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12-13-2
- Games
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- Win rate
- 48.1%
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Bob Neyland
1926-1952 • Tennessee
One defining program at Tennessee.
Bob Neyland coached 21 seasons, won 82.9%, and posted an average SRS of 16.6. Best season: 1951 Tennessee. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 173-31-12
- Career win rate
- 82.9%
- Average SRS
- 16.6
- Peak SRS
- 27.1
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
- 21
- Career span
- 27 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 78.1
Primary school anchor
Tennessee
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.7.
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.
Bob Neyland
EliteStrongAverageLean
1926Actual season year • SRS range 6.9 to 27.11952
Active comparison point
Bob Neyland • 1951
1951 Tennessee
Best season10-1 • SRS 27.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+6.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#1
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
2-11-2
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 20.0%
Top 5
2-6
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results27
| 1952 Regular Week 10 | Tennessee | Florida | #17 | W26-12 |
| 1952 Regular Week 6 | Tennessee | Alabama | #19 | W20-0 |
| 1952 Regular Week 4 | Tennessee | Duke | #5 | L0-7 |
| 1952 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Texas | #10 | L0-16 |
| 1951 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Maryland | #3 | L13-28 |
| 1950 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Texas | #3 | W20-14 |
| 1949 Regular Week 8 | Tennessee | North Carolina | #19 | W35-6 |
| 1948 Regular Week 8 | Tennessee | North Carolina | #4 | L7-14 |
| 1947 Regular Week 9 | Tennessee | Ole Miss | #12 | L13-43 |
| 1947 Regular Week 8 | Tennessee | North Carolina | #10 | L6-20 |
| 1947 Regular Week 6 | Tennessee | Alabama | #14 | L0-10 |
| 1947 Regular Week 4 | Tennessee | Duke | #9 | L7-19 |
| 1947 Regular Week 3 | Tennessee | Georgia Tech | #7 | L0-27 |
| 1946 Regular Week 8 | Tennessee | North Carolina | #11 | W20-14 |
| 1946 Regular Week 4 | Tennessee | Duke | #19 | W12-7 |
| 1946 Regular Week 3 | Tennessee | Georgia Tech | #15 | W13-9 |
| 1946 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Rice | #10 | L0-8 |
| 1940 Regular Week 6 | Tennessee | Alabama | #17 | W27-12 |
| 1940 Regular Week 4 | Tennessee | Duke | #12 | W13-0 |
| 1940 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Boston College | #5 | L13-19 |
| 1939 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | USC | #3 | L0-14 |
| 1938 Regular Week 5 | Tennessee | Alabama | #20 | W13-0 |
| 1938 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Oklahoma | #4 | W17-0 |
| 1937 Regular Week 5 | Tennessee | Alabama | #3 | L7-14 |
| 1937 Regular Week 4 | Tennessee | Duke | #8 | T0-0 |
| 1936 Regular Week 6 | Tennessee | Duke | #11 | W15-13 |
| 1936 Regular Week 5 | Tennessee | Alabama | #8 | T0-0 |
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
1946-1952 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 17.3 • Win % 74.7%
Tennessee
1936-1940 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 17.7 • Win % 84.0%
Tennessee
1926-1934 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 15.5 • Win % 89.2%
- Longest tenure
- Tennessee • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tennessee • 17.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tennessee • 89.2%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob Neyland
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1946-1952 • 54-17-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.3Win % 74.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 8.0 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.3 during vs 16.0 baseline
+1.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
71.4% during vs 100.0% baseline
-28.6%
Tennessee
1936-1940 • 43-7-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.7Win % 84.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.6 during vs 7.4 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.7 during vs 13.7 baseline
+4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
80.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+80.0%
Tennessee
1926-1934 • 76-7-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 15.5Win % 89.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 5.4 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.5 during vs -5.4 baseline
+20.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— 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
Tennessee 1951
10-1 • SRS 27.1
Biggest Improvement
Tennessee 1950
11-1 • 9.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Tennessee 1947
5-5 • SRS 6.9
Biggest Drop
Tennessee 1947
5-5 • -11.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Tennessee | 1952 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | #6 | #8 | 22.7 | — | — | — | -4.4 | -13.6% |
| Tennessee | 1951 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #1 | #1 | 27.1 | — | — | — | +6.3 | -0.8% |
| Tennessee | 1950 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #4 | #4 | 20.8 | — | — | — | +9.4 | +16.7% |
| Tennessee | 1949 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #17 | 11.4 | — | — | — | -2.8 | +25.0% |
| Tennessee | 1948 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | +7.3 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 1947 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.9 | — | — | — | -11.2 | -31.8% |
| Tennessee | 1946 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #7 | 18.1 | — | — | — | -4.1 | -9.1% |
| Tennessee | 1940 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #4 | 22.2 | — | — | — | +3.4 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 1939 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #2 | 18.8 | — | — | — | -1.5 | -9.1% |
| Tennessee | 1938 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #2 | 20.3 | — | — | — | +6.1 | +35.0% |
| Tennessee | 1937 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | +1.2 | -5.0% |
| Tennessee | 1936 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 70.0% | — | #17 | 13.0 | — | — | — | -5.3 | -10.0% |
| Tennessee | 1934 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 18.3 | — | — | — | +4.2 | +10.0% |
| Tennessee | 1933 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 14.1 | — | — | — | -2.3 | -25.0% |
| Tennessee | 1932 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 16.4 | — | — | — | -4.4 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 1931 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 20.8 | — | — | — | +4.2 | +5.0% |
| Tennessee | 1930 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | — | 16.6 | — | — | — | +1.3 | -5.0% |
| Tennessee | 1929 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 15.3 | — | — | — | +4.4 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 1928 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | -5.1 | +0.6% |
| Tennessee | 1927 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | — | 16.0 | — | — | — | +4.7 | +5.6% |
| Tennessee | 1926 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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