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- Win rate
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Chalmer Woodward
1953-1956 • SMU
One defining program at SMU.
Chalmer Woodward coached 4 seasons, won 48.8%, and posted an average SRS of 10.2. Best season: 1954 SMU. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 19-20-1
- Career win rate
- 48.8%
- Average SRS
- 10.2
- Peak SRS
- 13.1
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
- —
- Consistency
- 88.2
Primary school anchor
SMU
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.8.
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.
Chalmer Woodward
EliteStrongAverageLean
1953Actual season year • SRS range 4.2 to 13.11956
Active comparison point
Chalmer Woodward • 1954
1954 SMU
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-3-1 • SRS 13.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
65.0%
YoY SRS
+0.8
SP Off / Def
— / —
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
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
1-3
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results15
| 1956 Regular Week 11 | SMU | Baylor | #15 | L0-26 |
| 1956 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas A&M | #5 | L7-33 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Georgia Tech | #3 | L7-9 |
| 1956 Regular Week 2 | SMU | Notre Dame | #14 | W19-13 |
| 1955 Regular Week 11 | SMU | TCU | #7 | L13-20 |
| 1955 Regular Week 8 | SMU | Texas A&M | #12 | L2-13 |
| 1955 Regular Week 5 | SMU | Rice | #15 | W20-0 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Georgia Tech | #3 | L7-20 |
| 1955 Regular Week 2 | SMU | Notre Dame | #11 | L0-17 |
| 1954 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Baylor | #20 | L21-33 |
| 1954 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Arkansas | #4 | W21-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 5 | SMU | Rice | #15 | W20-6 |
| 1953 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Baylor | #17 | L21-27 |
| 1953 Regular Week 7 | SMU | Texas | #19 | L7-16 |
| 1953 Regular Week 3 | SMU | Georgia Tech | #10 | L4-6 |
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
1953-1956 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 10.2 • Win % 48.8%
- Longest tenure
- SMU • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- SMU • 10.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- SMU • 48.8%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Chalmer Woodward
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1953-1956 • 19-20-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.2Win % 48.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 5.4 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.2 during vs 14.8 baseline
-4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
SMU 1954
6-3-1 • SRS 13.1
Biggest Improvement
SMU 1954
6-3-1 • 0.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
SMU 1956
4-6 • SRS 4.2
Biggest Drop
SMU 1956
4-6 • -7.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| SMU | 1956 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 4.2 | — | — | — | -7.1 | 0.0% |
| SMU | 1955 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #16 | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | -1.8 | -25.0% |
| SMU | 1954 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 13.1 | — | — | — | +0.8 | +15.0% |
| SMU | 1953 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 12.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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