Top 25
28-27
- Games
- 55
- Win rate
- 50.9%
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Coach Profile
Gary Patterson
2000-2021 • TCU
One defining program at TCU.
Gary Patterson coached 22 seasons, won 69.6%, and posted an average SRS of 9.8. Best season: 2014 TCU. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 181-79
- Career win rate
- 69.6%
- Average SRS
- 9.8
- Peak SRS
- 26.8
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
- 22
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 29.7
Primary school anchor
TCU
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.3.
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.
Gary Patterson
EliteStrongAverageLean
2000Actual season year • SRS range -4.2 to 26.82021
Active comparison point
Gary Patterson • 2014
2014 TCU
Best seasonBiggest improvement12-1 • SRS 26.8 • SP Overall 23.3
Win %
92.3%
YoY SRS
+21.0
SP Off / Def
39.3 / 17.5
Finish
#3
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
9-16
- Games
- 25
- Win rate
- 36.0%
Top 5
2-8
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 20.0%
View ranked game results55
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
TCU
2000-2021 • 22 seasons
Avg SRS 9.8 • Win % 69.6%
- Longest tenure
- TCU • 22 seasons
- Best tenure
- TCU • 9.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- TCU • 69.6%
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.
Gary Patterson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGary Patterson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gary Patterson
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 11.5
- Percentile
- 88th 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.
TCU
2000-2021 • 181-79
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.8Win % 69.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.2 during vs 5.2 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.8 during vs -5.6 baseline
+15.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.5 during vs -6.8 baseline
+18.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
54.5% during vs 0.0% baseline
+54.5%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
TCU 2014
12-1 • SRS 26.8
Biggest Improvement
TCU 2014
12-1 • 21.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
TCU 2015
11-2 • SP Off 40.8
Best Defensive Season
TCU 2009
12-1 • SP Def 11.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
TCU 2004
5-6 • SRS -4.2
Biggest Drop
TCU 2001
6-6 • -15.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| TCU | 2021 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | -2.8 | -0.6 | 33.2 | 33.9 | -10.5 | -22.5% |
| TCU | 2020 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 7.7 | 1.6 | 24.3 | 22.8 | -1.9 | +18.3% |
| TCU | 2019 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 9.6 | 6.7 | 28.8 | 22.9 | +5.3 | -12.2% |
| TCU | 2018 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #16 | — | 4.3 | 6.9 | 25.7 | 16.9 | -12.5 | -24.7% |
| TCU | 2017 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #9 | 16.8 | 18.9 | 35.7 | 18.7 | +12.5 | +32.4% |
| TCU | 2016 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #13 | — | 4.3 | 11.0 | 34.5 | 23.4 | -10.4 | -38.5% |
| TCU | 2015 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #2 | #7 | 14.7 | 19.0 | 40.8 | 21.7 | -12.1 | -7.7% |
| TCU | 2014 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #3 | 26.8 | 23.3 | 39.3 | 17.5 | +21.0 | +59.0% |
| TCU | 2013 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | #20 | — | 5.8 | 12.4 | 24.9 | 15.0 | -4.2 | -20.5% |
| TCU | 2012 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #20 | — | 10.0 | 12.9 | 28.6 | 17.7 | -0.4 | -30.8% |
| TCU | 2011 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #14 | #14 | 10.4 | 15.7 | 37.7 | 23.3 | -12.2 | -15.4% |
| TCU | 2010 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #6 | #2 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 39.4 | 15.8 | +0.2 | +7.7% |
| TCU | 2009 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #17 | #6 | 22.4 | 25.6 | 36.0 | 11.4 | +4.3 | +7.7% |
| TCU | 2008 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #7 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 30.5 | 11.8 | +13.7 | +23.1% |
| TCU | 2007 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #22 | — | 4.4 | 6.4 | 24.4 | 19.0 | -7.0 | -23.1% |
| TCU | 2006 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #22 | #22 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 29.2 | 12.7 | -0.4 | -7.0% |
| TCU | 2005 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #11 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 28.3 | 17.7 | +16.0 | +46.2% |
| TCU | 2004 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -4.2 | -3.9 | 39.3 | 41.2 | -5.5 | -39.2% |
| TCU | 2003 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #25 | #25 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 31.4 | 30.5 | -3.9 | +1.3% |
| TCU | 2002 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #23 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 32.4 | 27.0 | +5.8 | +33.3% |
| TCU | 2001 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.6 | 0.4 | 29.2 | 29.2 | -15.6 | +50.0% |
| TCU | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | #20 | #21 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 35.3 | 21.8 | — | — |
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