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Tom Amstutz

2001-2008Toledo

One defining program at Toledo.

Tom Amstutz coached 8 seasons, won 58.6%, and posted an average SRS of -4.8. Best season: 2005 Toledo. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
58-41
Career win rate
58.6%
Average SRS
-4.8
Peak SRS
3.9

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
8
Career span
8 years
Best finish
#23
Consistency
38.5

Primary school anchor

Toledo

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 44.1.

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.

Tom Amstutz
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range -14.7 to 3.92008

Active comparison point

Tom Amstutz2005

Selected

2005 Toledo

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-3 • SRS 3.9 • SP Overall 7.6

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+7.0

SP Off / Def

32.7 / 25.1

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
Ranking timing

Top 25

3-2

Games
5
Win rate
60.0%

Top 10

1-0

Games
1
Win rate
100.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results5
2008 Regular Week 4ToledoFresno State#25L54-55
2003 Regular Week 15ToledoBowling Green#22L23-31
2003 Regular Week 13ToledoNorthern Illinois#21W49-30
2003 Regular Week 5ToledoPittsburgh#9W35-31
2001 Regular Week 15ToledoMarshall#20W41-36

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Toledo

2001-20088 seasons

Avg SRS -4.8 • Win % 58.6%

Longest tenure
Toledo • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Toledo • -4.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Toledo • 58.6%

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.

Tom Amstutz sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tom Amstutz sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tom Amstutz

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-1.9
Percentile
50th pct

Mixed

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.

Toledo

2001-200858-41

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

Avg SRS -4.8Win % 58.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 7.8 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.8 during vs -1.5 baseline

-3.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-1.9 during vs 3.2 baseline

-5.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline

+12.5%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Toledo 2005

9-3SRS 3.9

Biggest Improvement

Toledo 2005

9-37.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Toledo 2002

9-5SP Off 40.7

Best Defensive Season

Toledo 2005

9-3SP Def 25.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Toledo 2008

3-9SRS -14.7

Biggest Drop

Toledo 2006

5-7-17.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Toledo20081239025.0%-14.7-11.422.633.1-0.9-16.7%
Toledo20071257041.7%-13.8-12.828.842.9-0.20.0%
Toledo20061257041.7%-13.6-9.616.226.2-17.5-33.3%
Toledo20051293075.0%3.97.632.725.1+7.0+5.8%
Toledo20041394069.2%-3.10.339.338.7-2.9+2.6%
Toledo20031284066.7%-0.2-1.134.234.9-2.3+2.4%
Toledo20021495064.3%2.17.640.735.1+0.7-19.1%
Toledo200112102083.3%#231.44.037.434.4

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