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Sarkis Arslanian
1973-1981 • Colorado State
One defining program at Colorado State.
Sarkis Arslanian's coaching record is 45-47-4, highlighted by seasons at Colorado State from 1973 to 1981.
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.
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
- 45-47-4
- Colorado State record
- 45-47-4
- Full-season record
- 45-41-4
- Partial-season record
- 0-6
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Wyoming
- 5-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
96 countable games, 49.0% win rate.
9 countable seasons at Colorado State.
8 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.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Border War games in this dataset.
0 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, 1981. 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.
Sarkis Arslanian
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range -17.8 to 5.41981
Active comparison point
Sarkis Arslanian • 1977
1977 Colorado State
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-2-1 • 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
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
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results10
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | Colorado State | BYU | #13 | L14-45 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | Colorado State | BYU | #11 | L7-30 |
| 1979 Regular Week 3 | Colorado State | Arkansas | #15 | L3-36 |
| 1977 Regular Week 12 | Colorado State | Arizona State | #19 | W25-14 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Colorado State | BYU | #17 | L17-63 |
| 1975 Regular Week 11 | Colorado State | Arizona | #12 | L9-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Colorado State | Arizona State | #11 | L3-33 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | Colorado State | Texas | #12 | L0-46 |
| 1973 Regular Week 11 | Colorado State | Houston | #15 | L20-28 |
| 1973 Regular Week 5 | Colorado State | Arizona State | #12 | L14-67 |
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
1973-1981 • 9 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 edgeSarkis 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
1973-1981 • 45-47-4
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
5.6 during vs 2.8 baseline
+2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.0 during vs -12.2 baseline
+9.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.1 during vs -14.5 baseline
+10.4
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
9-2-1 • SRS 5.4
Biggest Improvement
Colorado State 1977
9-2-1 • 12.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Colorado State 1974
4-6-1 • SP Off 29.0
Best Defensive Season
Colorado State 1977
9-2-1 • SP Def 22.1
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Colorado State 1981
0-6 • SRS -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 State | 1981 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -17.8 | -20.2 | 24.9 | 41.4 | -12.4 | -59.1% | Partial season |
| Colorado State | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | -5.4 | -5.2 | 29.0 | 33.9 | -1.8 | +21.6% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1979 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 37.5% | — | — | -3.6 | -3.2 | 19.0 | 22.4 | -1.1 | -8.0% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1978 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.5 | -5.6 | 24.4 | 29.8 | -7.9 | -33.7% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1977 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | — | 5.4 | 6.5 | 27.5 | 22.1 | +12.2 | +24.6% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1976 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -6.8 | -11.5 | 15.1 | 25.8 | -6.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -0.4 | -2.0 | 21.1 | 23.2 | 0.0 | +13.6% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1974 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -0.4 | -1.0 | 29.0 | 30.1 | +10.0 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Colorado State | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -10.4 | -10.6 | 28.1 | 36.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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