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Phillip Fulmer

1992-2008 • Tennessee

One defining program at Tennessee.

Phillip Fulmer's coaching record is 151-52-1, highlighted by seasons at Tennessee from 1992 to 2008.

Phillip Fulmer coached 17 seasons, won 74.3%, and posted an average SRS of 14.9. Best season: 1993 Tennessee. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
151-52-1
Career win rate
74.3%
Average SRS
14.9
Peak SRS
24.4

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
17
Career span
17 years
Best finish
#1
Consistency
54.6

Primary school anchor

Tennessee

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 91.7.

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.

Compare Phillip Fulmer
Overall record
151-52-1

204 countable games, 74.3% win rate.

Tennessee record
151-52-1

17 countable seasons at Tennessee.

Full-season record
147-52-1

16 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Partial-season record
4-0

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
35-39-1

75 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
12-28-1

41 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
4-15-1

20 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Kentucky
16-0

Kentucky-Tennessee games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
9-7

16 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
1

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 29, 2008. 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.

Phillip Fulmer
EliteStrongAverageLean
1992Actual season year • SRS range 2.9 to 24.42008

Active comparison point

Phillip Fulmer • 1993

Selected

1993 Tennessee

Best season

9-2-1 • SRS 24.4 • SP Overall 28.5

Win %

79.2%

YoY SRS

+10.5

SP Off / Def

45.6 / 19.5

Finish

#12

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
Ranking timing

Top 25

35-39-1

Games
75
Win rate
47.3%

Top 10

12-28-1

Games
41
Win rate
30.5%

Top 5

4-15-1

Games
20
Win rate
22.5%
View ranked game results75
2008 Regular Week 9TennesseeAlabama#2L9-29
2008 Regular Week 7TennesseeGeorgia#10L14-26
2008 Regular Week 5TennesseeAuburn#15L12-14
2008 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#4L6-30
2007 Regular Week 14TennesseeLSU#5L14-21
2007 Regular Week 9TennesseeSouth Carolina#15W27-24
2007 Regular Week 6TennesseeGeorgia#12W35-14
2007 Regular Week 3TennesseeFlorida#5L20-59
2007 Regular Week 1TennesseeCalifornia#12L31-45
2007 Postseason Week 1TennesseeWisconsin#24W21-17
2006 Regular Week 11TennesseeArkansas#11L14-31
2006 Regular Week 10TennesseeLSU#13L24-28
2006 Regular Week 6TennesseeGeorgia#10W51-33
2006 Regular Week 3TennesseeFlorida#7L20-21
2006 Postseason Week 1TennesseePenn State#24L10-20
2005 Regular Week 10TennesseeNotre Dame#8L21-41
2005 Regular Week 8TennesseeAlabama#5L3-6
2005 Regular Week 6TennesseeGeorgia#5L14-27
2005 Regular Week 4TennesseeLSU#3W30-27
2005 Regular Week 3TennesseeFlorida#6L7-16
2004 Regular Week 15TennesseeAuburn#3L28-38
2004 Regular Week 7TennesseeGeorgia#3W19-14
2004 Regular Week 6TennesseeAuburn#8L10-34
2004 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#11W30-28
2003 Regular Week 12TennesseeMiami#6W10-6
2003 Regular Week 8TennesseeGeorgia#8L14-41
2003 Regular Week 5TennesseeFlorida#17W24-10
2003 Postseason Week 1TennesseeClemson#22L14-27
2002 Regular Week 12TennesseeMiami#2L3-26
2002 Regular Week 10TennesseeAlabama#19L14-34
2002 Regular Week 8TennesseeGeorgia#6L13-18
2002 Regular Week 5TennesseeFlorida#10L13-30
2002 Postseason Week 1TennesseeMaryland#20L3-30
2001 Regular Week 16TennesseeLSU#12L20-31
2001 Regular Week 15TennesseeFlorida#2W34-32
2001 Regular Week 10TennesseeSouth Carolina#12W17-10
2001 Regular Week 6TennesseeLSU#14W26-18
2001 Postseason Week 1TennesseeMichigan#17W45-17
2000 Regular Week 10TennesseeSouth Carolina#17W17-14
2000 Regular Week 7TennesseeGeorgia#19L10-21
2000 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#6L23-27
2000 Regular Week 2TennesseeSouthern Miss#22W19-16
2000 Postseason Week 1TennesseeKansas State#9L21-35
1999 Regular Week 11TennesseeNotre Dame#24W38-14
1999 Regular Week 9TennesseeAlabama#10W21-7
1999 Regular Week 7TennesseeGeorgia#10W37-20
1999 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#4L21-23
1999 Postseason Week 1TennesseeNebraska#3L21-31
1998 Regular Week 12TennesseeArkansas#9W28-24
1998 Regular Week 7TennesseeGeorgia#13W22-3
1998 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#8W20-17
1998 Regular Week 2TennesseeSyracuse#19W34-33
1998 Postseason Week 1TennesseeFlorida State#3W23-16
1997 Regular Week 12TennesseeSouthern Miss#24W44-20
1997 Regular Week 8TennesseeGeorgia#13W38-13
1997 Regular Week 5TennesseeFlorida#3L20-33
1997 Postseason Week 1TennesseeNebraska#2L17-42
1997 Postseason Week 1TennesseeAuburn#11W30-29
1996 Regular Week 10TennesseeAlabama#7W20-13
1996 Regular Week 5TennesseeFlorida#4L29-35
1996 Postseason Week 1TennesseeNorthwestern#15W48-28
1995 Regular Week 8TennesseeAlabama#11W41-14
1995 Regular Week 7TennesseeArkansas#18W49-31
1995 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#4L37-62
1995 Postseason Week 1TennesseeOhio State#6W20-14
1994 Regular Week 8TennesseeAlabama#10L13-17
1994 Regular Week 6TennesseeWashington State#17W10-9
1994 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#1L0-31
1994 Regular Week 3TennesseeGeorgia#23W41-23
1994 Regular Week 2TennesseeUCLA#14L23-25
1993 Regular Week 11TennesseeLouisville#13W45-10
1993 Regular Week 8TennesseeAlabama#2T17-17
1993 Regular Week 4TennesseeFlorida#9L34-41
1993 Regular Week 3TennesseeGeorgia#22W38-6
1993 Postseason Week 1TennesseePenn State#8L13-31

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Tennessee

1992-2008 • 17 seasons

Avg SRS 14.9 • Win % 74.3%

Longest tenure
Tennessee • 17 seasons
Best tenure
Tennessee • 14.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Tennessee • 74.3%

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.

Phillip Fulmer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Phillip Fulmer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Phillip Fulmer

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
19.9
Percentile
98th pct

Elite

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.

Tennessee

1992-2008 • 151-52-1

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

Avg SRS 14.9Win % 74.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.2 during vs 8.8 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.0 during vs 12.0 baseline

+3.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.9 during vs 15.5 baseline

+4.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-5.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Tennessee 1993

9-2-1 • SRS 24.4

Biggest Improvement

Tennessee 2001

11-2 • 11.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Tennessee 1993

9-2-1 • SP Off 45.6

Best Defensive Season

Tennessee 2008

5-7 • SP Def 6.8

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Tennessee 2008

5-7 • SRS 2.9

Biggest Drop

Tennessee 2002

8-5 • -13.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Tennessee20081257041.7%#18—2.912.019.36.8-8.2-29.8%Season summary
Tennessee200714104071.4%#15#1211.120.238.419.3-4.5+2.2%Season summary
Tennessee20061394069.2%#23#2515.618.935.918.3+11.2+23.8%Season summary
Tennessee20051156045.5%#3—4.412.323.711.4-6.4-31.5%Season summary
Tennessee200413103076.9%#14#1310.816.138.824.7-1.80.0%Season summary
Tennessee200313103076.9%#12#1512.616.235.420.6+4.7+15.4%Season summary
Tennessee20021385061.5%#5—7.910.328.819.4-13.4-23.1%Season summary
Tennessee200113112084.6%#8#421.327.042.417.4+11.4+17.9%Season summary
Tennessee20001284066.7%#12—9.912.237.226.9-11.2-8.3%Season summary
Tennessee19991293075.0%#2#921.126.740.315.2-1.2-25.0%Season summary
Tennessee1998131300100.0%#10#122.325.540.516.5+0.5+15.4%Season summary
Tennessee199713112084.6%#5#721.828.045.119.8+3.1+1.3%Season summary
Tennessee199612102083.3%#2#918.721.440.721.6-2.3-8.3%Season summary
Tennessee199512111091.7%#8#321.024.644.022.0+7.4+25.0%Season summary
Tennessee19941284066.7%#13#2213.618.336.920.3-10.8-12.5%Season summary
Tennessee19931292179.2%#10#1224.428.545.619.5+10.5-20.8%Season summary
Tennessee19924400100.0%#21#1213.919.335.918.3——Partial season

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