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4-28
- Games
- 32
- Win rate
- 12.5%
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Paul Rhoads
2009-2015 • Iowa State
One defining program at Iowa State.
Paul Rhoads's coaching record is 32-54, highlighted by seasons at Iowa State from 2009 to 2015.
Paul Rhoads coached 7 seasons, won 36.8%, and posted an average SRS of -0.6. Best season: 2012 Iowa State. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 32-54
- Career win rate
- 36.8%
- Average SRS
- -0.6
- Peak SRS
- 6.8
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 87.2
Primary school anchor
Iowa State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 53.4.
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
- 32-54
- Iowa State record
- 32-54
- Full-season record
- 32-54
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-10
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-4
- Vs Kansas State
- 0-7
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
87 countable games, 36.8% win rate.
7 countable seasons at Iowa State.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
11 games using AP ranking at game time.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
Farmageddon 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: Nov 28, 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.
Paul Rhoads
EliteStrongAverageLean
2009Actual season year • SRS range -4.7 to 6.82015
Active comparison point
Paul Rhoads • 2012
2012 Iowa State
Best season6-7 • SRS 6.8 • SP Overall 4.4
Win %
46.2%
YoY SRS
+4.4
SP Off / Def
26.5 / 23.6
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
1-10
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 9.1%
Top 5
1-4
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 20.0%
View ranked game results32
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
2009-2015 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -0.6 • Win % 36.8%
- Longest tenure
- Iowa State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Iowa State • -0.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Iowa State • 36.8%
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.
Paul Rhoads sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePaul Rhoads sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Rhoads
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -1.8
- 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.
Iowa State
2009-2015 • 32-54
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.6Win % 36.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 4.6 baseline
-0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.6 during vs -3.2 baseline
+2.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.8 during vs -0.3 baseline
-1.5
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 2012
6-7 • SRS 6.8
Biggest Improvement
Iowa State 2011
6-7 • 4.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Iowa State 2015
3-9 • SP Off 31.2
Best Defensive Season
Iowa State 2012
6-7 • SP Def 23.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Iowa State 2014
2-10 • SRS -4.7
Biggest Drop
Iowa State 2013
3-9 • -8.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Iowa State | 2015 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -2.2 | -0.3 | 31.2 | 33.7 | +2.5 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Iowa State | 2014 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -4.7 | -7.9 | 21.7 | 30.2 | -2.9 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Iowa State | 2013 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -1.8 | -3.8 | 25.7 | 29.7 | -8.6 | -21.1% | Season summary |
| Iowa State | 2012 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 6.8 | 4.4 | 26.5 | 23.6 | +4.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Iowa State | 2011 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 2.4 | -0.4 | 24.8 | 25.0 | +4.6 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Iowa State | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.2 | -5.7 | 20.2 | 25.0 | +0.5 | -12.2% | Season summary |
| Iowa State | 2009 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -2.7 | 1.0 | 26.5 | 27.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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