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Chris Petersen

2006-2019 • Boise State, Washington

2 schools coached, anchored by Boise State.

Chris Petersen's coaching record is 147-38, highlighted by seasons at Boise State from 2006 to 2019.

Chris Petersen coached 14 seasons, won 79.5%, and posted an average SRS of 15.1. Best season: 2016 Washington. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 147-38
Career win rate: 79.5%
Average SRS: 15.1
Peak SRS: 27.3

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: 14
Career span: 14 years
Best finish: #4
Consistency: 53.2

Primary school anchor

Boise State

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 94.9.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Chris Petersen

Overall record: 147-38
Boise State record: 92-12
Full-season record: 139-34
Partial-season record: 8-4
Vs AP Top 25: 16-19
Vs AP Top 10: 4-8
Vs AP Top 5: 0-2
Vs Nevada: 6-1
Postseason / bowl record: 7-6
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

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: Dec 22, 2019. 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.

Chris Petersen

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Chris Petersen: 2014 Washington

2006Actual season year • SRS range 4.9 to 27.32019

Active comparison point

Chris Petersen • 2016

Selected

2016 Washington

Best seasonBiggest improvement

12-2 • SRS 27.3 • SP Overall 26.7

Win %

85.7%

YoY SRS

+13.6

SP Off / Def

40.2 / 13.9

Finish

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

16-19

Games: 35
Win rate: 45.7%

Top 10

4-8

Games: 12
Win rate: 33.3%

Top 5

0-2

Games: 2
Win rate: 0.0%

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2019 Regular Week 10	Washington	Utah	#9	L28-33
2019 Regular Week 8	Washington	Oregon	#12	L31-35
2019 Regular Week 5	Washington	USC	#21	W28-14
2019 Postseason Week 1	Washington	Boise State	#23	W38-7
2018 Regular Week 14	Washington	Utah	#17	W10-3
2018 Regular Week 13	Washington	Washington State	#7	W28-15
2018 Regular Week 7	Washington	Oregon	#17	L27-30
2018 Regular Week 5	Washington	BYU	#20	W35-7
2018 Regular Week 1	Washington	Auburn	#9	L16-21
2018 Postseason Week 1	Washington	Ohio State	#3	L23-28
2017 Regular Week 13	Washington	Washington State	#14	W41-14
2017 Postseason Week 1	Washington	Penn State	#8	L28-35
2016 Regular Week 14	Washington	Colorado	#9	W41-10
2016 Regular Week 13	Washington	Washington State	#23	W45-17
2016 Regular Week 9	Washington	Utah	#17	W31-24
2016 Regular Week 5	Washington	Stanford	#7	W44-6
2016 Postseason Week 1	Washington	Alabama	#2	L7-24
2015 Regular Week 13	Washington	Washington State	#20	W45-10
2015 Regular Week 10	Washington	Utah	#13	L23-34
2015 Regular Week 8	Washington	Stanford	#10	L14-31
2015 Regular Week 6	Washington	USC	#17	W17-12
2015 Regular Week 1	Washington	Boise State	#23	L13-16
2014 Regular Week 12	Washington	Arizona	#17	L26-27
2014 Regular Week 11	Washington	UCLA	#18	L30-44
2014 Regular Week 9	Washington	Arizona State	#14	L10-24
2014 Regular Week 8	Washington	Oregon	#9	L20-45
2014 Regular Week 5	Washington	Stanford	#16	L13-20
2012 Regular Week 1	Boise State	Michigan State	#13	L13-17
2010 Regular Week 13	Boise State	Nevada	#19	L31-34
2010 Regular Week 4	Boise State	Oregon State	#24	W37-24
2009 Postseason Week 1	Boise State	TCU	#6	W17-10
2008 Regular Week 4	Boise State	Oregon	#17	W37-32
2008 Postseason Week 1	Boise State	TCU	#7	L16-17
2007 Regular Week 13	Boise State	Hawai'i	#14	L27-39
2006 Postseason Week 1	Boise State	Oklahoma	#11	W43-42

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Washington

2014-2019 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 16.2 • Win % 67.9%

Boise State

2006-2013 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS 14.3 • Win % 88.5%

Longest tenure: Boise State • 8 seasons
Best tenure: Washington • 16.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Boise State • 88.5%

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.

Chris Petersen sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Chris Petersen sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Chris Petersen

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 17.9
Percentile: 96th pct

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.

Washington

2014-2019 • 55-26

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

Avg SRS 16.2Win % 67.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.2 during vs 6.1 baseline

+3.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

16.2 during vs 7.0 baseline

+9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

17.4 during vs 6.7 baseline

+10.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline

+13.3%

Boise State

2006-2013 • 92-12

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

Avg SRS 14.3Win % 88.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 10.6 baseline

+1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.6 during vs 9.2 baseline

+6.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.2 during vs 10.4 baseline

+8.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

85.7% during vs 60.0% baseline

+25.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Washington 2016

12-2 • SRS 27.3

Biggest Improvement

Washington 2016

12-2 • 13.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Boise State 2010

12-1 • SP Off 42.1

Best Defensive Season

Washington 2018

10-4 • SP Def 12.7

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Boise State 2013

8-4 • SRS 4.9

Biggest Drop

Boise State 2012

11-2 • -11.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Washington	2019	13	8	5	61.5%	#13	—	15.6	18.3	35.3	19.5	+3.4	-9.9%	Season summary
Washington	2018	14	10	4	71.4%	#6	—	12.2	19.9	34.5	12.7	-7.9	-5.5%	Season summary
Washington	2017	13	10	3	76.9%	#8	#16	20.1	22.1	39.4	16.3	-7.2	-8.8%	Season summary
Washington	2016	14	12	2	85.7%	#14	#4	27.3	26.7	40.2	13.9	+13.6	+31.9%	Season summary
Washington	2015	13	7	6	53.8%	—	—	13.7	9.7	30.1	20.8	+5.5	-3.3%	Season summary
Washington	2014	14	8	6	57.1%	#25	—	8.2	7.8	28.5	21.8	+3.3	-9.5%	Season summary
Boise State	2013	12	8	4	66.7%	#19	—	4.9	11.3	35.0	25.6	-3.0	-17.9%	Partial season
Boise State	2012	13	11	2	84.6%	#24	#18	7.9	13.4	32.2	17.7	-11.5	-7.7%	Season summary
Boise State	2011	13	12	1	92.3%	#5	#8	19.4	23.0	40.1	17.5	-5.0	0.0%	Season summary
Boise State	2010	13	12	1	92.3%	#3	#9	24.4	26.4	42.1	14.1	+6.5	-7.7%	Season summary
Boise State	2009	14	14	0	100.0%	#14	#4	17.9	19.9	36.9	17.7	+1.6	+7.7%	Season summary
Boise State	2008	13	12	1	92.3%	—	#11	16.3	19.8	33.8	15.0	+10.2	+15.4%	Season summary
Boise State	2007	13	10	3	76.9%	#24	—	6.1	13.1	36.2	24.4	-11.1	-23.1%	Season summary
Boise State	2006	13	13	0	100.0%	—	#5	17.2	18.7	35.9	18.6	—	—	Season summary

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