Top 25
14-27
- Games
- 41
- Win rate
- 34.2%
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Jeff Tedford
2002-2023 • California, Fresno State
2 schools coached, anchored by California.
Jeff Tedford's coaching record is 127-79, highlighted by seasons at California from 2002 to 2023.
Jeff Tedford coached 16 seasons, won 61.7%, and posted an average SRS of 8.3. Best season: 2004 California. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 127-79
- Career win rate
- 61.7%
- Average SRS
- 8.3
- Peak SRS
- 26.4
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
- 16
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- #9
- Consistency
- 30.5
Primary school anchor
California
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 94.0.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 127-79
- California record
- 82-57
- Full-season record
- 127-79
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-14
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-6
- Vs Stanford
- 7-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 9-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
206 countable games, 61.7% win rate.
11 countable seasons at California.
16 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
15 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
Big Game games in this dataset.
12 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 16, 2023. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Jeff Tedford
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jeff Tedford: 2017 Fresno State
2002Actual season year • SRS range -4.6 to 26.42023
Active comparison point
Jeff Tedford • 2004
2004 California
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-2 • SRS 26.4 • SP Overall 26.7
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+13.8
SP Off / Def
43.6 / 19.2
Finish
#9
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
1-14
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 6.7%
Top 5
1-6
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
View ranked game results41
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Fresno State
2022-2023 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -0.4 • Win % 70.4%
Fresno State
2017-2019 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 3.8 • Win % 65.0%
California
2002-2012 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 11.1 • Win % 59.0%
- Longest tenure
- California • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- California • 11.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Fresno State • 70.4%
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.
Jeff Tedford sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJeff Tedford sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jeff Tedford
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 11.1
- Percentile
- 87th 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.
Fresno State
2022-2023 • 19-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.4Win % 70.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.5 during vs 6.8 baseline
+2.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.4 during vs 2.0 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 3.2 baseline
-0.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
Fresno State
2017-2019 • 26-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.8Win % 65.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.7 during vs 5.9 baseline
+2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.8 during vs -7.4 baseline
+11.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.6 during vs -3.0 baseline
+6.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
California
2002-2012 • 82-57
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.1Win % 59.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 3.2 baseline
+4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.1 during vs -2.1 baseline
+13.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.6 during vs -1.4 baseline
+16.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
27.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+27.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
California 2004
10-2 • SRS 26.4
Biggest Improvement
California 2004
10-2 • 13.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
California 2004
10-2 • SP Off 43.6
Best Defensive Season
California 2008
9-4 • SP Def 14.3
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Fresno State 2019
4-8 • SRS -4.6
Biggest Drop
Fresno State 2019
4-8 • -17.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Fresno State | 2023 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -3.2 | 2.5 | 28.9 | 27.9 | -5.6 | -2.2% | Season summary |
| Fresno State | 2022 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #24 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 27.1 | 24.4 | +7.0 | +38.1% | Season summary |
| Fresno State | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -4.6 | -4.0 | 30.6 | 33.6 | -17.4 | -52.4% | Season summary |
| Fresno State | 2018 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | — | 12.8 | 17.4 | 33.5 | 15.5 | +9.5 | +14.3% | Season summary |
| Fresno State | 2017 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 3.3 | -2.7 | 22.3 | 25.5 | +5.0 | +46.4% | Season summary |
| California | 2012 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -1.7 | 5.3 | 31.3 | 25.8 | -7.9 | -28.8% | Season summary |
| California | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 6.2 | 12.2 | 32.2 | 21.1 | -3.6 | +12.2% | Season summary |
| California | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 9.8 | 10.0 | 28.0 | 17.4 | +6.9 | -19.9% | Season summary |
| California | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #12 | — | 2.9 | 6.5 | 30.2 | 22.5 | -9.7 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| California | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 12.6 | 18.0 | 32.7 | 14.3 | +3.8 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| California | 2007 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #12 | — | 8.8 | 16.6 | 38.1 | 21.3 | -10.7 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| California | 2006 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #9 | #14 | 19.5 | 17.6 | 35.7 | 19.9 | +7.5 | +10.3% | Season summary |
| California | 2005 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #19 | #25 | 12.0 | 18.4 | 35.8 | 17.5 | -14.4 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| California | 2004 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #12 | #9 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 43.6 | 19.2 | +13.8 | +26.2% | Season summary |
| California | 2003 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | 12.6 | 16.8 | 41.5 | 27.8 | +0.2 | -1.2% | Season summary |
| California | 2002 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 12.4 | 12.6 | 42.7 | 33.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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