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Pat Sullivan
1992-1997 • TCU
One defining program at TCU.
Pat Sullivan coached 6 seasons, won 36.6%, and posted an average SRS of -8.4. Best season: 1994 TCU. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 24-42-1
- Career win rate
- 36.6%
- Average SRS
- -8.4
- Peak SRS
- 0.0
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
- 67.5
Primary school anchor
TCU
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 35.1.
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.
Pat Sullivan
EliteStrongAverageLean
1992Actual season year • SRS range -17.2 to 0.01997
Active comparison point
Pat Sullivan • 1994
1994 TCU
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-5 • SRS 0.0 • SP Overall 0.8
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
+7.2
SP Off / Def
30.8 / 30.9
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results15
| 1997 Regular Week 7 | TCU | North Carolina | #5 | L10-31 |
| 1996 Regular Week 10 | TCU | BYU | #15 | L21-45 |
| 1996 Regular Week 9 | TCU | Utah | #24 | L7-21 |
| 1996 Regular Week 4 | TCU | Kansas | #24 | L17-52 |
| 1995 Regular Week 14 | TCU | Texas A&M | #15 | L6-38 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | TCU | Texas | #10 | L19-27 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | TCU | Texas A&M | #9 | L17-34 |
| 1994 Regular Week 5 | TCU | Texas | #15 | L18-34 |
| 1994 Regular Week 2 | TCU | North Carolina | #18 | L17-27 |
| 1994 Postseason Week 1 | TCU | Virginia | #15 | L10-20 |
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | TCU | Texas A&M | #10 | L3-59 |
| 1993 Regular Week 2 | TCU | Oklahoma | #21 | L3-35 |
| 1992 Regular Week 13 | TCU | Texas A&M | #4 | L10-37 |
| 1992 Regular Week 11 | TCU | Texas | #20 | W23-14 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | TCU | Miami | #2 | L10-45 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
TCU
1992-1997 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -8.4 • Win % 36.6%
- Longest tenure
- TCU • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- TCU • -8.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- TCU • 36.6%
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.
Pat Sullivan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePat Sullivan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pat Sullivan
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -11.1
- Percentile
- 25th 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.
TCU
1992-1997 • 24-42-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -8.4Win % 36.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 5.0 baseline
-1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-8.4 during vs -1.5 baseline
-7.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.1 during vs -2.5 baseline
-8.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
TCU 1994
7-5 • SRS 0.0
Biggest Improvement
TCU 1994
7-5 • 7.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
TCU 1994
7-5 • SP Off 30.8
Best Defensive Season
TCU 1995
6-5 • SP Def 28.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
TCU 1997
1-10 • SRS -17.2
Biggest Drop
TCU 1996
4-7 • -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.
| TCU | 1997 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -17.2 | -20.8 | 17.5 | 36.3 | -6.2 | -27.3% |
| TCU | 1996 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -11.0 | -14.0 | 22.5 | 34.2 | -7.1 | -18.2% |
| TCU | 1995 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -3.9 | -4.7 | 23.4 | 28.0 | -3.9 | -3.8% |
| TCU | 1994 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 0.0 | 0.8 | 30.8 | 30.9 | +7.2 | +22.0% |
| TCU | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -7.2 | -13.8 | 22.7 | 34.2 | +4.1 | +13.6% |
| TCU | 1992 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -11.3 | -13.8 | 22.7 | 34.3 | — | — |
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