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Mark Helfrich

2013-2016Oregon

One defining program at Oregon.

Mark Helfrich coached 4 seasons, won 69.8%, and posted an average SRS of 17.1. Best season: 2014 Oregon. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
37-16
Career win rate
69.8%
Average SRS
17.1
Peak SRS
27.1

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
10.8

Primary school anchor

Oregon

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.7.

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.

Compare Mark Helfrich
Overall record
37-16

53 countable games, 69.8% win rate.

Oregon record
37-16

4 countable seasons at Oregon.

Full-season record
37-16

4 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
10-6

16 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
4-5

9 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
1-3

4 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Oregon State
3-1

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Postseason / bowl record
2-2

4 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
1-1

2 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 26, 2016. 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.

Mark Helfrich
EliteStrongAverageLean
2013Actual season year • SRS range 2.2 to 27.12016

Active comparison point

Mark Helfrich2014

Selected

2014 Oregon

Best seasonBiggest improvement

13-2 • SRS 27.1 • SP Overall 24.7

Win %

86.7%

YoY SRS

+0.4

SP Off / Def

48.1 / 23.2

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

10-6

Games
16
Win rate
62.5%

Top 10

4-5

Games
9
Win rate
44.4%

Top 5

1-3

Games
4
Win rate
25.0%
View ranked game results16

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

2013-20164 seasons

Avg SRS 17.1 • Win % 69.8%

Longest tenure
Oregon • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Oregon • 17.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Oregon • 69.8%

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.

Mark Helfrich sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mark Helfrich sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mark Helfrich

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
18.9
Percentile
97th pct

Elite

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

2013-201637-16

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

Avg SRS 17.1Win % 69.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.3 during vs 11.2 baseline

-1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

17.1 during vs 22.9 baseline

-5.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

18.9 during vs 24.9 baseline

-6.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-25.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Oregon 2014

13-2SRS 27.1

Biggest Improvement

Oregon 2014

13-20.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Oregon 2014

13-2SP Off 48.1

Best Defensive Season

Oregon 2013

11-2SP Def 18.1

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Oregon 2016

4-8SRS 2.2

Biggest Drop

Oregon 2015

9-4-14.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Oregon20161248033.3%#242.26.142.536.1-10.1-35.9%Season summary
Oregon20151394069.2%#7#1912.315.946.730.4-14.8-17.4%Season summary
Oregon201415132086.7%#3#227.124.748.123.2+0.4+2.1%Season summary
Oregon201313112084.6%#3#926.728.746.818.1Season summary

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