Top 25
21-28
- Games
- 49
- Win rate
- 42.9%
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Coach Profile
Rick Neuheisel
1995-2011 • Colorado, UCLA, Washington
3 schools coached, anchored by Colorado.
Rick Neuheisel's coaching record is 87-58, highlighted by seasons at Colorado from 1995 to 2011.
Rick Neuheisel coached 12 seasons, won 60.0%, and posted an average SRS of 7.7. Best season: 1995 Colorado. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 87-58
- Career win rate
- 60.0%
- Average SRS
- 7.7
- Peak SRS
- 20.0
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
- 12
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #3
- Consistency
- 34.3
Primary school anchor
Colorado
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 84.2.
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
- 87-58
- UCLA record
- 21-28
- Full-season record
- 81-52
- Partial-season record
- 6-6
- Vs AP Top 10
- 9-11
- Vs AP Top 5
- 3-7
- Vs California
- 0-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 5-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
145 countable games, 60.0% win rate.
4 countable seasons at UCLA.
11 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
20 games using AP ranking at game time.
10 games using AP ranking at game time.
California-UCLA games in this dataset.
8 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 31, 2011. 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.
Rick Neuheisel
EliteStrongAverageLean
Rick Neuheisel: 1999 WashingtonRick Neuheisel: 2008 UCLA
1995Actual season year • SRS range -5.7 to 20.02011
Active comparison point
Rick Neuheisel • 1995
1995 Colorado
Best season10-2 • SRS 20.0 • SP Overall 25.4
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
45.1 / 23.0
Finish
#5
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
9-11
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 45.0%
Top 5
3-7
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 30.0%
View ranked game results49
| 2010 Regular Week 9 | UCLA | Arizona | #15 | L21-29 |
| 2010 Regular Week 8 | UCLA | Oregon | #1 | L13-60 |
| 2010 Regular Week 4 | UCLA | Texas | #7 | W34-12 |
| 2010 Regular Week 3 | UCLA | Houston | #23 | W31-13 |
| 2010 Regular Week 2 | UCLA | Stanford | #25 | L0-35 |
| 2009 Regular Week 13 | UCLA | USC | #24 | L7-28 |
| 2009 Regular Week 6 | UCLA | Oregon | #13 | L10-24 |
| 2008 Regular Week 15 | UCLA | USC | #5 | L7-28 |
| 2008 Regular Week 5 | UCLA | Fresno State | #25 | L31-36 |
| 2008 Regular Week 3 | UCLA | BYU | #18 | L0-59 |
| 2008 Regular Week 1 | UCLA | Tennessee | #18 | W27-24 |
| 2002 Regular Week 14 | Washington | Washington State | #3 | W29-26 |
| 2002 Regular Week 13 | Washington | Oregon | #23 | W42-14 |
| 2002 Regular Week 10 | Washington | Arizona State | #23 | L16-27 |
| 2002 Regular Week 9 | Washington | USC | #19 | L21-41 |
| 2002 Regular Week 2 | Washington | Michigan | #13 | L29-31 |
| 2001 Regular Week 14 | Washington | Miami | #1 | L7-65 |
| 2001 Regular Week 13 | Washington | Washington State | #9 | W26-14 |
| 2001 Regular Week 11 | Washington | Stanford | #10 | W42-28 |
| 2001 Regular Week 8 | Washington | UCLA | #7 | L13-35 |
| 2001 Regular Week 3 | Washington | Michigan | #11 | W23-18 |
| 2001 Postseason Week 1 | Washington | Texas | #9 | L43-47 |
| 2000 Regular Week 7 | Washington | Oregon State | #23 | W33-30 |
| 2000 Regular Week 6 | Washington | Oregon | #20 | L16-23 |
| 2000 Regular Week 3 | Washington | Miami | #4 | W34-29 |
| 2000 Postseason Week 1 | Washington | Purdue | #13 | W34-24 |
| 1999 Regular Week 6 | Washington | Oregon | #25 | W34-20 |
| 1999 Postseason Week 1 | Washington | Kansas State | #6 | L20-24 |
| 1998 Regular Week 14 | Colorado | Nebraska | #13 | L14-16 |
| 1998 Regular Week 11 | Colorado | Missouri | #13 | L14-38 |
| 1998 Regular Week 8 | Colorado | Texas Tech | #25 | W19-17 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | Colorado | Kansas State | #4 | L9-16 |
| 1997 Regular Week 15 | Colorado | Nebraska | #2 | L24-27 |
| 1997 Regular Week 13 | Colorado | Kansas State | #10 | L20-37 |
| 1997 Regular Week 8 | Colorado | Oklahoma State | #20 | L29-33 |
| 1997 Regular Week 7 | Colorado | Texas A&M | #21 | L10-16 |
| 1997 Regular Week 4 | Colorado | Michigan | #14 | L3-27 |
| 1997 Regular Week 3 | Colorado | Colorado State | #24 | W31-21 |
| 1996 Regular Week 15 | Colorado | Nebraska | #4 | L12-17 |
| 1996 Regular Week 13 | Colorado | Kansas State | #9 | W12-0 |
| 1996 Regular Week 4 | Colorado | Michigan | #11 | L13-20 |
| 1996 Postseason Week 1 | Colorado | Washington | #16 | W33-21 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | Colorado | Kansas State | #7 | W27-17 |
| 1995 Regular Week 10 | Colorado | Nebraska | #2 | L21-44 |
| 1995 Regular Week 7 | Colorado | Kansas | #24 | L24-40 |
| 1995 Regular Week 6 | Colorado | Oklahoma | #10 | W38-17 |
| 1995 Regular Week 5 | Colorado | Texas A&M | #3 | W29-21 |
| 1995 Regular Week 2 | Colorado | Wisconsin | #21 | W43-7 |
| 1995 Postseason Week 1 | Colorado | Oregon | #18 | W38-6 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
UCLA
2008-2011 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -0.6 • Win % 42.9%
Washington
1999-2002 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 9.6 • Win % 67.3%
Colorado
1995-1998 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 14.1 • Win % 70.2%
- Longest tenure
- UCLA • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Colorado • 14.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Colorado • 70.2%
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.
Rick Neuheisel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRick Neuheisel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rick Neuheisel
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.1
- Percentile
- 89th pct
Elite
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.
UCLA
2008-2011 • 21-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.6Win % 42.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 6.4 baseline
-1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.4 during vs 7.9 baseline
-8.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 7.5 baseline
-4.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Washington
1999-2002 • 33-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.6Win % 67.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 7.4 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.6 during vs 13.4 baseline
-3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.3 during vs 16.9 baseline
-2.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+10.0%
Colorado
1995-1998 • 33-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.1Win % 70.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 9.4 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.1 during vs 17.4 baseline
-3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.9 during vs 21.2 baseline
-2.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
-50.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Colorado 1995
10-2 • SRS 20.0
Biggest Improvement
Washington 2000
11-1 • 12.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Colorado 1995
10-2 • SP Off 45.1
Best Defensive Season
Colorado 1996
10-2 • SP Def 17.1
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
UCLA 2008
4-8 • SRS -5.7
Biggest Drop
UCLA 2008
4-8 • -15.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UCLA | 2011 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.9 | 3.5 | 32.0 | 29.0 | -2.2 | +16.7% | Partial season |
| UCLA | 2010 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 1.3 | 3.9 | 26.5 | 24.1 | -1.8 | -20.5% | Season summary |
| UCLA | 2009 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.1 | 4.6 | 24.3 | 21.6 | +8.8 | +20.5% | Season summary |
| UCLA | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -5.7 | -0.1 | 18.7 | 19.6 | -15.4 | -20.5% | Season summary |
| Washington | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #9 | — | 9.7 | 12.4 | 39.8 | 29.8 | +3.6 | -12.8% | Season summary |
| Washington | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #15 | #19 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 41.1 | 32.5 | -11.3 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Washington | 2000 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #13 | #3 | 17.4 | 21.7 | 42.5 | 23.5 | +12.1 | +33.3% | Season summary |
| Washington | 1999 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.3 | 11.6 | 37.2 | 27.6 | -4.0 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Colorado | 1998 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 9.3 | 11.6 | 33.2 | 23.1 | +2.1 | +21.2% | Season summary |
| Colorado | 1997 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #8 | — | 7.2 | 14.1 | 39.3 | 27.1 | -12.7 | -37.9% | Season summary |
| Colorado | 1996 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #5 | #8 | 19.9 | 24.6 | 40.0 | 17.1 | -0.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Colorado | 1995 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #13 | #5 | 20.0 | 25.4 | 45.1 | 23.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Avg SRS 9.6 • Peak SRS 18.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish #9 • Volatility 7.0
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Avg SRS 6.4 • Peak SRS 15.3 • 14 seasons
Best finish #10 • Volatility 6.3
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