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Jerry Frei

1967-1971Oregon

One defining program at Oregon.

Jerry Frei coached 5 seasons, won 43.4%, and posted an average SRS of 4.6. Best season: 1970 Oregon. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
22-29-2
Career win rate
43.4%
Average SRS
4.6
Peak SRS
13.0

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
53.1

Primary school anchor

Oregon

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.6.

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.

Jerry Frei
EliteStrongAverageLean
1967Actual season year • SRS range -6.9 to 13.01971

Active comparison point

Jerry Frei1970

Selected

1970 Oregon

Best season

6-4-1 • SRS 13.0 • SP Overall 8.2

Win %

59.1%

YoY SRS

+7.3

SP Off / Def

33.3 / 27.1

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

3-13

Games
16
Win rate
18.8%

Top 10

1-7

Games
8
Win rate
12.5%

Top 5

0-3

Games
3
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results16
1971 Regular Week 6OregonWashington#18W23-21
1971 Regular Week 4OregonTexas#3L7-35
1971 Regular Week 3OregonStanford#13L17-38
1970 Regular Week 11OregonAir Force#10W46-35
1970 Regular Week 7OregonUCLA#16W41-40
1970 Regular Week 5OregonStanford#12L10-33
1969 Regular Week 10OregonUCLA#6L10-13
1969 Regular Week 6OregonAir Force#20L13-60
1969 Regular Week 3OregonStanford#17L0-28
1968 Regular Week 11OregonOregon State#16L19-41
1968 Regular Week 10OregonCalifornia#18L8-36
1968 Regular Week 8OregonUSC#1L13-20
1968 Regular Week 4OregonOhio State#6L6-21
1967 Regular Week 11OregonOregon State#8L10-14
1967 Regular Week 8OregonUSC#1L6-28
1967 Regular Week 3OregonColorado#6L13-17

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Oregon

1967-19715 seasons

Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 43.4%

Longest tenure
Oregon • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Oregon • 4.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Oregon • 43.4%

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.

Jerry Frei sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jerry Frei sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jerry Frei

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
8.2
Percentile
81th 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.

Oregon

1967-197122-29-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 4.6Win % 43.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 5.6 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 8.5 baseline

-3.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.2 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

Oregon 1970

6-4-1SRS 13.0

Biggest Improvement

Oregon 1968

4-611.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Oregon 1970

6-4-1SP Off 33.3

Best Defensive Season

Oregon 1971

5-6SP Def 25.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Oregon 1967

2-8SRS -6.9

Biggest Drop

Oregon 1971

5-6-6.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Oregon19711156045.5%7.08.132.325.8-6.0-13.6%
Oregon19701164159.1%13.08.233.327.1+7.3+9.1%
Oregon19691155150.0%5.7+1.5+10.0%
Oregon19681046040.0%4.2+11.1+20.0%
Oregon19671028020.0%-6.9

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