Top 25
3-19-1
- Games
- 23
- Win rate
- 15.2%
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Coach Profile
Bob Woodruff
1947-1959 • Baylor, Florida
2 schools coached, anchored by Florida.
Bob Woodruff's coaching record is 72-52-8, highlighted by seasons at Florida from 1947 to 1959.
Bob Woodruff coached 13 seasons, won 57.6%, and posted an average SRS of 11.2. Best season: 1952 Florida. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 72-52-8
- Career win rate
- 57.6%
- Average SRS
- 11.2
- Peak SRS
- 19.4
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
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #14
- Consistency
- 70.7
Primary school anchor
Florida
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 82.8.
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
- 72-52-8
- Florida record
- 53-42-6
- Full-season record
- 72-52-8
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-12-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-8
- Vs Georgia
- 6-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 2-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
132 countable games, 57.6% win rate.
10 countable seasons at Florida.
13 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
14 games using AP ranking at game time.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
Florida-Georgia games in this dataset.
3 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 28, 1959. 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.
Bob Woodruff
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Bob Woodruff: 1950 Florida
1947Actual season year • SRS range -1.9 to 19.41959
Active comparison point
Bob Woodruff • 1952
1952 Florida
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-3 • SRS 19.4 • SP Overall —
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+10.9
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#15
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
1-12-1
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 10.7%
Top 5
1-8
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 11.1%
View ranked game results23
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | Florida | Georgia | #12 | L10-21 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | Florida | Auburn | #8 | L0-6 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | Florida | LSU | #1 | L0-9 |
| 1958 Regular Week 8 | Florida | Auburn | #5 | L5-6 |
| 1958 Regular Week 7 | Florida | LSU | #1 | L7-10 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | Florida | Mississippi State | #11 | L7-14 |
| 1958 Postseason Week 1 | Florida | Ole Miss | #11 | L3-7 |
| 1957 Regular Week 8 | Florida | Auburn | #3 | L0-13 |
| 1956 Regular Week 11 | Florida | Georgia Tech | #4 | L0-28 |
| 1955 Regular Week 11 | Florida | Miami | #14 | L6-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 2 | Florida | Georgia Tech | #2 | L7-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 11 | Florida | Miami | #11 | L0-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 2 | Florida | Georgia Tech | #5 | W13-12 |
| 1953 Regular Week 7 | Florida | Auburn | #15 | L7-16 |
| 1953 Regular Week 2 | Florida | Georgia Tech | #9 | T0-0 |
| 1952 Regular Week 10 | Florida | Tennessee | #9 | L12-26 |
| 1952 Regular Week 3 | Florida | Georgia Tech | #5 | L14-17 |
| 1952 Postseason Week 1 | Florida | Tulsa | #12 | W14-13 |
| 1951 Regular Week 7 | Florida | Kentucky | #12 | L6-14 |
| 1951 Regular Week 3 | Florida | Georgia Tech | #8 | L0-27 |
| 1950 Regular Week 8 | Florida | Kentucky | #5 | L6-40 |
| 1948 Postseason Week 1 | Baylor | Wake Forest | #20 | W20-7 |
| 1947 Regular Week 9 | Baylor | Texas | #6 | L7-28 |
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
1950-1959 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 10.9 • Win % 55.5%
Baylor
1947-1949 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 12.1 • Win % 64.5%
- Longest tenure
- Florida • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Baylor • 12.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Baylor • 64.5%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob Woodruff
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- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1950-1959 • 53-42-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.9Win % 55.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 3.4 baseline
+1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.9 during vs -1.9 baseline
+12.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+40.0%
Baylor
1947-1949 • 19-10-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.1Win % 64.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.1 during vs -0.6 baseline
+12.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida 1952
8-3 • SRS 19.4
Biggest Improvement
Florida 1952
8-3 • 10.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Florida 1950
5-5 • SRS -1.9
Biggest Drop
Florida 1950
5-5 • -18.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida | 1959 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | #19 | 10.8 | — | — | — | -1.7 | -4.1% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1958 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | #14 | 12.5 | — | — | — | -3.8 | -13.1% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1957 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | #17 | 16.3 | — | — | — | -0.5 | +7.2% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1956 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 16.8 | — | — | — | +7.4 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1955 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 9.4 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1954 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.3 | — | — | — | -0.9 | +10.0% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1953 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | #15 | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | -10.2 | -32.7% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1952 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #15 | 19.4 | — | — | — | +10.9 | +22.7% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1951 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | +10.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Florida | 1950 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -1.9 | — | — | — | -18.9 | -30.0% | Season summary |
| Baylor | 1949 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #20 | 17.0 | — | — | — | +5.0 | +16.4% | Season summary |
| Baylor | 1948 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 63.6% | — | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | +4.7 | +13.6% | Season summary |
| Baylor | 1947 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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