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- Games
- 7
- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Nick Rolovich
2016-2021 • Hawai'i, Washington State
2 schools coached, anchored by Hawai'i.
Nick Rolovich's coaching record is 33-33, highlighted by seasons at Hawai'i from 2016 to 2021.
Nick Rolovich coached 6 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of -7.9. Best season: 2021 Washington State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 33-33
- Career win rate
- 50.0%
- Average SRS
- -7.9
- Peak SRS
- 4.5
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 26.3
Primary school anchor
Hawai'i
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 45.8.
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
- 33-33
- Hawai'i record
- 28-27
- Full-season record
- 29-30
- Partial-season record
- 4-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Fresno State
- 1-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 2-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
66 countable games, 50.0% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Hawai'i.
5 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.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Fresno State-Hawaii games in this dataset.
3 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: Dec 31, 2021. 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.
Nick Rolovich
EliteStrongAverageLean
Nick Rolovich: 2020 Washington State
2016Actual season year • SRS range -20.3 to 4.52021
Active comparison point
Nick Rolovich • 2021
2021 Washington State
Best seasonNew stop: Washington State4-3 • SRS 4.5 • SP Overall 6.7
Win %
57.1%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
32.0 / 26.0
Finish
Unranked
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
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
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Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Washington State
2020-2021 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 4.5 • Win % 45.5%
Hawai'i
2016-2019 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -11.0 • Win % 50.9%
- Longest tenure
- Hawai'i • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Washington State • 4.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Hawai'i • 50.9%
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.
Nick Rolovich sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNick Rolovich sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Nick Rolovich
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.1
- Percentile
- 35th pct
Lower end
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.
Washington State
2020-2021 • 5-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.5Win % 45.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.0 during vs 8.6 baseline
-7.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
— during vs 9.9 baseline
—
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs 8.3 baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Hawai'i
2016-2019 • 28-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -11.0Win % 50.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 3.1 baseline
+3.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.0 during vs -15.0 baseline
+4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-10.5 during vs -13.4 baseline
+2.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Washington State 2021
4-3 • SRS 4.5
Biggest Improvement
Hawai'i 2018
8-6 • 10.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Hawai'i 2019
10-5 • SP Off 34.7
Best Defensive Season
Washington State 2021
4-3 • SP Def 26.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Hawai'i 2017
3-9 • SRS -20.3
Biggest Drop
Hawai'i 2017
3-9 • -8.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Washington State | 2021 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | 4.5 | 6.7 | 32.0 | 26.0 | — | +32.1% | Partial season |
| Washington State | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -41.7% | Season summary |
| Hawai'i | 2019 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -2.3 | -1.9 | 34.7 | 35.8 | +7.8 | +9.5% | Season summary |
| Hawai'i | 2018 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | -10.1 | -10.4 | 29.5 | 39.5 | +10.2 | +32.1% | Season summary |
| Hawai'i | 2017 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -20.3 | -19.7 | 23.3 | 40.4 | -8.9 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Hawai'i | 2016 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -11.4 | -10.1 | 28.6 | 40.8 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.3
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.5
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same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS -8.6 • Peak SRS 6.5 • 8 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.4
Open profile →Kim Helton
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.9
Avg SRS -8.8 • Peak SRS 4.1 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.2
Open profile →Guy Morriss
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.1
Avg SRS -6.8 • Peak SRS 4.3 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.5
Open profile →Jim Fassel
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.4
Avg SRS -6.5 • Peak SRS 5.7 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.5
Open profile →Mark Hudspeth
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.3
Avg SRS -9.3 • Peak SRS 1.2 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.1
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