Top 25
5-20-1
- Games
- 26
- Win rate
- 21.1%
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Coach Profile
Tommy Prothro
1955-1970 • Oregon State, UCLA
2 schools coached, anchored by Oregon State.
Tommy Prothro coached 16 seasons, won 64.9%, and posted an average SRS of 11.6. Best season: 1969 UCLA. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 104-55-5
- Career win rate
- 64.9%
- Average SRS
- 11.6
- Peak SRS
- 27.9
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
- 16
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #4
- Consistency
- 32.5
Primary school anchor
Oregon State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 95.3.
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.
Tommy Prothro
EliteStrongAverageLean
Tommy Prothro: 1965 UCLA
1955Actual season year • SRS range 0.6 to 27.91970
Active comparison point
Tommy Prothro • 1969
1969 UCLA
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-1-1 • SRS 27.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
85.0%
YoY SRS
+22.9
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#13
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
3-15
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
1-9
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 10.0%
View ranked game results26
| 1970 Regular Week 13 | UCLA | USC | #17 | W45-20 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | UCLA | Washington | #20 | L20-61 |
| 1970 Regular Week 9 | UCLA | Stanford | #6 | L7-9 |
| 1970 Regular Week 6 | UCLA | Texas | #2 | L17-20 |
| 1969 Regular Week 11 | UCLA | USC | #5 | L12-14 |
| 1969 Regular Week 7 | UCLA | Stanford | #16 | T20-20 |
| 1968 Regular Week 11 | UCLA | USC | #1 | L16-28 |
| 1968 Regular Week 9 | UCLA | Oregon State | #15 | L21-45 |
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | UCLA | Tennessee | #5 | L18-42 |
| 1968 Regular Week 5 | UCLA | Penn State | #3 | L6-21 |
| 1967 Regular Week 11 | UCLA | USC | #1 | L20-21 |
| 1966 Regular Week 11 | UCLA | USC | #10 | W14-7 |
| 1965 Regular Week 11 | UCLA | USC | #8 | W20-16 |
| 1965 Postseason Week 1 | UCLA | Michigan State | #2 | W14-12 |
| 1964 Postseason Week 1 | Oregon State | Michigan | #4 | L7-34 |
| 1962 Regular Week 5 | Oregon State | Washington | #9 | L13-14 |
| 1961 Regular Week 2 | Oregon State | Syracuse | #5 | L8-19 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Oregon State | Washington | #9 | L29-30 |
| 1960 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | Iowa | #8 | L12-22 |
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | Oregon State | Washington | #13 | L6-13 |
| 1959 Regular Week 2 | Oregon State | USC | #11 | L6-27 |
| 1957 Regular Week 6 | Oregon State | UCLA | #15 | L7-26 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | USC | #10 | L13-21 |
| 1956 Postseason Week 1 | Oregon State | Iowa | #3 | L19-35 |
| 1955 Regular Week 7 | Oregon State | Washington | #19 | W13-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 4 | Oregon State | UCLA | #7 | L0-38 |
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
1965-1970 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 18.6 • Win % 68.5%
Oregon State
1955-1964 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 7.3 • Win % 62.7%
- Longest tenure
- Oregon State • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- UCLA • 18.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- UCLA • 68.5%
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.
Tommy Prothro sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeTommy Prothro sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tommy Prothro
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 19.8
- Percentile
- 97th 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
1965-1970 • 41-18-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 18.6Win % 68.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 4.8 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
18.6 during vs 5.8 baseline
+12.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
19.8 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+30.0%
Oregon State
1955-1964 • 63-37-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.3Win % 62.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 2.6 baseline
+3.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.3 during vs -5.4 baseline
+12.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
UCLA 1969
8-1-1 • SRS 27.9
Biggest Improvement
UCLA 1969
8-1-1 • 22.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
UCLA 1970
6-5 • SP Off 37.4
Best Defensive Season
UCLA 1970
6-5 • SP Def 19.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oregon State 1958
6-4 • SRS 0.6
Biggest Drop
UCLA 1968
3-7 • -13.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UCLA | 1970 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #18 | — | 20.3 | 19.8 | 37.4 | 19.1 | -7.6 | -30.4% |
| UCLA | 1969 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | #17 | #13 | 27.9 | — | — | — | +22.9 | +55.0% |
| UCLA | 1968 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | #16 | — | 5.0 | — | — | — | -13.2 | -45.0% |
| UCLA | 1967 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #8 | — | 18.2 | — | — | — | +0.3 | -15.0% |
| UCLA | 1966 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | #4 | #5 | 17.9 | — | — | — | -4.7 | +12.7% |
| UCLA | 1965 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | #4 | 22.6 | — | — | — | +11.9 | +4.5% |
| Oregon State | 1964 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #8 | 10.7 | — | — | — | +2.0 | +22.7% |
| Oregon State | 1963 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.7 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -31.8% |
| Oregon State | 1962 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 14.1 | — | — | — | +11.9 | +31.8% |
| Oregon State | 1961 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 2.2 | — | — | — | -5.7 | -15.0% |
| Oregon State | 1960 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | +5.2 | +35.0% |
| Oregon State | 1959 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 2.7 | — | — | — | +2.1 | -30.0% |
| Oregon State | 1958 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #12 | — | 0.6 | — | — | — | -10.0 | -20.0% |
| Oregon State | 1957 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #13 | — | 10.6 | — | — | — | -3.0 | +11.8% |
| Oregon State | 1956 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | #10 | 13.6 | — | — | — | +11.2 | +1.5% |
| Oregon State | 1955 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 2.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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