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0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Jim Pittman
1966-1971 • TCU, Tulane
2 schools coached, anchored by Tulane.
Jim Pittman's coaching record is 24-33-2, highlighted by seasons at Tulane from 1966 to 1971.
Jim Pittman coached 6 seasons, won 42.4%, and posted an average SRS of 0.9. Best season: 1970 Tulane. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 24-33-2
- Career win rate
- 42.4%
- Average SRS
- 0.9
- Peak SRS
- 11.2
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
- #17
- Consistency
- 60.3
Primary school anchor
Tulane
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.5.
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
- 24-33-2
- Tulane record
- 21-30-1
- Full-season record
- 21-30-1
- Partial-season record
- 3-3-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-9
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2
- Vs LSU
- 0-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
59 countable games, 42.4% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Tulane.
5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
Battle for the Rag games in this dataset.
1 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: Nov 27, 1971. 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.
Jim Pittman
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Pittman: 1971 TCU
1966Actual season year • SRS range -8.7 to 11.21971
Active comparison point
Jim Pittman • 1970
1970 Tulane
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-4 • SRS 11.2 • SP Overall 12.6
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+11.5
SP Off / Def
23.4 / 11.2
Finish
#17
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
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results10
| 1970 Regular Week 14 | Tulane | LSU | #5 | L14-26 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Tulane | Air Force | #7 | L3-24 |
| 1969 Regular Week 11 | Tulane | LSU | #9 | L0-27 |
| 1969 Regular Week 7 | Tulane | Notre Dame | #10 | L0-37 |
| 1969 Regular Week 5 | Tulane | Florida | #10 | L17-18 |
| 1969 Regular Week 3 | Tulane | West Virginia | #18 | L17-35 |
| 1969 Regular Week 2 | Tulane | Georgia | #7 | L0-35 |
| 1968 Regular Week 5 | Tulane | Florida | #7 | L3-24 |
| 1967 Regular Week 10 | Tulane | Tennessee | #2 | L14-35 |
| 1966 Regular Week 7 | Tulane | Georgia Tech | #6 | L17-35 |
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
1971-1971 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -0.4 • Win % 50.0%
Tulane
1966-1970 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 1.2 • Win % 41.3%
- Longest tenure
- Tulane • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulane • 1.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- TCU • 50.0%
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.
Jim Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Pittman
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.1
- Percentile
- 70th pct
Strong
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
1971-1971 • 3-3-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -0.4Win % 50.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Tulane
1966-1970 • 21-30-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.2Win % 41.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 1.6 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.2 during vs -3.4 baseline
+4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.6 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tulane 1970
8-4 • SRS 11.2
Biggest Improvement
Tulane 1970
8-4 • 11.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
TCU 1971
3-3-1 • SP Off 25.1
Best Defensive Season
Tulane 1970
8-4 • SP Def 11.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Tulane 1968
2-8 • SRS -8.7
Biggest Drop
TCU 1971
3-3-1 • -11.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| TCU | 1971 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.4 | -4.4 | 25.1 | 29.5 | -11.6 | -16.7% | Partial season |
| Tulane | 1970 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #17 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 23.4 | 11.2 | +11.5 | +36.7% | Season summary |
| Tulane | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -0.3 | — | — | — | +8.4 | +10.0% | Season summary |
| Tulane | 1968 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -8.7 | — | — | — | -7.8 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Tulane | 1967 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -0.9 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Tulane | 1966 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS 0.3 • Peak SRS 7.5 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Dick Anderson
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Avg SRS 0.4 • Peak SRS 8.7 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.5
Open profile →Mel Tucker
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS 0.5 • Peak SRS 11.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish #9 • Volatility 5.6
Open profile →Frank Maloney
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.9
Avg SRS 1.8 • Peak SRS 8.5 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.3
Open profile →Richard Williamson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 2.0
Avg SRS -1.1 • Peak SRS 7.0 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.3
Open profile →Tony Elliott
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.5
Avg SRS -0.6 • Peak SRS 9.8 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
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