Top 25
4-14
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 22.2%
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Coach Profile
Keith Gilbertson
1992-2004 • California, Washington
2 schools coached, anchored by California.
Keith Gilbertson's coaching record is 27-42, highlighted by seasons at California from 1992 to 2004.
Keith Gilbertson coached 6 seasons, won 39.1%, and posted an average SRS of 1.8. Best season: 1993 California. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 27-42
- Career win rate
- 39.1%
- Average SRS
- 1.8
- Peak SRS
- 11.2
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
- 6
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #25
- Consistency
- 59.9
Primary school anchor
California
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.5.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 27-42
- California record
- 20-26
- Full-season record
- 27-42
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-5
- Vs Stanford
- 2-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
69 countable games, 39.1% win rate.
4 countable seasons at California.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
Big Game games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 21, 2004. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Keith Gilbertson
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Keith Gilbertson: 2003 Washington
1992Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 11.22004
Active comparison point
Keith Gilbertson • 1993
1993 California
Best season9-4 • SRS 11.2 • SP Overall 11.0
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+4.1
SP Off / Def
38.4 / 29.4
Finish
#25
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
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results18
| 2004 Regular Week 12 | Washington | California | #5 | L12-42 |
| 2004 Regular Week 9 | Washington | USC | #1 | L0-38 |
| 2003 Regular Week 14 | Washington | Washington State | #8 | W27-19 |
| 2003 Regular Week 10 | Washington | USC | #5 | L23-43 |
| 2003 Regular Week 9 | Washington | Oregon State | #22 | W38-17 |
| 1995 Regular Week 10 | California | UCLA | #24 | L16-33 |
| 1995 Regular Week 8 | California | Oregon | #15 | L30-52 |
| 1995 Regular Week 7 | California | USC | #5 | L16-26 |
| 1994 Regular Week 12 | California | Washington | #22 | L19-31 |
| 1994 Regular Week 11 | California | Arizona | #18 | L6-13 |
| 1994 Regular Week 10 | California | Washington State | #22 | L23-26 |
| 1993 Regular Week 12 | California | Arizona | #13 | W24-20 |
| 1993 Regular Week 7 | California | Washington | #13 | L23-24 |
| 1992 Regular Week 13 | California | Stanford | #14 | L21-41 |
| 1992 Regular Week 9 | California | Arizona | #21 | L17-24 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | California | USC | #18 | L24-27 |
| 1992 Regular Week 7 | California | Washington | #1 | L16-35 |
| 1992 Regular Week 5 | California | Kansas | #24 | W27-23 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Washington
2003-2004 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.1 • Win % 30.4%
California
1992-1995 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 3.8 • Win % 43.5%
- Longest tenure
- California • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- California • 3.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- California • 43.5%
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.
Keith Gilbertson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeKeith Gilbertson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Keith Gilbertson
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.6
- Percentile
- 59th pct
Above average
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.
Washington
2003-2004 • 7-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.1Win % 30.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.5 during vs 7.8 baseline
-4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.1 during vs 8.4 baseline
-10.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.4 during vs 13.0 baseline
-16.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
California
1992-1995 • 20-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.8Win % 43.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.8 during vs 6.2 baseline
-2.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.6 during vs 8.7 baseline
-6.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+5.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
California 1993
9-4 • SRS 11.2
Biggest Improvement
Washington 2003
6-6 • 6.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
California 1993
9-4 • SP Off 38.4
Best Defensive Season
California 1994
4-7 • SP Def 27.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Washington 2004
1-10 • SRS -6.3
Biggest Drop
California 1994
4-7 • -10.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Washington | 2004 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -6.3 | -10.0 | 22.6 | 31.7 | -8.3 | -40.9% | Season summary |
| Washington | 2003 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #17 | — | 2.0 | 3.2 | 33.0 | 31.4 | +6.2 | +22.7% | Season summary |
| California | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -4.2 | -4.9 | 27.2 | 32.0 | -5.1 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| California | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.9 | -2.8 | 24.0 | 27.0 | -10.3 | -32.9% | Season summary |
| California | 1993 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #25 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 38.4 | 29.4 | +4.1 | +32.9% | Season summary |
| California | 1992 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #20 | — | 7.1 | 7.3 | 34.6 | 29.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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