Top 25
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Charlie Sadler
1991-1995 • Northern Illinois
One defining program at Northern Illinois.
Charlie Sadler coached 5 seasons, won 32.7%, and posted an average SRS of -15.5. Best season: 1992 Northern Illinois. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 18-37
- Career win rate
- 32.7%
- Average SRS
- -15.5
- Peak SRS
- -6.5
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 49.9
Primary school anchor
Northern Illinois
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 21.0.
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.
Charlie Sadler
EliteStrongAverageLean
1991Actual season year • SRS range -22.3 to -6.51995
Active comparison point
Charlie Sadler • 1992
1992 Northern Illinois
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-6 • SRS -6.5 • SP Overall -7.0
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+15.7
SP Off / Def
16.4 / 23.1
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
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results4
| 1995 Regular Week 11 | Northern Illinois | Florida | #3 | L20-58 |
| 1995 Regular Week 6 | Northern Illinois | Kansas State | #16 | L0-44 |
| 1991 Regular Week 8 | Northern Illinois | Florida | #6 | L10-41 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Northern Illinois | Iowa | #9 | L7-58 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Northern Illinois
1991-1995 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -15.5 • Win % 32.7%
- Longest tenure
- Northern Illinois • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Northern Illinois • -15.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Northern Illinois • 32.7%
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.
Charlie Sadler sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCharlie Sadler sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Charlie Sadler
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -16.3
- Percentile
- 12th pct
Lower end
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.
Northern Illinois
1991-1995 • 18-37
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -15.5Win % 32.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.6 during vs 5.8 baseline
-2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.5 during vs -10.0 baseline
-5.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-16.3 during vs -6.1 baseline
-10.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Northern Illinois 1992
5-6 • SRS -6.5
Biggest Improvement
Northern Illinois 1992
5-6 • 15.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northern Illinois 1994
4-7 • SP Off 27.6
Best Defensive Season
Northern Illinois 1992
5-6 • SP Def 23.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northern Illinois 1995
3-8 • SRS -22.3
Biggest Drop
Northern Illinois 1995
3-8 • -13.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northern Illinois | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -22.3 | -18.5 | 27.6 | 41.9 | -13.6 | -9.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -8.7 | -11.7 | 27.6 | 36.7 | +9.2 | 0.0% |
| Northern Illinois | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -17.9 | -22.5 | 20.0 | 39.4 | -11.4 | -9.1% |
| Northern Illinois | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.5 | -7.0 | 16.4 | 23.1 | +15.7 | +27.3% |
| Northern Illinois | 1991 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -22.2 | -21.7 | 17.3 | 36.9 | — | — |
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