois
1960-1966 • 31-34-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.2Win % 47.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.4 during vs 4.0 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.2 during vs 11.0 baseline
-1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
-5.7%
California
1957-1959 • 10-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.9Win % 32.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 4.2 baseline
-0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 7.4 baseline
-4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Nebraska
1956-1956 • 4-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -4.8Win % 40.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.8 during vs -0.9 baseline
-3.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Illinois 1965
6-4 • SRS 18.9
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 1962
2-7 • 15.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Miami 1973
5-6 • SP Off 24.5
Best Defensive Season
Miami 1974
6-5 • SP Def 15.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Illinois 1961
0-9 • SRS -10.8
Biggest Drop
Illinois 1961
0-9 • -25.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Miami | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 5.4 | 7.9 | 22.7 | 15.3 | +0.7 | +9.1% |
| Miami | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 6.1 | 24.5 | 19.2 | +0.7 | +5.5% |
| Illinois | 1966 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | -14.9 | -20.0% |
| Illinois | 1965 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 18.9 | — | — | — | +3.4 | -6.7% |
| Illinois | 1964 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | #3 | — | 15.5 | — | — | — | -2.5 | -18.3% |
| Illinois | 1963 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | #3 | 18.0 | — | — | — | +13.4 | +62.8% |
| Illinois | 1962 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | 4.6 | — | — | — | +15.4 | +22.2% |
| Illinois | 1961 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -10.8 | — | — | — | -25.1 | -55.6% |
| Illinois | 1960 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | #5 | — | 14.3 | — | — | — | +13.4 | +35.6% |
| California | 1959 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | 0.9 | — | — | — | -4.1 | -43.6% |
| California | 1958 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #16 | 5.0 | — | — | — | +2.1 | +53.6% |
| California | 1957 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | +7.7 | -30.0% |
| Nebraska | 1956 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -4.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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