Top 25
7-13
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 35.0%
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Galen Hall
1985-1989 • Florida
One defining program at Florida.
Galen Hall's coaching record is 32-18-1, highlighted by seasons at Florida from 1985 to 1989.
Galen Hall coached 5 seasons, won 63.7%, and posted an average SRS of 11.7. Best season: 1985 Florida. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 32-18-1
- Career win rate
- 63.7%
- Average SRS
- 11.7
- Peak SRS
- 19.0
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- #5
- Consistency
- 61.7
Primary school anchor
Florida
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 82.2.
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
- 32-18-1
- Florida record
- 32-18-1
- Full-season record
- 28-17-1
- Partial-season record
- 4-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 3-10
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Georgia
- 1-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
51 countable games, 63.7% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Florida.
4 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.
13 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Florida-Georgia games in this dataset.
2 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: Dec 30, 1989. 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.
Galen Hall
EliteStrongAverageLean
1985Actual season year • SRS range 1.7 to 19.01989
Active comparison point
Galen Hall • 1985
1985 Florida
Best season9-1-1 • SRS 19.0 • SP Overall 22.7
Win %
86.4%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
35.2 / 13.2
Finish
#5
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
3-10
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 23.1%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results20
| 1988 Regular Week 14 | Florida | Florida State | #5 | L17-52 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Florida | Georgia | #19 | L3-26 |
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | Florida | Auburn | #9 | L0-16 |
| 1988 Regular Week 6 | Florida | LSU | #14 | W19-6 |
| 1987 Regular Week 14 | Florida | Florida State | #3 | L14-28 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | Florida | Georgia | #8 | L10-23 |
| 1987 Regular Week 10 | Florida | Auburn | #6 | L6-29 |
| 1987 Regular Week 6 | Florida | LSU | #7 | L10-13 |
| 1987 Regular Week 4 | Florida | Alabama | #17 | W23-14 |
| 1987 Regular Week 2 | Florida | Miami | #7 | L4-31 |
| 1987 Postseason Week 1 | Florida | UCLA | #9 | L16-20 |
| 1986 Regular Week 10 | Florida | Auburn | #9 | W18-17 |
| 1986 Regular Week 6 | Florida | LSU | #16 | L17-28 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | Florida | Alabama | #3 | L7-21 |
| 1986 Regular Week 2 | Florida | Miami | #2 | L15-23 |
| 1985 Regular Week 14 | Florida | Florida State | #12 | W38-14 |
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | Florida | Georgia | #17 | L3-24 |
| 1985 Regular Week 10 | Florida | Auburn | #6 | W14-10 |
| 1985 Regular Week 7 | Florida | Tennessee | #14 | W17-10 |
| 1985 Regular Week 6 | Florida | LSU | #8 | W20-0 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Florida
1985-1989 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 11.7 • Win % 63.7%
- Longest tenure
- Florida • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Florida • 11.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Florida • 63.7%
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.
Galen Hall sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGalen Hall sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Galen Hall
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 15.8
- Percentile
- 95th pct
Elite
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.
Florida
1985-1989 • 32-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.7Win % 63.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 6.6 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.1 during vs 17.6 baseline
-5.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
16.7 during vs 21.0 baseline
-4.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-15.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida 1985
9-1-1 • SRS 19.0
Biggest Improvement
Florida 1989
4-1 • 8.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Florida 1985
9-1-1 • SP Off 35.2
Best Defensive Season
Florida 1986
6-5 • SP Def 11.3
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Florida 1988
7-5 • SRS 1.7
Biggest Drop
Florida 1988
7-5 • -14.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida | 1989 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 10.2 | 12.2 | 29.2 | 17.7 | +8.5 | +21.7% | Partial season |
| Florida | 1988 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 1.7 | 3.7 | 20.6 | 17.5 | -14.8 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1987 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #20 | — | 16.5 | 21.8 | 34.0 | 13.1 | +5.3 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1986 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #13 | — | 11.2 | 18.6 | 29.0 | 11.3 | -7.8 | -31.8% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1985 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | #5 | #5 | 19.0 | 22.7 | 35.2 | 13.2 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Avg SRS 9.7 • Peak SRS 20.0 • 4 seasons
Best finish #10 • Volatility 7.6
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