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Matt Campbell

2011-2025Iowa State, Toledo

2 schools coached, anchored by Iowa State.

Matt Campbell coached 15 seasons, won 60.0%, and posted an average SRS of 7.3. Best season: 2017 Iowa State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
99-66
Career win rate
60.0%
Average SRS
7.3
Peak SRS
14.3

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
15
Career span
15 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
58.8

Primary school anchor

Iowa State

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 71.8.

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.

Matt Campbell
EliteStrongAverageLean
Matt Campbell: 2016 Iowa State
2011Actual season year • SRS range -4.1 to 14.32025

Active comparison point

Matt Campbell2017

Selected

2017 Iowa State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-5 • SRS 14.3 • SP Overall 7.5

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+16.0

SP Off / Def

38.2 / 30.7

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

15-31

Games
46
Win rate
32.6%

Top 10

4-9

Games
13
Win rate
30.8%

Top 5

2-3

Games
5
Win rate
40.0%
View ranked game results46
2025 Regular Week 9Iowa StateBYU#11L27-41
2025 Regular Week 1Iowa StateKansas State#17W24-21
2024 Regular Week 15Iowa StateArizona State#12L19-45
2024 Regular Week 2Iowa StateIowa#21W20-19
2024 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateMiami#18W42-41
2023 Regular Week 13Iowa StateKansas State#19W42-35
2023 Regular Week 12Iowa StateTexas#7L16-26
2023 Regular Week 10Iowa StateKansas#22L21-28
2023 Regular Week 5Iowa StateOklahoma#14L20-50
2022 Regular Week 13Iowa StateTCU#4L14-62
2022 Regular Week 7Iowa StateTexas#22L21-24
2022 Regular Week 6Iowa StateKansas State#20L9-10
2022 Regular Week 4Iowa StateBaylor#17L24-31
2021 Regular Week 12Iowa StateOklahoma#12L21-28
2021 Regular Week 8Iowa StateOklahoma State#8W24-21
2021 Regular Week 2Iowa StateIowa#10L17-27
2021 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateClemson#14L13-20
2020 Regular Week 16Iowa StateOklahoma#12L21-27
2020 Regular Week 13Iowa StateTexas#20W23-20
2020 Regular Week 8Iowa StateOklahoma State#6L21-24
2020 Regular Week 5Iowa StateOklahoma#18W37-30
2019 Regular Week 12Iowa StateTexas#22W23-21
2019 Regular Week 11Iowa StateOklahoma#9L41-42
2019 Regular Week 3Iowa StateIowa#19L17-18
2019 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateNotre Dame#12L9-33
2018 Regular Week 12Iowa StateTexas#13L10-24
2018 Regular Week 7Iowa StateWest Virginia#6W30-14
2018 Regular Week 6Iowa StateOklahoma State#25W48-42
2018 Regular Week 3Iowa StateOklahoma#5L27-37
2018 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateWashington State#10L26-28
2017 Regular Week 11Iowa StateOklahoma State#12L42-49
2017 Regular Week 9Iowa StateTCU#4W14-7
2017 Regular Week 6Iowa StateOklahoma#3W38-31
2017 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateMemphis#25W21-20
2016 Regular Week 13Iowa StateWest Virginia#19L19-49
2016 Regular Week 10Iowa StateOklahoma#12L24-34
2016 Regular Week 5Iowa StateBaylor#13L42-45
2016 Regular Week 2Iowa StateIowa#16L3-42
2015 Regular Week 2ToledoArkansas#18W16-12
2014 Regular Week 2ToledoMissouri#24L24-49
2013 Regular Week 13ToledoNorthern Illinois#20L17-35
2013 Regular Week 1ToledoFlorida#10L6-24
2012 Regular Week 8ToledoCincinnati#21W29-23
2012 Postseason Week 1ToledoUtah State#16L15-41
2011 Regular Week 3ToledoBoise State#4L15-40
2011 Regular Week 2ToledoOhio State#15L22-27

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Iowa State

2016-202510 seasons

Avg SRS 10.0 • Win % 55.6%

Toledo

2011-20155 seasons

Avg SRS 2.0 • Win % 70.0%

Longest tenure
Iowa State • 10 seasons
Best tenure
Iowa State • 10.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Toledo • 70.0%

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.

Matt Campbell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Matt Campbell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Matt Campbell

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
7.1
Percentile
78th pct

Strong

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.

Iowa State

2016-202564-51

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

Avg SRS 10.0Win % 55.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 4.0 baseline

+2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.0 during vs 0.1 baseline

+9.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.9 during vs -1.6 baseline

+10.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+20.0%

Toledo

2011-201535-15

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

Avg SRS 2.0Win % 70.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 5.2 baseline

+1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.0 during vs -12.8 baseline

+14.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

3.4 during vs -9.3 baseline

+12.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Iowa State 2017

8-5SRS 14.3

Biggest Improvement

Iowa State 2017

8-516.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Iowa State 2017

8-5SP Off 38.2

Best Defensive Season

Iowa State 2022

4-8SP Def 10.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Toledo 2014

9-4SRS -4.1

Biggest Drop

Iowa State 2016

3-9-11.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Iowa State202500009.69.928.119.5-1.6
Iowa State202414113078.6%#1511.210.330.820.2+2.2+24.7%
Iowa State20231376053.8%9.07.526.420.1+1.0+20.5%
Iowa State20221248033.3%8.05.317.710.6-2.6-20.5%
Iowa State20211376053.8%#710.614.333.820.2-3.6-21.1%
Iowa State20201293075.0%#23#914.213.334.521.1+0.6+21.1%
Iowa State20191376053.8%#2113.612.631.819.5+2.2-7.7%
Iowa State20181385061.5%11.47.929.921.5-2.90.0%
Iowa State20171385061.5%14.37.538.230.7+16.0+36.5%
Iowa State20161239025.0%-1.70.727.028.5-11.9-56.8%
Toledo20151192081.8%10.27.730.421.8+14.3+12.6%
Toledo20141394069.2%-4.12.338.035.2-4.3+10.9%
Toledo20131275058.3%0.24.735.833.4+2.9-10.9%
Toledo20121394069.2%-2.7-4.030.135.5-9.0-30.8%
Toledo20111100100.0%6.36.236.030.0

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