Top 25
12-26
- Games
- 38
- Win rate
- 31.6%
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Coach Profile
George OLeary
1994-2015 • Georgia Tech, UCF
2 schools coached, anchored by UCF.
George OLeary's coaching record is 133-101, highlighted by seasons at UCF from 1994 to 2015.
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.
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
- 133-101
- UCF record
- 81-68
- Full-season record
- 126-85
- Partial-season record
- 7-16
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-13
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-9
- Vs South Florida
- 2-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 5-6
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
234 countable games, 56.8% win rate.
12 countable seasons at UCF.
17 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
15 games using AP ranking at game time.
10 games using AP ranking at game time.
War on I-4 games in this dataset.
11 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 27, 2015. 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.
George OLeary
EliteStrongAverageLean
George OLeary: 2004 UCF
1994Actual season year • SRS range -23.4 to 13.42015
Active comparison point
George OLeary • 1998
1998 Georgia Tech
Best season10-2 • 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.
Top 10
2-13
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 13.3%
Top 5
1-9
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 10.0%
View ranked game results38
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
2004-2015 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS -4.3 • Win % 54.4%
Georgia Tech
1994-2001 • 8 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 edgeGeorge 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
2004-2015 • 81-68
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
7.4 during vs 5.1 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.8 during vs -4.7 baseline
+2.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.5 during vs -5.5 baseline
+3.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
18.2% during vs 0.0% baseline
+18.2%
Georgia Tech
1994-2001 • 52-33
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
7.5 during vs 7.2 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 7.5 baseline
+1.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.2 during vs 8.6 baseline
+0.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
66.7% during vs 20.0% baseline
+46.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Georgia Tech 1998
10-2 • SRS 13.4
Biggest Improvement
UCF 2007
10-4 • 18.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Georgia Tech 1999
8-4 • SP Off 46.5
Best Defensive Season
UCF 2014
9-4 • SP Def 19.7
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
UCF 2004
0-11 • SRS -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.
| UCF | 2015 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -21.0 | -15.5 | 16.3 | 33.7 | -20.6 | -69.2% | Partial season |
| UCF | 2014 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -0.4 | 5.7 | 25.8 | 19.7 | -9.9 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2013 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #10 | 9.5 | 12.3 | 38.4 | 27.4 | +3.7 | +20.9% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2012 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 5.8 | 6.3 | 32.0 | 25.6 | +8.3 | +29.8% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2011 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.5 | 5.1 | 27.0 | 22.7 | -7.5 | -36.9% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2010 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #21 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 28.2 | 22.4 | +5.8 | +17.0% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -0.8 | -5.4 | 21.1 | 25.7 | +11.0 | +28.2% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -11.8 | -15.8 | 7.3 | 22.3 | -18.2 | -38.1% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2007 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 6.4 | 3.5 | 30.5 | 28.5 | +18.6 | +38.1% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2006 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -12.2 | -10.3 | 21.8 | 32.1 | -6.2 | -28.2% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2005 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -6.0 | -11.7 | 25.8 | 37.5 | +17.4 | +61.5% | Season summary |
| UCF | 2004 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -23.4 | -22.2 | 19.0 | 38.9 | -33.8 | -58.3% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #10 | #24 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 37.4 | 28.4 | -2.6 | -16.7% | Partial season |
| Georgia Tech | 2000 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #17 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 37.8 | 25.8 | -0.4 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #11 | #20 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 46.5 | 35.5 | 0.0 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1998 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #9 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 42.5 | 30.7 | +4.8 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1997 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | #25 | 8.6 | 12.0 | 36.1 | 26.1 | +7.5 | +12.9% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1996 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.1 | 0.5 | 25.4 | 25.0 | +0.1 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1995 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 1.0 | 0.4 | 27.4 | 27.3 | +12.6 | +54.5% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1994 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -11.6 | -14.0 | 20.2 | 32.6 | — | — | Partial season |
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