Top 25
0-12-1
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 3.9%
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Coach Profile
Joe Kapp
1982-1986 • California
One defining program at California.
Joe Kapp coached 5 seasons, won 37.3%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 1982 California. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 20-34-1
- Career win rate
- 37.3%
- Average SRS
- -1.2
- Peak SRS
- 6.4
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
- 74.3
Primary school anchor
California
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 52.1.
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.
Joe Kapp
EliteStrongAverageLean
1982Actual season year • SRS range -8.5 to 6.41986
Active comparison point
Joe Kapp • 1982
1982 California
Best season7-4 • SRS 6.4 • SP Overall 7.5
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
28.1 / 21.8
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
0-4-1
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 10.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results13
| 1986 Regular Week 12 | California | USC | #10 | L3-28 |
| 1986 Regular Week 11 | California | Arizona State | #5 | L0-49 |
| 1986 Regular Week 9 | California | Arizona | #14 | L16-33 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | California | UCLA | #17 | L10-36 |
| 1986 Regular Week 6 | California | Washington | #12 | L18-50 |
| 1985 Regular Week 9 | California | UCLA | #17 | L7-34 |
| 1984 Regular Week 11 | California | Washington | #1 | L14-44 |
| 1984 Regular Week 10 | California | USC | #18 | L7-31 |
| 1983 Regular Week 6 | California | Arizona | #10 | T33-33 |
| 1982 Regular Week 10 | California | USC | #16 | L0-42 |
| 1982 Regular Week 8 | California | UCLA | #11 | L31-47 |
| 1982 Regular Week 6 | California | Washington | #1 | L7-50 |
| 1982 Regular Week 4 | California | Arizona State | #14 | L0-15 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
California
1982-1986 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -1.2 • Win % 37.3%
- Longest tenure
- California • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- California • -1.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- California • 37.3%
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.
Joe Kapp sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJoe Kapp sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Joe Kapp
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -2.2
- Percentile
- 49th pct
Mixed
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.
California
1982-1986 • 20-34-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.2Win % 37.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 4.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.2 during vs 7.1 baseline
-8.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.2 during vs 5.7 baseline
-7.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
California 1982
7-4 • SRS 6.4
Biggest Improvement
California 1985
4-7 • 7.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
California 1982
7-4 • SP Off 28.1
Best Defensive Season
California 1982
7-4 • SP Def 21.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
California 1984
2-9 • SRS -8.5
Biggest Drop
California 1984
2-9 • -9.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| California | 1986 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.1 | -5.7 | 23.4 | 29.0 | -2.9 | -18.2% |
| California | 1985 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.2 | -3.2 | 26.2 | 29.4 | +7.3 | +18.2% |
| California | 1984 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -8.5 | -10.0 | 18.0 | 27.4 | -9.9 | -31.8% |
| California | 1983 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.4 | 0.3 | 25.9 | 26.1 | -5.0 | -13.6% |
| California | 1982 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 6.4 | 7.5 | 28.1 | 21.8 | — | — |
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