Coach Profile
1929-1956 • California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State
4 schools coached, anchored by Northwestern.
Pappy Waldorf coached 28 seasons, won 62.8%, and posted an average SRS of 11.1. Best season: 1949 California. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Northwestern
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 94.5.
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.
Active comparison point
10-1 • SRS 26.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+9.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
California
1947-1956 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 12.8 • Win % 67.0%
Northwestern
1935-1946 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 12.8 • Win % 52.0%
Kansas State
1934-1934 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 8.8 • Win % 75.0%
Oklahoma State
1929-1933 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 4.3 • Win % 73.5%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pappy Waldorf
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Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1947-1956 • 67-32-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 3.6 baseline
+3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.8 during vs -3.0 baseline
+15.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
1935-1946 • 49-45-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.1 during vs 4.2 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.8 during vs 13.8 baseline
-1.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
41.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+41.7%
1934-1934 • 7-2-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 3.7 baseline
+5.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1929-1933 • 34-10-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 3.2 baseline
+3.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.3 during vs -4.5 baseline
+8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
California 1949
10-1 • SRS 26.9
Biggest Improvement
Northwestern 1940
6-2 • 18.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma State 1929
4-3-2 • SRS -4.6
Biggest Drop
Northwestern 1944
1-7-1 • -19.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| California | 1956 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 6.5 | — | — | — | +9.1 | +5.0% |
| California | 1955 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | -2.6 | — | — | — | -11.1 | -25.0% |
| California | 1954 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | #12 | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | +1.5 | 0.0% |
| California | 1953 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | #14 | — | 7.0 | — | — | — | -10.6 | -20.0% |
| California | 1952 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #8 | — | 17.6 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -10.0% |
| California | 1951 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #5 | #12 | 16.5 | — | — | — | +0.9 | -6.4% |
| California | 1950 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #14 | #5 | 15.6 | — | — | — | -11.3 | -4.5% |
| California | 1949 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #3 | 26.9 | — | — | — | +9.3 | 0.0% |
| California | 1948 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #4 | 17.6 | — | — | — | +3.7 | +0.9% |
| California | 1947 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #15 | 13.9 | — | — | — | -2.5 | +40.0% |
| Northwestern | 1946 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 16.4 | — | — | — | +1.5 | 0.0% |
| Northwestern | 1945 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 14.9 | — | — | — | +11.8 | +33.3% |
| Northwestern | 1944 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16.7% | — | — | 3.1 | — | — | — | -19.7 | -58.3% |
| Northwestern | 1943 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #9 | 22.8 | — | — | — | +18.5 | +65.0% |
| Northwestern | 1942 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | 4.3 | — | — | — | -14.7 | -52.5% |
| Northwestern | 1941 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | #11 | 19.0 | — | — | — | -4.0 | -12.5% |
| Northwestern | 1940 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #8 | 23.0 | — | — | — | +18.8 | +31.3% |
| Northwestern | 1939 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | 4.2 | — | — | — | -9.7 | -18.8% |
| Northwestern | 1938 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 62.5% | — | #17 | 13.9 | — | — | — | +6.5 | +12.5% |
| Northwestern | 1937 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 7.4 | — | — | — | -4.6 | -37.5% |
| Northwestern | 1936 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | #7 | 12.0 | — | — | — | -0.7 | +31.3% |
| Northwestern | 1935 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | +3.9 | -18.8% |
| Kansas State | 1934 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 8.8 | — | — | — | -3.2 | +2.8% |
| Oklahoma State | 1933 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | +8.1 | -11.1% |
| Oklahoma State | 1932 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 83.3% | — | — | 3.9 | — | — | — | +3.1 | +6.1% |
| Oklahoma State | 1931 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | -8.5 | +2.3% |
| Oklahoma State | 1930 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 9.3 | — | — | — | +13.9 | +19.4% |
| Oklahoma State | 1929 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55.6% | — | — | -4.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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