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7-17
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 29.2%
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Red Sanders
1940-1957 • UCLA, Vanderbilt
2 schools coached, anchored by UCLA.
Red Sanders coached 15 seasons, won 70.9%, and posted an average SRS of 14.4. Best season: 1955 UCLA. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 102-41-3
- Career win rate
- 70.9%
- Average SRS
- 14.4
- Peak SRS
- 24.7
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
- 15
- Career span
- 18 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 50.8
Primary school anchor
UCLA
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 92.0.
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.
Red Sanders
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Red Sanders: 1949 UCLA
1940Actual season year • SRS range -0.2 to 24.71957
Active comparison point
Red Sanders • 1955
1955 UCLA
Best season9-2 • SRS 24.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+3.8
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#4
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
2-11
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 15.4%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results24
| 1956 Regular Week 11 | UCLA | USC | #17 | L7-10 |
| 1956 Regular Week 8 | UCLA | Stanford | #20 | W14-13 |
| 1956 Regular Week 7 | UCLA | Oregon State | #17 | L7-21 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | UCLA | Michigan | #5 | L13-42 |
| 1955 Regular Week 2 | UCLA | Maryland | #5 | L0-7 |
| 1955 Postseason Week 1 | UCLA | Michigan State | #2 | L14-17 |
| 1954 Regular Week 10 | UCLA | USC | #7 | W34-0 |
| 1954 Regular Week 3 | UCLA | Maryland | #6 | W12-7 |
| 1953 Regular Week 10 | UCLA | USC | #20 | W13-0 |
| 1953 Regular Week 5 | UCLA | Stanford | #20 | L20-21 |
| 1953 Postseason Week 1 | UCLA | Michigan State | #3 | L20-28 |
| 1952 Regular Week 7 | UCLA | Wisconsin | #18 | W20-7 |
| 1951 Regular Week 8 | UCLA | California | #16 | W21-7 |
| 1951 Regular Week 5 | UCLA | Stanford | #11 | L7-21 |
| 1951 Regular Week 3 | UCLA | Illinois | #7 | L13-27 |
| 1951 Regular Week 2 | UCLA | Texas A&M | #10 | L14-21 |
| 1950 Regular Week 9 | UCLA | California | #4 | L0-35 |
| 1950 Regular Week 5 | UCLA | Illinois | #12 | L6-14 |
| 1950 Regular Week 4 | UCLA | Washington | #10 | L20-21 |
| 1949 Regular Week 8 | UCLA | California | #2 | L21-35 |
| 1949 Regular Week 6 | UCLA | Santa Clara | #20 | L0-14 |
| 1948 Regular Week 3 | Vanderbilt | Georgia Tech | #6 | L0-13 |
| 1947 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #18 | W14-7 |
| 1946 Regular Week 7 | Vanderbilt | LSU | #9 | L0-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
UCLA
1949-1957 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 17.0 • Win % 77.3%
Vanderbilt
1946-1948 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 15.6 • Win % 65.0%
Vanderbilt
1940-1942 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 5.5 • Win % 58.3%
- Longest tenure
- UCLA • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- UCLA • 17.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- UCLA • 77.3%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Red Sanders
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1949-1957 • 66-19-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.0Win % 77.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 5.4 baseline
+1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.0 during vs 5.3 baseline
+11.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
55.6% during vs 20.0% baseline
+35.6%
Vanderbilt
1946-1948 • 19-10-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 15.6Win % 65.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 5.7 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.6 during vs 3.7 baseline
+11.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Vanderbilt
1940-1942 • 17-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.5Win % 58.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 5.0 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 7.0 baseline
-1.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
UCLA 1955
9-2 • SRS 24.7
Biggest Improvement
Vanderbilt 1948
8-2-1 • 12.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Vanderbilt 1940
3-6-1 • SRS -0.2
Biggest Drop
UCLA 1956
7-3 • -14.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UCLA | 1957 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +10.0% |
| UCLA | 1956 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #17 | — | 10.6 | — | — | — | -14.1 | -11.8% |
| UCLA | 1955 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #1 | #4 | 24.7 | — | — | — | +3.8 | -18.2% |
| UCLA | 1954 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #8 | #2 | 20.9 | — | — | — | +4.0 | +20.0% |
| UCLA | 1953 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #4 | #5 | 16.9 | — | — | — | -7.1 | -8.9% |
| UCLA | 1952 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | #18 | #6 | 24.0 | — | — | — | +8.5 | +27.8% |
| UCLA | 1951 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | #17 | 15.5 | — | — | — | +2.9 | -5.6% |
| UCLA | 1950 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 12.6 | — | — | — | -3.7 | 0.0% |
| UCLA | 1949 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 16.3 | — | — | — | -7.2 | -10.6% |
| Vanderbilt | 1948 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | #12 | 23.5 | — | — | — | +12.8 | +17.3% |
| Vanderbilt | 1947 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 10.7 | — | — | — | -1.9 | +4.4% |
| Vanderbilt | 1946 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 12.6 | — | — | — | +5.1 | -4.4% |
| Vanderbilt | 1942 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | -1.7 | -20.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 1941 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | +9.4 | +45.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 1940 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 35.0% | — | — | -0.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
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