Top 25
5-14
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 26.3%
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Bill Lewis
1977-1993 • East Carolina, Georgia Tech, Wyoming
3 schools coached, anchored by East Carolina.
Bill Lewis coached 8 seasons, won 49.5%, and posted an average SRS of -0.5. Best season: 1991 East Carolina. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 44-45-2
- Career win rate
- 49.5%
- Average SRS
- -0.5
- Peak SRS
- 8.5
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
- 8
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #9
- Consistency
- 76.5
Primary school anchor
East Carolina
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 57.6.
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.
Bill Lewis
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bill Lewis: 1989 East CarolinaBill Lewis: 1992 Georgia Tech
1977Actual season year • SRS range -8.2 to 8.51993
Active comparison point
Bill Lewis • 1991
1991 East Carolina
Best seasonBiggest improvement11-1 • SRS 8.5 • SP Overall 11.3
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+8.4
SP Off / Def
39.2 / 29.8
Finish
#9
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results19
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | Georgia Tech | North Carolina | #14 | L3-41 |
| 1993 Regular Week 6 | Georgia Tech | Florida State | #1 | L0-51 |
| 1993 Regular Week 4 | Georgia Tech | Virginia | #25 | L14-35 |
| 1992 Regular Week 14 | Georgia Tech | Georgia | #9 | L17-31 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | Georgia Tech | Florida State | #6 | L24-29 |
| 1992 Regular Week 6 | Georgia Tech | NC State | #21 | W16-13 |
| 1992 Regular Week 5 | Georgia Tech | Clemson | #16 | W20-16 |
| 1992 Regular Week 4 | Georgia Tech | Virginia | #20 | L24-55 |
| 1991 Regular Week 9 | East Carolina | Pittsburgh | #23 | W24-23 |
| 1991 Regular Week 7 | East Carolina | Syracuse | #15 | W23-20 |
| 1991 Postseason Week 1 | East Carolina | NC State | #24 | W37-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 3 | East Carolina | Florida State | #3 | L24-45 |
| 1989 Regular Week 12 | East Carolina | Pittsburgh | #19 | L42-47 |
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | East Carolina | Miami | #7 | L10-40 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | Wyoming | BYU | #11 | L14-54 |
| 1979 Regular Week 2 | Wyoming | Washington | #14 | L2-38 |
| 1978 Regular Week 4 | Wyoming | Texas | #6 | L3-17 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Wyoming | Arizona State | #17 | L0-45 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | Wyoming | BYU | #17 | L7-10 |
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
1992-1993 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -0.3 • Win % 45.5%
East Carolina
1989-1991 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 1.8 • Win % 63.2%
Wyoming
1977-1979 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -2.9 • Win % 38.6%
- Longest tenure
- East Carolina • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- East Carolina • 1.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- East Carolina • 63.2%
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.
Bill Lewis sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Lewis sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Lewis
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -0.7
- Percentile
- 54th pct
Mixed
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
1992-1993 • 10-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.3Win % 45.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 6.2 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.3 during vs 6.3 baseline
-6.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.3 during vs 5.4 baseline
-5.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
East Carolina
1989-1991 • 21-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.8Win % 63.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 2.8 baseline
+4.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.8 during vs -5.4 baseline
+7.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.8 during vs -7.4 baseline
+11.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Wyoming
1977-1979 • 13-21-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.9Win % 38.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.9 during vs -6.7 baseline
+3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.5 during vs -8.6 baseline
+3.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
East Carolina 1991
11-1 • SRS 8.5
Biggest Improvement
East Carolina 1991
11-1 • 8.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
East Carolina 1991
11-1 • SP Off 39.2
Best Defensive Season
Wyoming 1978
5-7 • SP Def 22.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wyoming 1979
4-8 • SRS -8.2
Biggest Drop
Wyoming 1979
4-8 • -11.7 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 | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.2 | -3.4 | 29.5 | 33.0 | -3.9 | 0.0% |
| Georgia Tech | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #23 | — | 1.7 | 2.8 | 29.6 | 27.7 | -6.8 | -46.2% |
| East Carolina | 1991 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #9 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 39.2 | 29.8 | +8.4 | +46.2% |
| East Carolina | 1990 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 0.1 | 2.6 | 29.9 | 28.2 | +3.2 | -4.5% |
| East Carolina | 1989 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -3.1 | -2.5 | 30.5 | 33.4 | +5.1 | +16.7% |
| Wyoming | 1979 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -8.2 | -12.1 | 17.7 | 28.7 | -11.7 | -8.3% |
| Wyoming | 1978 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.5 | 7.4 | 28.5 | 22.2 | +7.6 | +0.8% |
| Wyoming | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -4.1 | -11.7 | 18.8 | 29.5 | — | — |
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