Top 25
0-13
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Roger Theder
1978-1981 • California
One defining program at California.
Roger Theder coached 4 seasons, won 37.8%, and posted an average SRS of 5.4. Best season: 1979 California. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 17-28
- Career win rate
- 37.8%
- Average SRS
- 5.4
- Peak SRS
- 14.1
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
- 64.7
Primary school anchor
California
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 71.4.
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.
Roger Theder
EliteStrongAverageLean
1978Actual season year • SRS range -1.5 to 14.11981
Active comparison point
Roger Theder • 1979
1979 California
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-6 • SRS 14.1 • SP Overall 14.9
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+7.9
SP Off / Def
29.5 / 15.3
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
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results13
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | California | Washington State | #17 | L0-19 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | California | USC | #3 | L3-21 |
| 1981 Regular Week 7 | California | Arizona State | #20 | L17-45 |
| 1981 Regular Week 2 | California | Georgia | #6 | L13-27 |
| 1980 Regular Week 10 | California | USC | #4 | L7-60 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | California | UCLA | #2 | L9-32 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | California | Washington | #15 | L24-28 |
| 1979 Regular Week 9 | California | USC | #3 | L14-24 |
| 1979 Regular Week 5 | California | Michigan | #11 | L10-14 |
| 1979 Postseason Week 1 | California | Temple | #17 | L17-28 |
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | California | USC | #6 | L17-42 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | California | UCLA | #10 | L0-45 |
| 1978 Regular Week 2 | California | Nebraska | #12 | L26-36 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
California
1978-1981 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 37.8%
- Longest tenure
- California • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- California • 5.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- California • 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.
Roger Theder sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRoger Theder sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Roger Theder
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.6
- Percentile
- 71th 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.
California
1978-1981 • 17-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.4Win % 37.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 6.2 baseline
-1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 8.8 baseline
-3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 7.5 baseline
-2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
California 1979
6-6 • SRS 14.1
Biggest Improvement
California 1979
6-6 • 7.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
California 1978
6-5 • SP Off 32.3
Best Defensive Season
California 1979
6-6 • SP Def 15.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
California 1980
3-8 • SRS -1.5
Biggest Drop
California 1980
3-8 • -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.
| California | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | 2.7 | 1.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | +4.2 | -9.1% |
| California | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.5 | -6.2 | 26.5 | 32.1 | -15.6 | -22.7% |
| California | 1979 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 14.1 | 14.9 | 29.5 | 15.3 | +7.9 | -4.5% |
| California | 1978 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 6.2 | 7.9 | 32.3 | 26.1 | — | — |
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