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Fred Taylor

1967-1970 • TCU

One defining program at TCU.

Fred Taylor's coaching record is 15-25-1, highlighted by seasons at TCU from 1967 to 1970.

Fred Taylor coached 4 seasons, won 37.8%, and posted an average SRS of 3.3. Best season: 1968 TCU. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 15-25-1
Career win rate: 37.8%
Average SRS: 3.3
Peak SRS: 5.9

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: 4
Career span: 4 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 86.9

Primary school anchor

TCU

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 50.4.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Fred Taylor

Overall record: 15-25-1
TCU record: 15-25-1
Full-season record: 15-25-1
Vs AP Top 25: 0-10
Vs AP Top 10: 0-6
Vs AP Top 5: 0-4
Vs Baylor: 4-0
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

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 28, 1970. 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.

Fred Taylor

EliteStrongAverageLean

1967Actual season year • SRS range -3.0 to 5.91970

Active comparison point

Fred Taylor • 1968

Selected

1968 TCU

Best seasonBiggest improvement

3-7 • SRS 5.9 • SP Overall —

Win %

30.0%

YoY SRS

+8.9

SP Off / Def

— / —

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-10

Games: 10
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-6

Games: 6
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-4

Games: 4
Win rate: 0.0%

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1970 Regular Week 12	TCU	Texas	#1	L0-58
1970 Regular Week 11	TCU	Texas Tech	#19	L14-22
1970 Regular Week 6	TCU	Arkansas	#10	L14-49
1969 Regular Week 10	TCU	Texas	#2	L7-69
1969 Regular Week 4	TCU	Arkansas	#3	L6-24
1969 Regular Week 3	TCU	Ohio State	#1	L0-62
1969 Regular Week 2	TCU	Purdue	#16	L35-42
1968 Regular Week 10	TCU	Texas	#8	L21-47
1968 Regular Week 7	TCU	LSU	#18	L7-10
1968 Regular Week 4	TCU	Arkansas	#20	L7-17

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

1967-1970 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 3.3 • Win % 37.8%

Longest tenure: TCU • 4 seasons
Best tenure: TCU • 3.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate: TCU • 37.8%

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.

Fred Taylor sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Fred Taylor sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Fred Taylor

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.7
Percentile: 48th pct

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

1967-1970 • 15-25-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 3.3Win % 37.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 4.4 baseline

-0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 5.9 baseline

-2.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.7 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

TCU 1968

3-7 • SRS 5.9

Biggest Improvement

TCU 1968

3-7 • 8.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

TCU 1970

4-6-1 • SP Off 24.0

Best Defensive Season

TCU 1970

4-6-1 • SP Def 26.9

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

TCU 1967

4-6 • SRS -3.0

Biggest Drop

TCU 1970

4-6-1 • -0.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.


TCU	1970	11	4	6	1	40.9%	—	—	4.9	-2.7	24.0	26.9	-0.5	+0.9%	Season summary
TCU	1969	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	5.4	—	—	—	-0.5	+10.0%	Season summary
TCU	1968	10	3	7	0	30.0%	—	—	5.9	—	—	—	+8.9	-10.0%	Season summary
TCU	1967	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	-3.0	—	—	—	—	—	Season summary

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