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Dan McCarney

1995-2015 • Iowa State, North Texas

2 schools coached, anchored by Iowa State.

Dan McCarney coached 17 seasons, won 40.0%, and posted an average SRS of -5.1. Best season: 2005 Iowa State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
78-117
Career win rate
40.0%
Average SRS
-5.1
Peak SRS
11.5

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
17
Career span
21 years
Best finish
#25
Consistency
16.5

Primary school anchor

Iowa State

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 65.1.

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.

Dan McCarney
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Dan McCarney: 2011 North Texas
1995Actual season year • SRS range -24.4 to 11.52015

Active comparison point

Dan McCarney • 2005

Selected

2005 Iowa State

Best season

7-5 • SRS 11.5 • SP Overall 13.0

Win %

58.3%

YoY SRS

+11.6

SP Off / Def

27.7 / 14.7

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

3-43

Games
46
Win rate
6.5%

Top 10

1-18

Games
19
Win rate
5.3%

Top 5

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results46
2013 Regular Week 4North TexasGeorgia#9L21-45
2012 Regular Week 3North TexasKansas State#15L21-35
2011 Regular Week 3North TexasAlabama#2L0-41
2006 Regular Week 7Iowa StateOklahoma#23L9-34
2006 Regular Week 6Iowa StateNebraska#22L14-28
2006 Regular Week 4Iowa StateTexas#7L14-37
2006 Regular Week 3Iowa StateIowa#16L17-27
2005 Regular Week 11Iowa StateColorado#22W30-16
2005 Regular Week 2Iowa StateIowa#8W23-3
2005 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateTCU#11L24-27
2004 Regular Week 6Iowa StateOklahoma State#25L7-36
2004 Regular Week 3Iowa StateIowa#16L10-17
2003 Regular Week 10Iowa StateNebraska#14L0-28
2003 Regular Week 9Iowa StateTexas#20L19-40
2003 Regular Week 7Iowa StateOklahoma#1L7-53
2003 Regular Week 6Iowa StateNorthern Illinois#20L16-24
2003 Regular Week 4Iowa StateIowa#23L21-40
2002 Regular Week 13Iowa StateColorado#17L27-41
2002 Regular Week 12Iowa StateKansas State#12L7-58
2002 Regular Week 10Iowa StateTexas#7L10-21
2002 Regular Week 9Iowa StateOklahoma#2L3-49
2002 Regular Week 6Iowa StateNebraska#20W36-14
2002 Postseason Week 1Iowa StateBoise State#18L16-34
2001 Regular Week 12Iowa StateColorado#21L27-40
2001 Regular Week 7Iowa StateNebraska#4L14-48
2000 Regular Week 11Iowa StateKansas State#19L10-56
2000 Regular Week 7Iowa StateNebraska#2L27-49
1999 Regular Week 10Iowa StateTexas#12L41-44
1999 Regular Week 7Iowa StateNebraska#4L14-49
1999 Regular Week 5Iowa StateKansas State#15L28-35
1998 Regular Week 11Iowa StateNebraska#11L7-42
1998 Regular Week 9Iowa StateKansas State#4L7-52
1998 Regular Week 7Iowa StateMissouri#20L19-35
1997 Regular Week 14Iowa StateKansas State#9L3-28
1997 Regular Week 13Iowa StateNebraska#3L14-77
1997 Regular Week 8Iowa StateTexas A&M#15L17-56
1997 Regular Week 5Iowa StateIowa#13L20-63
1996 Regular Week 14Iowa StateKansas State#14L20-35
1996 Regular Week 13Iowa StateNebraska#5L14-49
1996 Regular Week 12Iowa StateColorado#7L42-49
1996 Regular Week 4Iowa StateIowa#21L13-38
1995 Regular Week 12Iowa StateKansas State#7L7-49
1995 Regular Week 11Iowa StateNebraska#1L14-73
1995 Regular Week 9Iowa StateColorado#9L28-50
1995 Regular Week 8Iowa StateKansas#10L7-34
1995 Regular Week 7Iowa StateOklahoma#14L26-39

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

North Texas

2011-2015 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -11.8 • Win % 40.7%

Iowa State

1995-2006 • 12 seasons

Avg SRS -2.3 • Win % 39.7%

Longest tenure
Iowa State • 12 seasons
Best tenure
Iowa State • -2.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
North Texas • 40.7%

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.

Dan McCarney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dan McCarney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dan McCarney

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-4.1
Percentile
44th 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.

North Texas

2011-2015 • 22-32

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

Avg SRS -11.8Win % 40.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 1.9 baseline

+2.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.8 during vs -21.0 baseline

+9.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.2 during vs -21.8 baseline

+8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Iowa State

1995-2006 • 56-85

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

Avg SRS -2.3Win % 39.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.7 during vs 2.8 baseline

+1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.3 during vs -3.6 baseline

+1.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.3 during vs -5.9 baseline

+5.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

8.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+8.3%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Iowa State 2005

7-5 • SRS 11.5

Biggest Improvement

Iowa State 2004

7-5 • 14.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Iowa State 2002

7-7 • SP Off 40.5

Best Defensive Season

Iowa State 2005

7-5 • SP Def 14.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

North Texas 2015

0-5 • SRS -24.4

Biggest Drop

Iowa State 2006

4-8 • -22.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

North Texas201550500.0%——-24.4-25.013.339.2-8.6-33.3%
North Texas20141248033.3%——-15.8-9.420.231.2-18.5-35.9%
North Texas20131394069.2%——2.71.025.123.1+12.9+35.9%
North Texas20121248033.3%——-10.2-14.421.434.9+1.3-8.3%
North Texas20111257041.7%——-11.5-18.118.736.2-0.8+8.3%
Iowa State20061248033.3%——-10.7-6.724.731.5-22.2-25.0%
Iowa State20051275058.3%——11.513.027.714.7+11.60.0%
Iowa State20041275058.3%——-0.13.928.125.4+14.1+41.7%
Iowa State200312210016.7%——-14.2-9.628.735.9-21.3-33.3%
Iowa State20021477050.0%——7.114.540.528.4+3.3-8.3%
Iowa State20011275058.3%——3.84.429.826.9-1.1-16.7%
Iowa State20001293075.0%—#254.98.337.431.1+6.4+38.6%
Iowa State19991147036.4%——-1.5-1.028.830.0+1.3+9.1%
Iowa State19981138027.3%——-2.8-4.528.733.0+12.4+18.2%
Iowa State19971111009.1%——-15.2-15.632.743.0-14.3-9.1%
Iowa State19961129018.2%——-0.9-0.339.439.0+8.2-9.1%
Iowa State19951138027.3%——-9.1-10.033.240.3——

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