Top 25
6-16-2
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 29.2%
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Coach Profile
Bobby Collins
1975-1986 • SMU, Southern Miss
2 schools coached, anchored by Southern Miss.
Bobby Collins coached 12 seasons, won 65.6%, and posted an average SRS of 7.3. Best season: 1981 Southern Miss. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 89-46-3
- Career win rate
- 65.6%
- Average SRS
- 7.3
- Peak SRS
- 16.6
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
- 12
- Career span
- 12 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 58.1
Primary school anchor
Southern Miss
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.2.
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.
Bobby Collins
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bobby Collins: 1982 SMU
1975Actual season year • SRS range -4.9 to 16.61986
Active comparison point
Bobby Collins • 1981
1981 Southern Miss
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-2-1 • SRS 16.6 • SP Overall 20.2
Win %
79.2%
YoY SRS
+8.8
SP Off / Def
29.9 / 10.8
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
1-7-2
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 20.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results24
| 1986 Regular Week 13 | SMU | Arkansas | #9 | L0-41 |
| 1986 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas A&M | #8 | L35-39 |
| 1986 Regular Week 7 | SMU | Baylor | #20 | W27-21 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | SMU | Arizona State | #11 | L0-30 |
| 1985 Regular Week 15 | SMU | Oklahoma | #4 | L13-35 |
| 1985 Regular Week 13 | SMU | Arkansas | #18 | L9-15 |
| 1985 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas | #19 | W44-14 |
| 1985 Regular Week 7 | SMU | Baylor | #19 | L14-21 |
| 1984 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas | #2 | L7-13 |
| 1983 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas | #2 | L12-15 |
| 1983 Postseason Week 1 | SMU | Alabama | #15 | L7-28 |
| 1982 Regular Week 12 | SMU | Arkansas | #9 | T17-17 |
| 1982 Regular Week 8 | SMU | Texas | #19 | W30-17 |
| 1982 Postseason Week 1 | SMU | Pittsburgh | #10 | W7-3 |
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | Florida State | #20 | W58-14 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | Southern Miss | Mississippi State | #15 | W7-6 |
| 1981 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #7 | T13-13 |
| 1981 Postseason Week 1 | Southern Miss | Missouri | #19 | L17-19 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #1 | L7-42 |
| 1979 Regular Week 2 | Southern Miss | Florida State | #18 | L14-17 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Southern Miss | Mississippi State | #18 | L6-14 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #20 | L8-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Ole Miss | #16 | L0-28 |
| 1975 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #5 | L6-27 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
SMU
1982-1986 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 8.5 • Win % 75.0%
Southern Miss
1975-1981 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 6.5 • Win % 58.8%
- Longest tenure
- Southern Miss • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- SMU • 8.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- SMU • 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.
Bobby Collins sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBobby Collins sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bobby Collins
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 11.9
- Percentile
- 89th 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.
SMU
1982-1986 • 43-14-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.5Win % 75.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.6 during vs 6.2 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 12.9 baseline
-4.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.1 during vs 13.4 baseline
-2.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
60.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+20.0%
Southern Miss
1975-1981 • 46-32-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.5Win % 58.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 5.2 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.5 during vs -0.1 baseline
+6.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.5 during vs 5.4 baseline
+7.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Southern Miss 1981
9-2-1 • SRS 16.6
Biggest Improvement
Southern Miss 1981
9-2-1 • 8.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
SMU 1984
10-2 • SP Off 34.2
Best Defensive Season
Southern Miss 1981
9-2-1 • SP Def 10.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Southern Miss 1976
2-9 • SRS -4.9
Biggest Drop
Southern Miss 1976
2-9 • -18.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| SMU | 1986 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 0.7 | 4.4 | 30.7 | 28.0 | -8.3 | 0.0% |
| SMU | 1985 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #3 | — | 9.0 | 11.4 | 32.2 | 22.0 | -2.0 | -28.8% |
| SMU | 1984 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #15 | #8 | 11.0 | 15.4 | 34.2 | 20.0 | +3.5 | 0.0% |
| SMU | 1983 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #19 | #12 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 24.7 | 16.0 | -6.7 | -12.5% |
| SMU | 1982 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 95.8% | #6 | #2 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 32.6 | 19.0 | -2.4 | +16.7% |
| Southern Miss | 1981 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | — | 16.6 | 20.2 | 29.9 | 10.8 | +8.8 | +4.2% |
| Southern Miss | 1980 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 7.8 | 11.2 | 28.8 | 18.7 | -1.0 | +15.9% |
| Southern Miss | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 8.8 | 12.2 | 25.9 | 14.2 | +4.7 | -4.5% |
| Southern Miss | 1978 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 4.1 | 12.8 | 27.8 | 15.3 | +4.4 | +13.6% |
| Southern Miss | 1977 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.3 | 8.2 | 25.6 | 18.3 | +4.6 | +31.8% |
| Southern Miss | 1976 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.9 | 1.5 | 24.9 | 23.8 | -18.4 | -45.5% |
| Southern Miss | 1975 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 13.5 | 21.4 | 33.2 | 12.3 | — | — |
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