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3-13
- Games
- 16
- Win rate
- 18.8%
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Paul Hackett
1990-2000 • Pittsburgh, USC
2 schools coached, anchored by USC.
Paul Hackett's coaching record is 31-38-1, highlighted by seasons at USC from 1990 to 2000.
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.
- 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.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 31-38-1
- USC record
- 19-18
- Full-season record
- 28-30-1
- Partial-season record
- 3-8
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-8
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs California
- 0-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
70 countable games, 45.0% win rate.
3 countable seasons at USC.
5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
California-USC games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 25, 2000. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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
1998 USC
Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: USC8-5 • 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.
Top 10
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
| 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 |
| 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 edgePaul 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
Above average
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
4.5 during vs 6.2 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.8 during vs 8.3 baseline
-7.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 9.9 baseline
-6.9
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
Lowest SRS 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% | Season summary |
| USC | 1999 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #19 | — | 5.0 | 9.2 | 35.7 | 28.3 | -8.6 | -11.5% | Season summary |
| USC | 1998 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 13.6 | 17.8 | 35.3 | 19.0 | +24.3 | +34.3% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 1992 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -10.7 | -14.4 | 30.7 | 41.0 | -13.1 | -27.3% | Partial season |
| Pittsburgh | 1991 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 2.4 | 3.7 | 28.4 | 25.7 | +3.2 | +22.7% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 1990 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | #18 | — | -0.8 | 2.4 | 30.4 | 29.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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