Top 25
1-18
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 5.3%
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Coach Profile
Steve Addazio
2011-2021 • Boston College, Colorado State, Temple
3 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.
Steve Addazio's coaching record is 61-67, highlighted by seasons at Boston College from 2011 to 2021.
Steve Addazio coached 11 seasons, won 47.7%, and posted an average SRS of 0.7. Best season: 2017 Boston College. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 61-67
- Career win rate
- 47.7%
- Average SRS
- 0.7
- Peak SRS
- 11.2
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
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 62.7
Primary school anchor
Boston College
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 64.5.
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
- 61-67
- Boston College record
- 44-44
- Full-season record
- 55-61
- Partial-season record
- 6-6
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-11
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-9
- Vs Clemson
- 0-6
- Postseason / bowl record
- 2-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
128 countable games, 47.7% win rate.
7 countable seasons at Boston College.
10 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.
12 games using AP ranking at game time.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
Boston College-Clemson games in this dataset.
5 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 28, 2021. 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.
Steve Addazio
EliteStrongAverageLean
Steve Addazio: 2013 Boston CollegeSteve Addazio: 2020 Colorado State
2011Actual season year • SRS range -11.3 to 11.22021
Active comparison point
Steve Addazio • 2017
2017 Boston College
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-6 • SRS 11.2 • SP Overall 4.6
Win %
53.8%
YoY SRS
+13.6
SP Off / Def
25.2 / 19.9
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
1-11
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 8.3%
Top 5
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results19
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Colorado State
2020-2021 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -5.9 • Win % 25.0%
Boston College
2013-2019 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 2.7 • Win % 50.0%
Temple
2011-2012 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 0.3 • Win % 54.2%
- Longest tenure
- Boston College • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Boston College • 2.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Temple • 54.2%
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.
Steve Addazio sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeSteve Addazio sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Steve Addazio
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.1
- Percentile
- 57th 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.
Colorado State
2020-2021 • 4-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.9Win % 25.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 5.6 baseline
-3.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.9 during vs -6.9 baseline
+1.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.5 during vs -1.8 baseline
-2.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Boston College
2013-2019 • 44-44
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.7Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.6 during vs -0.3 baseline
+4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.7 during vs 4.7 baseline
-1.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Temple
2011-2012 • 13-11
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.3Win % 54.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 5.4 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.3 during vs -10.7 baseline
+10.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs -14.4 baseline
+10.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Boston College 2017
7-6 • SRS 11.2
Biggest Improvement
Boston College 2017
7-6 • 13.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Boston College 2013
7-6 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Boston College 2015
3-9 • SP Def 12.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Colorado State 2020
1-3 • SRS -11.3
Biggest Drop
Temple 2012
4-7 • -10.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Colorado State | 2021 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -0.5 | -2.4 | 23.3 | 25.9 | +10.8 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -11.3 | -6.5 | 24.2 | 30.5 | -8.4 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 2019 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -2.9 | -5.7 | 31.3 | 35.4 | -8.2 | -8.3% | Partial season |
| Boston College | 2018 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.3 | 2.4 | 26.5 | 22.1 | -5.9 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 11.2 | 4.6 | 25.2 | 19.9 | +13.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 2016 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -2.4 | -1.6 | 20.1 | 20.8 | -2.3 | +28.8% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 2015 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -0.1 | 4.7 | 18.0 | 12.5 | -6.3 | -28.8% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 6.2 | 4.9 | 28.7 | 23.7 | +4.7 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Boston College | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 1.5 | 7.1 | 32.0 | 27.0 | +6.4 | +17.5% | Season summary |
| Temple | 2012 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.9 | -11.6 | 21.6 | 36.0 | -10.3 | -32.9% | Season summary |
| Temple | 2011 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 5.4 | 4.6 | 26.4 | 22.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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