Coach Profile
1977-1984 • Clemson, Florida
2 schools coached, anchored by Florida.
Charley Pell coached 8 seasons, won 62.4%, and posted an average SRS of 14.8. Best season: 1984 Florida. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Florida
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 89.5.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
1-1-1 • SRS 22.7 • SP Overall 26.8
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+1.6
SP Off / Def
40.3 / 15.0
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Florida
1979-1984 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 14.2 • Win % 55.6%
Clemson
1977-1978 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 16.4 • Win % 80.4%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Charley Pell sets the reference point in overall strength.
Charley Pell sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Charley Pell
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1979-1984 • 33-26-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 7.0 baseline
-1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.2 during vs 13.9 baseline
+0.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
16.7 during vs 15.4 baseline
+1.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
1977-1978 • 18-4-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 4.2 baseline
+4.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
16.4 during vs -1.1 baseline
+17.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
19.3 during vs -3.1 baseline
+22.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+100.0%
High Points
Best Season
Florida 1984
1-1-1 • SRS 22.7
Biggest Improvement
Florida 1980
8-4 • 17.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Florida 1984
1-1-1 • SP Off 40.3
Best Defensive Season
Florida 1983
9-2-1 • SP Def 9.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Florida 1979
0-10-1 • SRS -2.7
Biggest Drop
Florida 1979
0-10-1 • -21.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida | 1984 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | #17 | #3 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 40.3 | 15.0 | +1.6 | -29.2% |
| Florida | 1983 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | #6 | 21.1 | 28.0 | 36.2 | 9.1 | +7.7 | +12.5% |
| Florida | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #16 | — | 13.4 | 17.3 | 34.2 | 18.3 | -2.1 | +8.3% |
| Florida | 1981 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #17 | — | 15.5 | 16.8 | 30.1 | 14.3 | +0.4 | -8.3% |
| Florida | 1980 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 15.1 | 15.9 | 29.4 | 14.3 | +17.8 | +62.1% |
| Florida | 1979 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4.5% | — | — | -2.7 | -4.5 | 17.8 | 22.2 | -21.2 | -86.4% |
| Clemson | 1978 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #18 | #6 | 18.5 | 20.2 | 34.6 | 15.2 | +4.1 | +20.1% |
| Clemson | 1977 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | #19 | 14.4 | 18.3 | 28.0 | 10.7 | — | — |
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