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0-13-1
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 3.6%
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Tom Rossley
1991-1996 • SMU
One defining program at SMU.
Tom Rossley coached 6 seasons, won 25.0%, and posted an average SRS of -10.0. Best season: 1996 SMU. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 15-48-3
- Career win rate
- 25.0%
- Average SRS
- -10.0
- Peak SRS
- -2.8
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 76.5
Primary school anchor
SMU
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 28.5.
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.
Tom Rossley
EliteStrongAverageLean
1991Actual season year • SRS range -16.6 to -2.81996
Active comparison point
Tom Rossley • 1996
1996 SMU
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-6 • SRS -2.8 • SP Overall -0.4
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+13.8
SP Off / Def
28.5 / 29.0
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
0-1-1
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 25.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results14
| 1996 Regular Week 11 | SMU | Wyoming | #17 | L17-59 |
| 1996 Regular Week 6 | SMU | BYU | #24 | L3-31 |
| 1995 Regular Week 8 | SMU | Texas A&M | #22 | L17-20 |
| 1995 Regular Week 6 | SMU | Texas | #21 | L10-35 |
| 1995 Regular Week 4 | SMU | Oklahoma | #14 | L10-24 |
| 1994 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas A&M | #7 | T21-21 |
| 1994 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas | #13 | L20-42 |
| 1994 Regular Week 6 | SMU | North Carolina | #18 | L24-28 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | SMU | UCLA | #13 | L10-17 |
| 1993 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas A&M | #11 | L13-37 |
| 1992 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas A&M | #5 | L7-41 |
| 1991 Regular Week 14 | SMU | Tulsa | #22 | L26-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 13 | SMU | Texas A&M | #12 | L6-65 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | SMU | Baylor | #12 | L7-45 |
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
1991-1996 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -10.0 • Win % 25.0%
- Longest tenure
- SMU • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- SMU • -10.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- SMU • 25.0%
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.
Tom Rossley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeTom Rossley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tom Rossley
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -12.3
- Percentile
- 22th pct
Lower end
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
1991-1996 • 15-48-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -10.0Win % 25.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 3.0 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.0 during vs -11.5 baseline
+1.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.3 during vs -12.4 baseline
+0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
SMU 1996
5-6 • SRS -2.8
Biggest Improvement
SMU 1996
5-6 • 13.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
SMU 1996
5-6 • SP Off 28.5
Best Defensive Season
SMU 1996
5-6 • SP Def 29.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
SMU 1995
1-10 • SRS -16.6
Biggest Drop
SMU 1995
1-10 • -5.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| SMU | 1996 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.8 | -0.4 | 28.5 | 29.0 | +13.8 | +36.4% |
| SMU | 1995 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -16.6 | -18.7 | 17.8 | 34.9 | -5.5 | -4.5% |
| SMU | 1994 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13.6% | — | — | -11.1 | -14.6 | 23.8 | 35.6 | -5.1 | -13.6% |
| SMU | 1993 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.0 | -12.1 | 21.3 | 32.3 | +2.7 | -18.2% |
| SMU | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -8.7 | -10.2 | 22.7 | 32.0 | +6.2 | +36.4% |
| SMU | 1991 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -14.9 | -17.5 | 19.1 | 35.3 | — | — |
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