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George OLeary

1994-2015Georgia Tech, UCF

2 schools coached, anchored by UCF.

George OLeary coached 20 seasons, won 56.8%, and posted an average SRS of -0.1. Best season: 1998 Georgia Tech. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
133-101
Career win rate
56.8%
Average SRS
-0.1
Peak SRS
13.4

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
20
Career span
22 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
8.9

Primary school anchor

UCF

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 69.5.

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.

George OLeary
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George OLeary: 2004 UCF
1994Actual season year • SRS range -23.4 to 13.42015

Active comparison point

George OLeary1998

Selected

1998 Georgia Tech

Best season

10-2 • SRS 13.4 • SP Overall 14.9

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+4.8

SP Off / Def

42.5 / 30.7

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

14-33

Games
47
Win rate
29.8%

Top 10

2-15

Games
17
Win rate
11.8%

Top 5

1-9

Games
10
Win rate
10.0%
View ranked game results47
2015 Regular Week 8UCFHouston#21L10-59
2014 Regular Week 3UCFMissouri#20L10-38
2013 Regular Week 8UCFLouisville#8W38-35
2013 Regular Week 5UCFSouth Carolina#12L25-28
2013 Postseason Week 1UCFBaylor#13W52-42
2012 Regular Week 2UCFOhio State#14L16-31
2011 Regular Week 11UCFSouthern Miss#25L29-30
2009 Regular Week 11UCFHouston#13W37-32
2009 Regular Week 10UCFTexas#2L3-35
2009 Regular Week 7UCFMiami#9L7-27
2008 Regular Week 9UCFTulsa#22L19-49
2008 Regular Week 2UCFSouth Florida#17L24-31
2007 Regular Week 7UCFSouth Florida#5L12-64
2007 Regular Week 3UCFTexas#6L32-35
2006 Regular Week 2UCFFlorida#7L0-42
2004 Regular Week 3UCFWest Virginia#10L20-45
2001 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#19L17-31
2001 Regular Week 11Georgia TechNorth Carolina#22W28-21
2001 Regular Week 8Georgia TechMaryland#22L17-20
2001 Postseason Week 1Georgia TechStanford#11W24-14
2000 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#19W27-15
2000 Regular Week 10Georgia TechClemson#5W31-28
2000 Regular Week 3Georgia TechFlorida State#2L21-26
2000 Postseason Week 1Georgia TechLSU#22L14-28
1999 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#16W51-48
1999 Regular Week 3Georgia TechFlorida State#1L35-41
1999 Postseason Week 1Georgia TechMiami#15L13-28
1998 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#19W21-19
1998 Regular Week 9Georgia TechFlorida State#5L7-34
1998 Regular Week 8Georgia TechVirginia#16W41-38
1998 Postseason Week 1Georgia TechNotre Dame#22W35-28
1997 Regular Week 15Georgia TechGeorgia#14L24-27
1997 Regular Week 11Georgia TechNorth Carolina#5L13-16
1997 Regular Week 9Georgia TechFlorida State#3L0-38
1997 Regular Week 6Georgia TechClemson#17W23-20
1997 Regular Week 3Georgia TechNotre Dame#11L13-17
1996 Regular Week 11Georgia TechFlorida State#3L3-49
1996 Regular Week 7Georgia TechVirginia#12W13-7
1996 Regular Week 5Georgia TechNorth Carolina#11L0-16
1995 Regular Week 9Georgia TechFlorida State#1L10-42
1995 Regular Week 6Georgia TechMaryland#17W31-3
1995 Regular Week 4Georgia TechVirginia#16L14-41
1995 Regular Week 3Georgia TechArizona#17L19-20
1994 Regular Week 11Georgia TechFlorida State#8L10-41
1994 Regular Week 7Georgia TechNorth Carolina#14L24-31
1994 Regular Week 6Georgia TechNC State#22L13-21
1994 Regular Week 2Georgia TechArizona#7L14-19

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

UCF

2004-201512 seasons

Avg SRS -4.3 • Win % 54.4%

Georgia Tech

1994-20018 seasons

Avg SRS 6.2 • Win % 61.2%

Longest tenure
UCF • 12 seasons
Best tenure
Georgia Tech • 6.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Georgia Tech • 61.2%

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.

George OLeary sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

George OLeary sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

George OLeary

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
0.5
Percentile
59th 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.

UCF

2004-201581-68

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -4.3Win % 54.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 5.1 baseline

+1.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.3 during vs -4.7 baseline

+0.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.6 during vs -5.5 baseline

+2.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Georgia Tech

1994-200152-33

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 6.2Win % 61.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 7.2 baseline

-0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 7.5 baseline

-1.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 8.6 baseline

-2.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

62.5% during vs 20.0% baseline

+42.5%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Georgia Tech 1998

10-2SRS 13.4

Biggest Improvement

UCF 2007

10-418.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Georgia Tech 1999

8-4SP Off 46.5

Best Defensive Season

UCF 2014

9-4SP Def 19.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

UCF 2004

0-11SRS -23.4

Biggest Drop

UCF 2004

0-11-33.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

UCF201580800.0%-21.0-15.516.333.7-20.6-69.2%
UCF20141394069.2%-0.45.725.819.7-9.9-23.1%
UCF201313121092.3%#109.512.338.427.4+3.7+20.9%
UCF201214104071.4%5.86.332.025.6+8.3+29.8%
UCF20111257041.7%-2.55.127.022.7-7.5-36.9%
UCF201014113078.6%#215.05.128.222.4+5.8+17.0%
UCF20091385061.5%-0.8-5.421.125.7+11.0+28.2%
UCF20081248033.3%-11.8-15.87.322.3-18.2-38.1%
UCF200714104071.4%6.43.530.528.5+18.6+38.1%
UCF20061248033.3%-12.2-10.321.832.1-6.2-28.2%
UCF20051385061.5%-6.0-11.725.837.5+17.4+61.5%
UCF20041101100.0%-23.4-22.219.038.9-33.8-58.3%
Georgia Tech20011275058.3%#10#2410.411.037.428.4-2.6-16.7%
Georgia Tech20001293075.0%#1713.013.437.825.8-0.4+8.3%
Georgia Tech19991284066.7%#11#2013.414.146.535.50.0-16.7%
Georgia Tech199812102083.3%#913.414.942.530.7+4.8+25.0%
Georgia Tech19971275058.3%#258.612.036.126.1+7.5+12.9%
Georgia Tech19961156045.5%1.10.525.425.0+0.1-9.1%
Georgia Tech19951165054.5%1.00.427.427.3+12.6+54.5%
Georgia Tech199430300.0%-11.6-14.020.232.6

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