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0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Paul Petrino
2013-2017 • Idaho
One defining program at Idaho.
Paul Petrino's coaching record is 19-41, highlighted by seasons at Idaho from 2013 to 2017.
Paul Petrino coached 5 seasons, won 31.7%, and posted an average SRS of -17.0. Best season: 2016 Idaho. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 19-41
- Career win rate
- 31.7%
- Average SRS
- -17.0
- Peak SRS
- -4.1
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 40.4
Primary school anchor
Idaho
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 25.8.
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.
- Overall record
- 19-41
- Idaho record
- 19-41
- Full-season record
- 19-41
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-3
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
60 countable games, 31.7% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Idaho.
5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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: Dec 2, 2017. 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.
Paul Petrino
EliteStrongAverageLean
2013Actual season year • SRS range -24.8 to -4.12017
Active comparison point
Paul Petrino • 2016
2016 Idaho
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-4 • SRS -4.1 • SP Overall -8.6
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+14.6
SP Off / Def
24.7 / 34.9
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.
Top 10
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Idaho
2013-2017 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -17.0 • Win % 31.7%
- Longest tenure
- Idaho • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Idaho • -17.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Idaho • 31.7%
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.
Paul Petrino sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePaul Petrino sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Petrino
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -17.2
- Percentile
- 10th 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.
Idaho
2013-2017 • 19-41
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -17.0Win % 31.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Idaho 2016
9-4 • SRS -4.1
Biggest Improvement
Idaho 2016
9-4 • 14.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Idaho 2015
4-8 • SP Off 30.7
Best Defensive Season
Idaho 2017
4-8 • SP Def 30.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Idaho 2013
1-11 • SRS -24.8
Biggest Drop
Idaho 2017
4-8 • -10.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Idaho | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -14.9 | -12.4 | 18.7 | 30.2 | -10.8 | -35.9% | Season summary |
| Idaho | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -4.1 | -8.6 | 24.7 | 34.9 | +14.6 | +35.9% | Season summary |
| Idaho | 2015 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -18.7 | -12.2 | 30.7 | 44.4 | +3.9 | +24.2% | Season summary |
| Idaho | 2014 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -22.6 | -17.4 | 24.6 | 41.4 | +2.2 | +0.8% | Season summary |
| Idaho | 2013 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -24.8 | -35.6 | 13.6 | 48.4 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Open profile →Matt Viator
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.8
Open profile →Jeff Genyk
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Avg SRS -16.4 • Peak SRS -8.5 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.6
Open profile →Wayne Nunnely
same offense-first identity • volatility within 0.7
Avg SRS -14.7 • Peak SRS -5.3 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.6
Open profile →Keith Burns
same offense-first identity • volatility within 0.7
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