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Coach Profile

Paul Hackett

1990-2000 • Pittsburgh, USC

2 schools coached, anchored by USC.

Paul Hackett coached 6 seasons, won 45.0%, and posted an average SRS of 2.3. Best season: 1998 USC. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 31-38-1
Career win rate: 45.0%
Average SRS: 2.3
Peak SRS: 13.6

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: 6
Career span: 11 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 40.7

Primary school anchor

USC

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 70.2.

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.

Paul Hackett

EliteStrongAverageLean

Paul Hackett: 1998 USC

1990Actual season year • SRS range -10.7 to 13.62000

Active comparison point

Paul Hackett • 1998

Selected

1998 USC

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: USC

8-5 • SRS 13.6 • SP Overall 17.8

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+24.3

SP Off / Def

35.3 / 19.0

Finish

Unranked

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

3-16

Games: 19
Win rate: 15.8%

Top 10

0-8

Games: 8
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-3

Games: 3
Win rate: 0.0%

View ranked game results19


2000 Regular Week 14	USC	Notre Dame	#11	L21-38
2000 Regular Week 8	USC	Oregon	#9	L17-28
2000 Regular Week 1	USC	Penn State	#22	W29-5
1999 Regular Week 14	USC	Louisiana Tech	#25	W45-19
1998 Regular Week 14	USC	Notre Dame	#16	W10-0
1998 Regular Week 13	USC	UCLA	#3	L17-34
1998 Regular Week 9	USC	Oregon	#12	L13-17
1998 Regular Week 5	USC	Florida State	#9	L10-30
1992 Regular Week 13	Pittsburgh	Penn State	#23	L13-57
1992 Regular Week 10	Pittsburgh	Syracuse	#12	L10-41
1992 Regular Week 7	Pittsburgh	Notre Dame	#13	L21-52
1991 Regular Week 14	Pittsburgh	Penn State	#6	L20-32
1991 Regular Week 9	Pittsburgh	East Carolina	#20	L23-24
1991 Regular Week 8	Pittsburgh	Syracuse	#24	L27-31
1991 Regular Week 7	Pittsburgh	Notre Dame	#7	L7-42
1990 Regular Week 14	Pittsburgh	Penn State	#10	L17-22
1990 Regular Week 11	Pittsburgh	Miami	#5	L0-45
1990 Regular Week 10	Pittsburgh	Notre Dame	#2	L22-31
1990 Regular Week 4	Pittsburgh	Oklahoma	#11	L10-52

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

USC

1998-2000 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 51.3%

Pittsburgh

1990-1992 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -3.0 • Win % 37.9%

Longest tenure: USC • 3 seasons
Best tenure: USC • 7.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate: USC • 51.3%

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.

Paul Hackett sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Paul Hackett sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Paul Hackett

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 3.9
Percentile: 70th pct

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.

USC

1998-2000 • 19-18

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

Avg SRS 7.6Win % 51.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 7.4 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 13.8 baseline

-6.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

10.5 during vs 16.8 baseline

-6.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Pittsburgh

1990-1992 • 12-20-1

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

Avg SRS -3.0Win % 37.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 6.2 baseline

-2.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.0 during vs 8.3 baseline

-11.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.8 during vs 9.9 baseline

-12.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

USC 1998

8-5 • SRS 13.6

Biggest Improvement

USC 1998

8-5 • 24.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

USC 1999

6-6 • SP Off 35.7

Best Defensive Season

USC 1998

8-5 • SP Def 19.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Pittsburgh 1992

3-8 • SRS -10.7

Biggest Drop

Pittsburgh 1992

3-8 • -13.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


USC	2000	12	5	7	0	41.7%	#15	—	4.2	4.6	34.6	31.8	-0.8	-8.3%
USC	1999	12	6	6	0	50.0%	#19	—	5.0	9.2	35.7	28.3	-8.6	-11.5%
USC	1998	13	8	5	0	61.5%	—	—	13.6	17.8	35.3	19.0	+24.3	+34.3%
Pittsburgh	1992	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-10.7	-14.4	30.7	41.0	-13.1	-27.3%
Pittsburgh	1991	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	2.4	3.7	28.4	25.7	+3.2	+22.7%
Pittsburgh	1990	11	3	7	1	31.8%	#18	—	-0.8	2.4	30.4	29.0	—	—

Best finish #23 • Volatility 6.9

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