Coach Profile
1902-1927 • Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Rice, Washington & Jefferson
5 schools coached, anchored by Georgia Tech.
John Heisman's coaching record is 148-60-14, highlighted by seasons at Georgia Tech from 1902 to 1927.
John Heisman coached 26 seasons, won 69.8%, and posted an average SRS of 2.8. Best season: 1917 Georgia Tech. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 5 stints 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
Georgia Tech
Balanced profile with 5 program stops and a peak score of 96.3.
Quick Answers
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
222 countable games, 69.8% win rate.
16 countable seasons at Georgia Tech.
26 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate games in this dataset.
0 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 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 24, 1927. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Active comparison point
9-0 • SRS 29.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+17.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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.
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Rice
1924-1927 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -4.0 • Win % 44.3%
Washington & Jefferson
1923-1923 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 81.3%
Pennsylvania
1920-1922 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 6.2 • Win % 60.7%
Georgia Tech
1904-1919 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 3.1 • Win % 76.4%
Clemson
1902-1903 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 3.8 • Win % 80.8%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Heisman
Insufficient sample
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1924-1927 • 14-18-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.5 during vs 4.6 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.0 during vs -5.9 baseline
+2.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1923-1923 • 6-1-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 6.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.0 during vs 18.1 baseline
-4.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1920-1922 • 16-10-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
1904-1919 • 102-29-7
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
1902-1903 • 10-2-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Georgia Tech 1917
9-0 • SRS 29.1
Biggest Improvement
Georgia Tech 1913
7-2 • 19.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Georgia Tech 1912
5-3-1 • SRS -14.5
Biggest Drop
Georgia Tech 1912
5-3-1 • -17.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Rice | 1927 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | +12.7 | -22.2% | Season summary |
| Rice | 1926 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -9.8 | — | — | — | -0.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Rice | 1925 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -9.5 | — | — | — | -10.0 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Rice | 1924 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | -13.5 | -31.3% | Season summary |
| Washington & Jefferson | 1923 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 14.0 | — | — | — | +1.9 | +14.6% | Season summary |
| Pennsylvania | 1922 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 12.1 | — | — | — | +12.6 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Pennsylvania | 1921 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55.6% | — | — | -0.5 | — | — | — | -7.4 | -4.4% | Season summary |
| Pennsylvania | 1920 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 6.9 | — | — | — | -5.8 | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1919 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | — | -15.7% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1918 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -14.3% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1917 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 29.1 | — | — | — | +17.6 | +5.6% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1916 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | — | 11.5 | — | — | — | -6.0 | +0.7% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1915 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 93.8% | — | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | +19.0 | +18.8% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1914 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | -1.5 | — | — | — | -6.3 | -2.8% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1913 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 4.8 | — | — | — | +19.3 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1912 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -14.5 | — | — | — | -17.4 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1911 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | -4.6 | +9.7% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1910 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | +5.5 | -15.3% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1909 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | +10.5 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1908 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -8.5 | — | — | — | +1.5 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1907 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -10.0 | — | — | — | -1.5 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1906 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -8.5 | — | — | — | -15.7 | -31.8% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1905 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 92.9% | — | — | 7.2 | — | — | — | +13.1 | +7.9% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1904 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | — | -5.9 | — | — | — | -6.3 | +10.0% | Season summary |
| Clemson | 1903 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 0.4 | — | — | — | -6.8 | -10.7% | Season summary |
| Clemson | 1902 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | — | — | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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