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Sarkis Arslanian

1973-1981Colorado State

One defining program at Colorado State.

Sarkis Arslanian coached 9 seasons, won 49.0%, and posted an average SRS of -4.7. Best season: 1977 Colorado State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
45-47-4
Career win rate
49.0%
Average SRS
-4.7
Peak SRS
5.4

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
9
Career span
9 years
Best finish
Consistency
55.5

Primary school anchor

Colorado State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 48.5.

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.

Sarkis Arslanian
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range -17.8 to 5.41981

Active comparison point

Sarkis Arslanian1977

Selected

1977 Colorado State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-2-1 • SRS 5.4 • SP Overall 6.5

Win %

79.2%

YoY SRS

+12.2

SP Off / Def

27.5 / 22.1

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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
Ranking timing

Top 25

1-11

Games
12
Win rate
8.3%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results12
1981 Regular Week 12Colorado StateArizona State#20L7-52
1981 Regular Week 6Colorado StateMississippi State#19L27-37
1980 Regular Week 12Colorado StateBYU#13L14-45
1979 Regular Week 10Colorado StateBYU#11L7-30
1979 Regular Week 3Colorado StateArkansas#15L3-36
1977 Regular Week 12Colorado StateArizona State#19W25-14
1977 Regular Week 7Colorado StateBYU#17L17-63
1975 Regular Week 11Colorado StateArizona#12L9-31
1975 Regular Week 7Colorado StateArizona State#11L3-33
1975 Regular Week 2Colorado StateTexas#12L0-46
1973 Regular Week 11Colorado StateHouston#15L20-28
1973 Regular Week 5Colorado StateArizona State#12L14-67

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

1973-19819 seasons

Avg SRS -4.7 • Win % 49.0%

Longest tenure
Colorado State • 9 seasons
Best tenure
Colorado State • -4.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Colorado State • 49.0%

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.

Sarkis Arslanian sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Sarkis Arslanian sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Sarkis Arslanian

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-5.9
Percentile
39th pct

Lower end

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

1973-198145-47-4

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

Avg SRS -4.7Win % 49.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 2.8 baseline

+2.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.7 during vs -12.2 baseline

+7.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-5.9 during vs -14.5 baseline

+8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Colorado State 1977

9-2-1SRS 5.4

Biggest Improvement

Colorado State 1977

9-2-112.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Colorado State 1974

4-6-1SP Off 29.0

Best Defensive Season

Colorado State 1977

9-2-1SP Def 22.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Colorado State 1981

0-6SRS -17.8

Biggest Drop

Colorado State 1981

0-6-12.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Colorado State198160600.0%-17.8-20.224.941.4-12.4-59.1%
Colorado State19801164159.1%-5.4-5.229.033.9-1.8+21.6%
Colorado State19791247137.5%-3.6-3.219.022.4-1.1-8.0%
Colorado State19781156045.5%-2.5-5.624.429.8-7.9-33.7%
Colorado State19771292179.2%5.46.527.522.1+12.2+24.6%
Colorado State19761165054.5%-6.8-11.515.125.8-6.40.0%
Colorado State19751165054.5%-0.4-2.021.123.20.0+13.6%
Colorado State19741146140.9%-0.4-1.029.030.1+10.0-4.5%
Colorado State19731156045.5%-10.4-10.628.136.5

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