Top 25
21-31
- Games
- 52
- Win rate
- 40.4%
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Coach Profile
Gus Malzahn
2012-2024 • Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF
3 schools coached, anchored by Auburn.
Gus Malzahn coached 13 seasons, won 62.9%, and posted an average SRS of 12.3. Best season: 2017 Auburn. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 105-62
- Career win rate
- 62.9%
- Average SRS
- 12.3
- Peak SRS
- 23.6
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
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 34.0
Primary school anchor
Auburn
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 90.5.
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.
Gus Malzahn
EliteStrongAverageLean
Gus Malzahn: 2013 AuburnGus Malzahn: 2021 UCF
2012Actual season year • SRS range 0.8 to 23.62024
Active comparison point
Gus Malzahn • 2017
2017 Auburn
Best season10-4 • SRS 23.6 • SP Overall 24.7
Win %
71.4%
YoY SRS
+6.8
SP Off / Def
35.4 / 11.0
Finish
#10
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
7-23
- Games
- 30
- Win rate
- 23.3%
Top 5
5-15
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results52
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
UCF
2021-2024 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 4.7 • Win % 53.8%
Auburn
2013-2020 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 17.2 • Win % 66.0%
Arkansas State
2012-2012 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 3.6 • Win % 75.0%
- Longest tenure
- Auburn • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Auburn • 17.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Arkansas State • 75.0%
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.
Gus Malzahn sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGus Malzahn sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gus Malzahn
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 14.1
- Percentile
- 93th 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.
UCF
2021-2024 • 28-24
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.7Win % 53.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 9.4 baseline
-2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 11.9 baseline
-7.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 11.9 baseline
-6.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Auburn
2013-2020 • 68-35
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.2Win % 66.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 7.6 baseline
+0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.2 during vs 7.2 baseline
+10.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
20.1 during vs 11.8 baseline
+8.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
62.5% during vs 20.0% baseline
+42.5%
Arkansas State
2012-2012 • 9-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.6Win % 75.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 5.8 baseline
+3.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.6 during vs -8.1 baseline
+11.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.2 during vs -12.6 baseline
+13.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Auburn 2017
10-4 • SRS 23.6
Biggest Improvement
Auburn 2013
12-2 • 18.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Auburn 2013
12-2 • SP Off 46.8
Best Defensive Season
Auburn 2017
10-4 • SP Def 11.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
UCF 2021
9-4 • SRS 0.8
Biggest Drop
Auburn 2020
6-4 • -14.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UCF | 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 6.2 | 2.8 | 29.0 | 25.8 | -0.7 | -12.8% |
| UCF | 2023 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 6.9 | 3.4 | 30.3 | 25.2 | +2.2 | -18.1% |
| UCF | 2022 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 4.7 | 10.3 | 31.1 | 20.3 | +3.9 | -5.0% |
| UCF | 2021 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 0.8 | 4.8 | 29.6 | 23.4 | -7.1 | +9.2% |
| Auburn | 2020 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #11 | — | 7.9 | 12.6 | 33.0 | 20.7 | -14.2 | -9.2% |
| Auburn | 2019 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #16 | #14 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 33.9 | 14.9 | +7.1 | +7.7% |
| Auburn | 2018 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #9 | — | 15.0 | 23.6 | 36.9 | 14.1 | -8.6 | -9.9% |
| Auburn | 2017 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #12 | #10 | 23.6 | 24.7 | 35.4 | 11.0 | +6.8 | +9.9% |
| Auburn | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | #24 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 32.1 | 18.4 | +7.7 | +7.7% |
| Auburn | 2015 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #6 | — | 9.1 | 14.6 | 36.1 | 23.1 | -12.0 | -7.7% |
| Auburn | 2014 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #6 | #22 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 45.2 | 22.1 | -1.0 | -24.2% |
| Auburn | 2013 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #2 | 22.1 | 25.2 | 46.8 | 23.4 | +18.5 | +10.7% |
| Arkansas State | 2012 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 3.6 | 1.2 | 32.5 | 30.2 | — | — |
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