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Pepper Rodgers

1967-1979 • Georgia Tech, Kansas, UCLA

3 schools coached, anchored by Georgia Tech.

Pepper Rodgers coached 13 seasons, won 52.8%, and posted an average SRS of 9.7. Best season: 1973 UCLA. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
73-65-3
Career win rate
52.8%
Average SRS
9.7
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
13
Career span
13 years
Best finish
#7
Consistency
29.7

Primary school anchor

Georgia Tech

Balanced profile with 3 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.

Pepper Rodgers
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Pepper Rodgers: 1971 UCLAPepper Rodgers: 1974 Georgia Tech
1967Actual season year • SRS range 0.0 to 27.91979

Active comparison point

Pepper Rodgers • 1973

Selected

1973 UCLA

Best season

9-2 • SRS 27.9 • SP Overall 22.5

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

+9.0

SP Off / Def

45.9 / 27.4

Finish

#12

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

5-25-1

Games
31
Win rate
17.7%

Top 10

1-16

Games
17
Win rate
5.9%

Top 5

0-12

Games
12
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results31
1979 Regular Week 8Georgia TechAuburn#13L14-38
1979 Regular Week 7Georgia TechTennessee#18L0-31
1979 Regular Week 6Georgia TechNotre Dame#10L13-21
1979 Regular Week 2Georgia TechAlabama#2L6-30
1978 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#11L28-29
1978 Regular Week 12Georgia TechNotre Dame#8L21-38
1978 Postseason Week 1Georgia TechPurdue#13L21-41
1977 Regular Week 10Georgia TechNotre Dame#5L14-69
1976 Regular Week 13Georgia TechGeorgia#5L10-13
1976 Regular Week 10Georgia TechNotre Dame#18W23-14
1976 Regular Week 3Georgia TechPittsburgh#3L14-42
1975 Regular Week 13Georgia TechGeorgia#15L26-42
1975 Regular Week 10Georgia TechNotre Dame#12L3-24
1974 Regular Week 8Georgia TechTulane#18W27-7
1974 Regular Week 7Georgia TechAuburn#5L22-31
1974 Regular Week 3Georgia TechPittsburgh#15L17-27
1973 Regular Week 13UCLAUSC#7L13-23
1973 Regular Week 2UCLANebraska#2L13-40
1972 Regular Week 11UCLAUSC#1L7-24
1972 Regular Week 3UCLAMichigan#12L9-26
1971 Regular Week 11UCLAUSC#15T7-7
1971 Regular Week 9UCLAStanford#12L9-20
1971 Regular Week 3UCLAMichigan#4L0-38
1971 Regular Week 2UCLATexas#3L10-28
1970 Regular Week 8KansasNebraska#4L20-41
1969 Regular Week 11KansasMissouri#6L21-69
1968 Regular Week 11KansasMissouri#13W21-19
1968 Regular Week 5KansasNebraska#9W23-13
1968 Regular Week 3KansasIndiana#13W38-20
1968 Postseason Week 1KansasPenn State#2L14-15
1967 Regular Week 11KansasOklahoma#5L10-14

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Georgia Tech

1974-1979 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 5.7 • Win % 52.2%

UCLA

1971-1973 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 16.4 • Win % 60.9%

Kansas

1967-1970 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 10.8 • Win % 47.6%

Longest tenure
Georgia Tech • 6 seasons
Best tenure
UCLA • 16.4 SRS
Best tenure win rate
UCLA • 60.9%

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.

Pepper Rodgers sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Pepper Rodgers sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pepper Rodgers

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
7.3
Percentile
78th pct

Strong

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.

Georgia Tech

1974-1979 • 34-31-2

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

Avg SRS 5.7Win % 52.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.7 during vs 6.2 baseline

-0.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.7 during vs 7.9 baseline

-2.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 8.7 baseline

-5.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

UCLA

1971-1973 • 19-12-1

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

Avg SRS 16.4Win % 60.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 6.6 baseline

-0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

16.4 during vs 17.9 baseline

-1.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

14.4 during vs 19.8 baseline

-5.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 40.0% baseline

+26.7%

Kansas

1967-1970 • 20-22

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

Avg SRS 10.8Win % 47.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 4.2 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.8 during vs 3.0 baseline

+7.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

7.7 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

UCLA 1973

9-2 • SRS 27.9

Biggest Improvement

UCLA 1972

8-3 • 16.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UCLA 1973

9-2 • SP Off 45.9

Best Defensive Season

Georgia Tech 1979

4-6-1 • SP Def 19.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia Tech 1979

4-6-1 • SRS 0.0

Biggest Drop

Kansas 1969

1-9 • -20.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Georgia Tech19791146140.9%——0.0-1.817.219.0-5.8-17.4%
Georgia Tech19781275058.3%——5.84.428.425.2-3.3+3.8%
Georgia Tech19771165054.5%——9.15.326.722.4+5.2+13.6%
Georgia Tech19761146140.9%——3.91.527.826.9-2.5-22.7%
Georgia Tech19751174063.6%——6.43.227.425.0-2.7+9.1%
Georgia Tech19741165054.5%——9.110.029.220.0-18.8-27.3%
UCLA19731192081.8%#10#1227.922.545.927.4+9.0+9.1%
UCLA19721183072.7%—#1518.919.240.624.5+16.6+47.7%
UCLA19711027125.0%#15—2.31.425.424.5-9.3-20.4%
Kansas19701156045.5%——11.67.733.527.6+8.9+35.4%
Kansas19691019010.0%——2.7———-20.0-71.8%
Kansas19681192081.8%—#722.7———+16.5+31.8%
Kansas19671055050.0%——6.2—————

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