Top 25
13-32
- Games
- 45
- Win rate
- 28.9%
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Coach Profile
Paul Johnson
2002-2018 • Georgia Tech, Navy
2 schools coached, anchored by Georgia Tech.
Paul Johnson coached 17 seasons, won 59.0%, and posted an average SRS of 4.5. Best season: 2014 Georgia Tech. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 128-89
- Career win rate
- 59.0%
- Average SRS
- 4.5
- Peak SRS
- 18.5
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
- 17
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #8
- Consistency
- 43.9
Primary school anchor
Georgia Tech
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 81.3.
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.
Paul Johnson
EliteStrongAverageLean
Paul Johnson: 2008 Georgia Tech
2002Actual season year • SRS range -14.2 to 18.52018
Active comparison point
Paul Johnson • 2014
2014 Georgia Tech
Best season11-3 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 11.2
Win %
78.6%
YoY SRS
+10.4
SP Off / Def
44.1 / 32.0
Finish
#8
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
4-14
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 22.2%
Top 5
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
View ranked game results45
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Georgia Tech
2008-2018 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 7.7 • Win % 58.0%
Navy
2002-2007 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -1.4 • Win % 60.8%
- Longest tenure
- Georgia Tech • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- Georgia Tech • 7.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Navy • 60.8%
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.
Paul Johnson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePaul Johnson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Johnson
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 2.5
- Percentile
- 66th pct
Above average
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.
Georgia Tech
2008-2018 • 83-60
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.7Win % 58.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 6.7 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 6.5 baseline
+1.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 10.3 baseline
-3.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
27.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+27.3%
Navy
2002-2007 • 45-29
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.4Win % 60.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 3.2 baseline
+4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.4 during vs -8.9 baseline
+7.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.3 during vs -10.8 baseline
+4.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Georgia Tech 2014
11-3 • SRS 18.5
Biggest Improvement
Navy 2003
8-5 • 15.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Georgia Tech 2014
11-3 • SP Off 44.1
Best Defensive Season
Georgia Tech 2008
9-4 • SP Def 18.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
Navy 2002
2-10 • SRS -14.2
Biggest Drop
Georgia Tech 2010
6-7 • -16.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Georgia Tech | 2018 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.4 | 0.3 | 33.0 | 33.9 | -5.3 | +8.4% |
| Georgia Tech | 2017 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 8.7 | 8.9 | 34.9 | 25.1 | +1.4 | -23.8% |
| Georgia Tech | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 7.3 | 7.8 | 35.0 | 28.5 | +2.7 | +44.2% |
| Georgia Tech | 2015 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | #16 | — | 4.6 | 9.0 | 33.1 | 25.4 | -13.9 | -53.6% |
| Georgia Tech | 2014 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #8 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 44.1 | 32.0 | +10.4 | +24.7% |
| Georgia Tech | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 8.1 | 11.4 | 35.3 | 24.9 | +2.7 | +3.9% |
| Georgia Tech | 2012 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.4 | 6.0 | 36.1 | 28.1 | +2.0 | -11.5% |
| Georgia Tech | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 3.4 | 5.1 | 32.6 | 26.3 | +2.8 | +15.4% |
| Georgia Tech | 2010 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #16 | — | 0.6 | 2.9 | 30.4 | 27.9 | -16.2 | -32.4% |
| Georgia Tech | 2009 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #15 | #13 | 16.8 | 9.7 | 35.4 | 25.8 | +8.7 | +9.3% |
| Georgia Tech | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #22 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 29.5 | 18.9 | +10.3 | +2.6% |
| Navy | 2007 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -2.2 | -9.8 | 32.6 | 41.6 | -6.7 | -2.6% |
| Navy | 2006 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 4.5 | -1.9 | 27.0 | 28.3 | +3.6 | +2.6% |
| Navy | 2005 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 0.9 | -2.1 | 32.4 | 34.5 | -0.7 | -16.7% |
| Navy | 2004 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #24 | 1.6 | -3.4 | 27.0 | 30.2 | +0.6 | +21.8% |
| Navy | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 1.0 | -3.8 | 31.2 | 34.7 | +15.2 | +44.9% |
| Navy | 2002 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -14.2 | -16.8 | 29.6 | 42.3 | — | — |
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