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Chris Scelfo

1999-2006 • Tulane

One defining program at Tulane.

Chris Scelfo coached 8 seasons, won 38.7%, and posted an average SRS of -10.9. Best season: 2002 Tulane. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
36-57
Career win rate
38.7%
Average SRS
-10.9
Peak SRS
-0.2

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
—
Consistency
73.6

Primary school anchor

Tulane

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 34.5.

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.

Chris Scelfo
EliteStrongAverageLean
1999Actual season year • SRS range -18.5 to -0.22006

Active comparison point

Chris Scelfo • 2002

Selected

2002 Tulane

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-5 • SRS -0.2 • SP Overall 1.0

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+12.7

SP Off / Def

30.1 / 29.9

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

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results10
2006 Regular Week 8TulaneAuburn#8L13-38
2006 Regular Week 4TulaneLSU#10L7-49
2004 Regular Week 15TulaneLouisville#7L7-55
2003 Regular Week 6TulaneTexas#14L18-63
2002 Regular Week 6TulaneTexas#3L0-49
2001 Regular Week 2TulaneLSU#14L17-48
2000 Regular Week 8TulaneSouthern Miss#16L24-56
2000 Regular Week 2TulaneOle Miss#18L20-49
1999 Regular Week 9TulaneEast Carolina#20L7-52
1999 Regular Week 6TulaneSyracuse#22L17-47

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Tulane

1999-2006 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS -10.9 • Win % 38.7%

Longest tenure
Tulane • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Tulane • -10.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Tulane • 38.7%

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.

Chris Scelfo sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Chris Scelfo sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Chris Scelfo

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-11.3
Percentile
24th pct

Lower end

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.

Tulane

1999-2006 • 36-57

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

Avg SRS -10.9Win % 38.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.5 during vs 4.6 baseline

-0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-10.9 during vs -3.1 baseline

-7.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.3 during vs -3.5 baseline

-7.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Tulane 2002

8-5 • SRS -0.2

Biggest Improvement

Tulane 2002

8-5 • 12.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Tulane 2001

3-9 • SP Off 39.3

Best Defensive Season

Tulane 2002

8-5 • SP Def 29.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Tulane 2005

2-9 • SRS -18.5

Biggest Drop

Tulane 2003

5-7 • -11.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Tulane20061248033.3%——-15.7-15.018.932.6+2.8+15.2%
Tulane20051129018.2%——-18.5-17.114.831.9-7.9-27.3%
Tulane20041156045.5%——-10.6-14.130.941.0+1.0+3.8%
Tulane20031257041.7%——-11.6-12.834.442.4-11.4-19.9%
Tulane20021385061.5%——-0.21.030.129.9+12.7+36.5%
Tulane20011239025.0%——-12.9-11.339.344.8-4.7-29.5%
Tulane20001165054.5%——-8.2-10.333.240.4+1.3+27.3%
Tulane19991138027.3%——-9.5-10.833.240.7——

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