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3-2
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 60.0%
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Dick Vermeil
1974-1975 • UCLA
One defining program at UCLA.
Dick Vermeil coached 2 seasons, won 71.7%, and posted an average SRS of 12.1. Best season: 1975 UCLA. The profile was balanced with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 15-5-3
- Career win rate
- 71.7%
- Average SRS
- 12.1
- Peak SRS
- 15.6
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
- 2
- Career span
- 2 years
- Best finish
- #5
- Consistency
- —
Primary school anchor
UCLA
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 75.0.
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.
Dick Vermeil
EliteStrongAverageLean
1974Actual season year • SRS range 8.6 to 15.61975
Active comparison point
Dick Vermeil • 1975
1975 UCLA
Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop9-2-1 • SRS 15.6 • SP Overall 18.1
Win %
79.2%
YoY SRS
+7.0
SP Off / Def
38.2 / 22.0
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
2-2
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Top 5
1-1
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 50.0%
View ranked game results5
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | UCLA | Ohio State | #2 | L20-41 |
| 1975 Regular Week 3 | UCLA | Tennessee | #10 | W34-28 |
| 1975 Postseason Week 1 | UCLA | Ohio State | #4 | W23-10 |
| 1974 Regular Week 12 | UCLA | USC | #8 | L9-34 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | UCLA | California | #20 | W28-3 |
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
1974-1975 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 12.1 • Win % 71.7%
- Longest tenure
- UCLA • 2 seasons
- Best tenure
- UCLA • 12.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- UCLA • 71.7%
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.
Dick Vermeil sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDick Vermeil sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Vermeil
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 11.3
- Percentile
- 87th 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
1974-1975 • 15-5-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.1Win % 71.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 6.6 baseline
+0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.1 during vs 19.5 baseline
-7.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.3 during vs 15.7 baseline
-4.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-10.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
UCLA 1975
9-2-1 • SRS 15.6
Biggest Improvement
UCLA 1975
9-2-1 • 7.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
UCLA 1975
9-2-1 • SP Off 38.2
Best Defensive Season
UCLA 1974
6-3-2 • SP Def 20.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
UCLA 1974
6-3-2 • SRS 8.6
Biggest Drop
UCLA 1975
9-2-1 • 7.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UCLA | 1975 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #14 | #5 | 15.6 | 18.1 | 38.2 | 22.0 | +7.0 | +15.5% |
| UCLA | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 63.6% | #12 | — | 8.6 | 4.4 | 24.5 | 20.6 | — | — |
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