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Harry Hughes

1911-1941Colorado State

One defining program at Colorado State.

Harry Hughes's coaching record is 125-92-18, highlighted by seasons at Colorado State from 1911 to 1941.

Harry Hughes coached 31 seasons, won 57.0%, and posted an average SRS of -9.3. Best season: 1916 Colorado State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
125-92-18
Career win rate
57.0%
Average SRS
-9.3
Peak SRS
46.5

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
31
Career span
31 years
Best finish
Consistency
0.9

Primary school anchor

Colorado State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 100.0.

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Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Harry Hughes
Overall record
125-92-18

235 countable games, 57.0% win rate.

Colorado State record
125-92-18

31 countable seasons at Colorado State.

Full-season record
125-92-18

31 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-1

1 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Wyoming
20-4-4

Border War games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 22, 1941. 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.

Harry Hughes
EliteStrongAverageLean
1911Actual season year • SRS range -42.4 to 46.51941

Active comparison point

Harry Hughes1916

Selected

1916 Colorado State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-0-1 • SRS 46.5 • SP Overall

Win %

92.9%

YoY SRS

+66.3

SP Off / Def

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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

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results1
1937 Regular Week 6Colorado StateColorado#16L0-47

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

1911-194131 seasons

Avg SRS -9.3 • Win % 57.0%

Longest tenure
Colorado State • 31 seasons
Best tenure
Colorado State • -9.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Colorado State • 57.0%

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

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Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Harry Hughes

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Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

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Colorado State

1911-1941125-92-18

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -9.3Win % 57.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Colorado State 1916

6-0-1SRS 46.5

Biggest Improvement

Colorado State 1916

6-0-166.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Colorado State 1917

0-7-1SRS -42.4

Biggest Drop

Colorado State 1917

0-7-1-88.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Colorado State1941742164.3%-12.3+6.6+19.8%Season summary
Colorado State1940934244.4%-18.9-4.2+22.2%Season summary
Colorado State1939927022.2%-14.7+7.2-2.8%Season summary
Colorado State1938815225.0%-21.9+6.4+12.5%Season summary
Colorado State1937817012.5%-28.3-14.4-37.5%Season summary
Colorado State1936944150.0%-13.9-2.8+6.3%Season summary
Colorado State1935834143.8%-11.1-4.2-28.5%Season summary
Colorado State1934962172.2%-6.9-1.1-6.3%Season summary
Colorado State1933751178.6%-5.8+0.4+22.3%Season summary
Colorado State1932843156.3%-6.2-0.4+0.7%Season summary
Colorado State1931954055.6%-5.8+0.7+16.7%Season summary
Colorado State1930935138.9%-6.5+15.2-16.7%Season summary
Colorado State1929954055.6%-21.7-22.0-19.4%Season summary
Colorado State1928862075.0%0.3-0.8-12.5%Season summary
Colorado State1927871087.5%1.1+15.4+15.3%Season summary
Colorado State1926962172.2%-14.3-8.2-17.8%Season summary
Colorado State19251091090.0%-6.1-5.5+23.3%Season summary
Colorado State1924642066.7%-0.6-4.8-2.1%Season summary
Colorado State1923852168.8%4.2+8.40.0%Season summary
Colorado State1922852168.8%-4.2-3.5+27.1%Season summary
Colorado State1921623141.7%-0.7-16.4-39.6%Season summary
Colorado State1920861181.3%15.7+41.1-6.3%Season summary
Colorado State1919871087.5%-25.4+87.5%Season summary
Colorado State191820200.0%-6.3%Season summary
Colorado State191780716.3%-42.4-88.9-86.6%Season summary
Colorado State1916760192.9%46.5+66.3-7.1%Season summary
Colorado State19157700100.0%-19.8-10.6+57.1%Season summary
Colorado State1914734042.9%-9.2+9.0-17.1%Season summary
Colorado State1913532060.0%-18.2-23.70.0%Season summary
Colorado State1912532060.0%5.5+43.4+60.0%Season summary
Colorado State191160600.0%-37.9Season summary

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