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Tom Mason

1996-1996Boise State

One defining program at Boise State.

Tom Mason coached 1 seasons, won 10.0%, and posted an average SRS of -30.0. Best season: 1996 Boise State. The profile was offense-first with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
1-9
Career win rate
10.0%
Average SRS
-30.0
Peak SRS
-30.0

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
1
Career span
1 years
Best finish
Consistency

Primary school anchor

Boise State

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 0.9.

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.

Tom Mason
EliteStrongAverageLean
1995Actual season year • SRS range -31.0 to -29.01997

Active comparison point

Tom Mason1996

Selected

1996 Boise State

Best seasonWorst season

1-9 • SRS -30.0 • SP Overall -32.8

Win %

10.0%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

23.7 / 48.8

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

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results1
1996 Regular Week 7Boise StateArizona State#5L7-56

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Boise State

1996-19961 seasons

Avg SRS -30.0 • Win % 10.0%

Longest tenure
Boise State • 1 seasons
Best tenure
Boise State • -30.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Boise State • 10.0%

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.

Tom Mason sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tom Mason sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tom Mason

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-32.8
Percentile
0th 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.

Boise State

1996-19961-9

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -30.0Win % 10.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Boise State 1996

1-9SRS -30.0

Biggest Improvement

Unavailable

Best Offensive Season

Boise State 1996

1-9SP Off 23.7

Best Defensive Season

Boise State 1996

1-9SP Def 48.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Boise State 1996

1-9SRS -30.0

Biggest Drop

Unavailable

Season-by-season results

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

Boise State19961019010.0%-30.0-32.823.748.8

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