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Bob Wagner

1987-1995 • Hawai'i

One defining program at Hawai'i.

Bob Wagner coached 9 seasons, won 54.1%, and posted an average SRS of -2.7. Best season: 1989 Hawai'i. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
58-49-3
Career win rate
54.1%
Average SRS
-2.7
Peak SRS
7.0

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
9
Career span
9 years
Best finish
#20
Consistency
36.7

Primary school anchor

Hawai'i

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 54.0.

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.

Bob Wagner
EliteStrongAverageLean
1987Actual season year • SRS range -18.6 to 7.01995

Active comparison point

Bob Wagner • 1989

Selected

1989 Hawai'i

Best season

9-3-1 • SRS 7.0 • SP Overall 7.4

Win %

73.1%

YoY SRS

+3.6

SP Off / Def

38.5 / 33.0

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

3-8

Games
11
Win rate
27.3%

Top 10

1-0

Games
1
Win rate
100.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
—
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1995 Regular Week 2Hawai'iTexas#18L17-38
1994 Regular Week 8Hawai'iUtah#21L3-14
1993 Regular Week 3Hawai'iBYU#20L38-41
1991 Regular Week 14Hawai'iNotre Dame#18L42-48
1991 Regular Week 2Hawai'iIowa#15L10-53
1990 Regular Week 15Hawai'iBYU#13W59-28
1990 Regular Week 2Hawai'iTexas A&M#12L13-28
1989 Regular Week 9Hawai'iBYU#18W56-14
1989 Postseason Week 1Hawai'iMichigan State#16L13-33
1988 Regular Week 13Hawai'iWyoming#16L22-28
1988 Regular Week 2Hawai'iIowa#9W27-24

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Hawai'i

1987-1995 • 9 seasons

Avg SRS -2.7 • Win % 54.1%

Longest tenure
Hawai'i • 9 seasons
Best tenure
Hawai'i • -2.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Hawai'i • 54.1%

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.

Bob Wagner sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bob Wagner sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bob Wagner

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-1.5
Percentile
51th 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.

Hawai'i

1987-1995 • 58-49-3

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

Avg SRS -2.7Win % 54.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 5.8 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.7 during vs -1.8 baseline

-0.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-1.5 during vs 1.7 baseline

-3.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+11.1%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Hawai'i 1989

9-3-1 • SRS 7.0

Biggest Improvement

Hawai'i 1988

9-3 • 12.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Hawai'i 1989

9-3-1 • SP Off 38.5

Best Defensive Season

Hawai'i 1994

3-8-1 • SP Def 30.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Hawai'i 1995

4-8 • SRS -18.6

Biggest Drop

Hawai'i 1995

4-8 • -16.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Hawai'i19951248033.3%——-18.6-18.926.541.6-16.1+4.2%
Hawai'i19941238129.2%——-2.5-5.425.230.5+3.0-20.8%
Hawai'i19931266050.0%——-5.5-7.036.140.6-10.4-34.6%
Hawai'i199213112084.6%—#204.97.938.232.1+10.0+47.1%
Hawai'i19911247137.5%——-5.1-0.536.636.7-6.5-20.8%
Hawai'i19901275058.3%——1.44.834.231.3-5.6-14.7%
Hawai'i19891393173.1%——7.07.438.533.0+3.6-1.9%
Hawai'i19881293075.0%——3.46.836.531.9+12.6+33.3%
Hawai'i19871257041.7%——-9.2-8.627.834.9——

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