Top 25
8-22
- Games
- 30
- Win rate
- 26.7%
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Coach Profile
Sonny Lubick
1993-2007 • Colorado State
One defining program at Colorado State.
Sonny Lubick coached 15 seasons, won 59.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.6. Best season: 1997 Colorado State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 108-74
- Career win rate
- 59.3%
- Average SRS
- 2.6
- Peak SRS
- 16.2
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
- 15
- Career span
- 15 years
- Best finish
- #14
- Consistency
- 59.3
Primary school anchor
Colorado State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 76.4.
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.
Sonny Lubick
EliteStrongAverageLean
1993Actual season year • SRS range -7.4 to 16.22007
Active comparison point
Sonny Lubick • 1997
1997 Colorado State
Best seasonBiggest improvement11-2 • SRS 16.2 • SP Overall 21.8
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+14.1
SP Off / Def
40.8 / 21.8
Finish
#17
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
2-10
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results30
| 2007 Regular Week 2 | Colorado State | California | #10 | L28-34 |
| 2005 Regular Week 10 | Colorado State | TCU | #20 | L6-33 |
| 2004 Regular Week 11 | Colorado State | Utah | #7 | L31-63 |
| 2004 Regular Week 4 | Colorado State | Minnesota | #22 | L16-34 |
| 2004 Regular Week 3 | Colorado State | USC | #1 | L0-49 |
| 2002 Regular Week 2 | Colorado State | Colorado | #7 | W19-14 |
| 2001 Regular Week 11 | Colorado State | BYU | #13 | L34-56 |
| 2001 Regular Week 8 | Colorado State | Fresno State | #8 | L22-25 |
| 2000 Regular Week 2 | Colorado State | Colorado | #23 | W28-24 |
| 1999 Regular Week 4 | Colorado State | BYU | #25 | L13-34 |
| 1999 Regular Week 2 | Colorado State | Colorado | #14 | W41-14 |
| 1999 Postseason Week 1 | Colorado State | Southern Miss | #14 | L17-23 |
| 1998 Regular Week 11 | Colorado State | Wyoming | #25 | L19-27 |
| 1998 Regular Week 4 | Colorado State | Air Force | #23 | L27-30 |
| 1998 Regular Week 2 | Colorado State | Colorado | #16 | L14-42 |
| 1998 Regular Week 1 | Colorado State | Michigan State | #23 | W23-16 |
| 1997 Regular Week 3 | Colorado State | Colorado | #8 | L21-31 |
| 1997 Postseason Week 1 | Colorado State | Missouri | #23 | W35-24 |
| 1996 Regular Week 13 | Colorado State | Wyoming | #23 | L24-25 |
| 1996 Regular Week 6 | Colorado State | Nebraska | #8 | L9-65 |
| 1996 Regular Week 3 | Colorado State | Colorado | #5 | L34-48 |
| 1995 Regular Week 4 | Colorado State | Air Force | #21 | W27-20 |
| 1995 Regular Week 3 | Colorado State | Colorado | #10 | L14-42 |
| 1995 Postseason Week 1 | Colorado State | Kansas State | #7 | L21-54 |
| 1994 Regular Week 9 | Colorado State | Utah | #18 | L31-45 |
| 1994 Regular Week 7 | Colorado State | Arizona | #6 | W21-16 |
| 1994 Regular Week 4 | Colorado State | BYU | #22 | W28-21 |
| 1994 Postseason Week 1 | Colorado State | Michigan | #12 | L14-24 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | Colorado State | Nebraska | #6 | L13-48 |
| 1993 Regular Week 4 | Colorado State | BYU | #19 | L22-27 |
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
1993-2007 • 15 seasons
Avg SRS 2.6 • Win % 59.3%
- Longest tenure
- Colorado State • 15 seasons
- Best tenure
- Colorado State • 2.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Colorado State • 59.3%
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.
Sonny Lubick sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeSonny Lubick sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Sonny Lubick
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 6.0
- Percentile
- 76th pct
Strong
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
1993-2007 • 108-74
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.6Win % 59.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 4.6 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.6 during vs -5.1 baseline
+7.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.0 during vs -3.5 baseline
+9.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Colorado State 1997
11-2 • SRS 16.2
Biggest Improvement
Colorado State 1997
11-2 • 14.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Colorado State 1997
11-2 • SP Off 40.8
Best Defensive Season
Colorado State 1997
11-2 • SP Def 21.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Colorado State 2006
4-8 • SRS -7.4
Biggest Drop
Colorado State 1998
8-4 • -10.5 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 | 2007 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.1 | -7.7 | 27.2 | 35.4 | +1.3 | -8.3% |
| Colorado State | 2006 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -7.4 | -5.4 | 18.9 | 23.2 | -3.8 | -16.7% |
| Colorado State | 2005 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -3.6 | -2.9 | 31.4 | 34.3 | -2.9 | +13.6% |
| Colorado State | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -0.7 | -0.9 | 32.2 | 33.4 | -5.4 | -17.5% |
| Colorado State | 2003 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #23 | — | 4.7 | 11.0 | 38.5 | 29.5 | -1.0 | -17.6% |
| Colorado State | 2002 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 5.7 | 10.2 | 36.9 | 28.7 | +6.0 | +13.1% |
| Colorado State | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #24 | — | -0.3 | 6.1 | 31.4 | 27.0 | -7.1 | -25.0% |
| Colorado State | 2000 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #14 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 32.9 | 27.3 | +2.0 | +16.7% |
| Colorado State | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 4.8 | 12.4 | 36.6 | 26.1 | -0.9 | 0.0% |
| Colorado State | 1998 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #15 | — | 5.7 | 10.0 | 35.2 | 27.1 | -10.5 | -17.9% |
| Colorado State | 1997 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #17 | 16.2 | 21.8 | 40.8 | 21.8 | +14.1 | +26.3% |
| Colorado State | 1996 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 2.1 | 6.4 | 38.0 | 33.4 | -0.6 | -8.3% |
| Colorado State | 1995 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 2.7 | 11.3 | 35.4 | 26.1 | -7.7 | -16.7% |
| Colorado State | 1994 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #16 | 10.4 | 14.1 | 40.0 | 28.2 | +12.8 | +37.9% |
| Colorado State | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.4 | -3.5 | 25.9 | 29.5 | — | — |
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