Top 25
7-15
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 31.8%
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Charlie Strong
2004-2019 • Florida, Louisville, South Florida, Texas
4 schools coached, anchored by Louisville.
Charlie Strong's coaching record is 74-53, highlighted by seasons at Louisville from 2004 to 2019.
Charlie Strong coached 11 seasons, won 58.3%, and posted an average SRS of 3.3. Best season: 2004 Florida. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 74-53
- Career win rate
- 58.3%
- Average SRS
- 3.3
- Peak SRS
- 13.3
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
- 11
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- #13
- Consistency
- 42.2
Primary school anchor
Louisville
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 69.4.
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
- 74-53
- Louisville record
- 37-15
- Full-season record
- 74-52
- Partial-season record
- 0-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 4-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Cincinnati
- 2-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
127 countable games, 58.3% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Louisville.
10 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.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Cincinnati-Louisville games in this dataset.
7 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: Nov 30, 2019. 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.
Charlie Strong
EliteStrongAverageLean
Charlie Strong: 2010 LouisvilleCharlie Strong: 2014 TexasCharlie Strong: 2017 South Florida
2004Actual season year • SRS range -11.0 to 13.32019
Active comparison point
Charlie Strong • 2004
2004 Florida
Best season0-1 • SRS 13.3 • SP Overall 17.1
Win %
0.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
39.4 / 25.0
Finish
Unranked
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
4-4
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results22
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
South Florida
2017-2019 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -3.5 • Win % 56.8%
Texas
2014-2016 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 3.6 • Win % 43.2%
Louisville
2010-2013 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 71.2%
Florida
2004-2004 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 13.3 • Win % 0.0%
- Longest tenure
- Louisville • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Florida • 13.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Louisville • 71.2%
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.
Charlie Strong sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCharlie Strong sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Charlie Strong
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 8.4
- Percentile
- 81th 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.
South Florida
2017-2019 • 21-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.5Win % 56.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 5.4 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs -3.4 baseline
-0.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.3 during vs -3.4 baseline
+3.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
Texas
2014-2016 • 16-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.6Win % 43.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 8.6 baseline
-3.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.6 during vs 12.3 baseline
-8.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 17.7 baseline
-9.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Louisville
2010-2013 • 37-15
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.8Win % 71.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.3 during vs 7.2 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 5.3 baseline
+0.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.2 during vs 10.3 baseline
+2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+10.0%
Florida
2004-2004 • 0-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 13.3Win % 0.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida 2004
0-1 • SRS 13.3
Biggest Improvement
Louisville 2013
12-1 • 6.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Florida 2004
0-1 • SP Off 39.4
Best Defensive Season
Louisville 2013
12-1 • SP Def 15.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
South Florida 2018
7-6 • SRS -11.0
Biggest Drop
South Florida 2018
7-6 • -19.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| South Florida | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -8.3 | -9.8 | 20.4 | 27.4 | +2.7 | -20.5% | Season summary |
| South Florida | 2018 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -11.0 | -1.2 | 29.1 | 29.8 | -19.9 | -29.5% | Season summary |
| South Florida | 2017 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #19 | #21 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 31.6 | 21.2 | +6.3 | +41.7% | Season summary |
| Texas | 2016 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.6 | 10.6 | 37.4 | 26.8 | +0.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Texas | 2015 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.3 | 3.7 | 30.7 | 27.0 | -3.5 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Texas | 2014 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 5.8 | 9.0 | 26.0 | 17.2 | -6.5 | -46.2% | Season summary |
| Louisville | 2013 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #9 | #15 | 12.3 | 24.2 | 39.1 | 15.2 | +6.9 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Louisville | 2012 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #25 | #13 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 35.7 | 24.2 | +3.7 | +30.8% | Season summary |
| Louisville | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 1.7 | 7.2 | 25.5 | 18.8 | -2.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Louisville | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.7 | 10.9 | 28.6 | 19.1 | -9.6 | +53.8% | Season summary |
| Florida | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | #11 | — | 13.3 | 17.1 | 39.4 | 25.0 | — | — | Partial season |
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