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Pat Sullivan

1992-1997TCU

One defining stop 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 stop 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 stop began.

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 Sullivan1994

Selected

1994 TCU

Best seasonBiggest improvement

7-5 • 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.

Tenure map

Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

TCU

1992-19976 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 edge

Pat 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 stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

TCU

1992-199724-42-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure 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

7-5SRS 0.0

Biggest Improvement

TCU 1994

7-57.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

TCU 1994

7-5SP Off 30.8

Best Defensive Season

TCU 1995

6-5SP Def 28.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

TCU 1997

1-10SRS -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.

TCU19971111009.1%-17.2-20.817.536.3-6.2-27.3%
TCU19961147036.4%-11.0-14.022.534.2-7.1-18.2%
TCU19951165054.5%-3.9-4.723.428.0-3.9-3.8%
TCU19941275058.3%0.00.830.830.9+7.2+22.0%
TCU19931147036.4%-7.2-13.822.734.2+4.1+13.6%
TCU19921128122.7%-11.3-13.822.734.3

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