Top 25
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Coach Profile
Larry Jones
College football coaching record, Florida State years & career stats
1971-1973 • Florida State
One defining program at Florida State.
Larry Jones's coaching record is 15-19, highlighted by seasons at Florida State from 1971 to 1973.
Larry Jones coached 3 seasons, won 44.1%, and posted an average SRS of 2.9. Best season: 1971 Florida State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 15-19
- Career win rate
- 44.1%
- Average SRS
- 2.9
- Peak SRS
- 15.0
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- #0
- Consistency
- 3.2
Primary school anchor
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 73.5.
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
- 15-19
- Florida State record
- 15-19
- Full-season record
- 15-19
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Miami
- 2-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
34 countable games, 44.1% win rate.
3 countable seasons at Florida State.
3 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Florida State-Miami games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career Résumé
Larry Jones season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 2
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 3
- National titles
- 0
67% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
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: Dec 1, 1973. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about Larry Jones
Who is Larry Jones?
Larry Jones is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at Florida State, with a 15-19 career record from 1971-1973 across 3 countable seasons.
What is Larry Jones's college football coaching record?
Larry Jones's college football coaching record is 15-19 across 3 countable seasons, anchored by Florida State.
Which schools did Larry Jones coach?
Larry Jones coached at Florida State in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did Larry Jones have?
Larry Jones had 2 winning seasons across 3 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did Larry Jones have?
Larry Jones had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did Larry Jones have?
Larry Jones recorded 3 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did Larry Jones coach at Florida State?
Larry Jones's Florida State head coach years were 1971-1973, covering 3 countable seasons with a 15-19 record.
How did Larry Jones do against ranked opponents?
Larry Jones's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-4 across 4 games.
How does CFBTrack count Larry Jones's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Larry Jones 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
Larry Jones
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -15.3 to 15.01973
Active comparison point
Larry Jones • 1971
1971 Florida State
Best season8-4 • SRS 15.0 • SP Overall 14.7
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
30.9 / 17.4
Finish
#0
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
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
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results4
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Florida State | Houston | #15 | L3-34 |
| 1973 Regular Week 5 | Florida State | Miami | #17 | L10-14 |
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | Florida State | Auburn | #12 | L14-27 |
| 1971 Postseason Week 1 | Florida State | Arizona State | #8 | L38-45 |
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- Florida State • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Florida State • 2.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Florida State • 44.1%
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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.
Overall Strength
Larry Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Larry Jones
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.1
- Percentile
- 57th pct
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Larry Jones coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Florida State
1971-1973 • 15-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.9Win % 44.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 6.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 11.5 baseline
-8.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.1 during vs 10.3 baseline
-10.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+100.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida State 1971
8-4 • SRS 15.0
Biggest Improvement
Florida State 1972
7-4 • -6.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Florida State 1971
8-4 • SP Off 30.9
Best Defensive Season
Florida State 1971
8-4 • SP Def 17.4
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Florida State 1973
0-11 • SRS -15.3
Biggest Drop
Florida State 1973
0-11 • -24.3 SRS
Larry Jones coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| Florida StateLowest | 1973 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | #0 | #0 | -15.3 | -21.3 | 13.1 | 33.5 | -24.3 | -63.6% | Season summary |
| Florida State | 1972 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #0 | #0 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 30.9 | 26.1 | -6.0 | -3.0% | Season summary |
| Florida StateBest | 1971 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #0 | #0 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 30.9 | 17.4 | — | — | Season summary |
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