Top 25
22-43
- Games
- 65
- Win rate
- 33.9%
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Coach Profile
Bret Bielema
2006-2025 • Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin
3 schools coached, anchored by Wisconsin.
Bret Bielema's coaching record is 134-84, highlighted by seasons at Wisconsin from 2006 to 2025.
Bret Bielema coached 17 seasons, won 61.5%, and posted an average SRS of 8.7. Best season: 2011 Wisconsin. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 134-84
- Career win rate
- 61.5%
- Average SRS
- 8.7
- Peak SRS
- 23.1
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
- 20 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 33.5
Primary school anchor
Wisconsin
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 90.0.
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
- 134-84
- Wisconsin record
- 68-24
- Full-season record
- 117-75
- Partial-season record
- 8-5
- Vs AP Top 10
- 6-22
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-10
- Vs Minnesota
- 6-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 6-6
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
218 countable games, 61.5% win rate.
7 countable seasons at Wisconsin.
15 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
28 games using AP ranking at game time.
11 games using AP ranking at game time.
Minnesota-Wisconsin games in this dataset.
12 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: Dec 30, 2025. At least one season record was backfilled from completed games, so current-season totals may move as more scores are loaded.
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.
Bret Bielema
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Bret Bielema: 2013 ArkansasBret Bielema: 2021 Illinois
2006Actual season year • SRS range -4.7 to 23.12025
Active comparison point
Bret Bielema • 2011
2011 Wisconsin
Best season11-3 • SRS 23.1 • SP Overall 26.1
Win %
78.6%
YoY SRS
+7.6
SP Off / Def
45.9 / 21.2
Finish
#10
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
6-22
- Games
- 28
- Win rate
- 21.4%
Top 5
1-10
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 9.1%
View ranked game results65
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Illinois
2021-2025 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 5.9 • Win % 58.7%
Arkansas
2013-2017 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 46.0%
Wisconsin
2006-2012 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 12.2 • Win % 73.9%
- Longest tenure
- Wisconsin • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Wisconsin • 12.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wisconsin • 73.9%
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.
Bret Bielema sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBret Bielema sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
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- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.0
- Percentile
- 89th pct
Elite
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.
Illinois
2021-2025 • 37-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.9Win % 58.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.4 during vs 3.2 baseline
+4.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.9 during vs -8.0 baseline
+13.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.0 during vs -5.4 baseline
+13.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
Arkansas
2013-2017 • 29-34
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.6Win % 46.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 7.6 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 10.6 baseline
-4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.6 during vs 16.2 baseline
-7.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Wisconsin
2006-2012 • 68-24
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.2Win % 73.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.0 during vs 7.8 baseline
+2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.2 during vs 8.0 baseline
+4.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.7 during vs 10.7 baseline
+6.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
83.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
+43.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Wisconsin 2011
11-3 • SRS 23.1
Biggest Improvement
Arkansas 2014
7-6 • 22.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Arkansas 2015
8-5 • SP Off 46.6
Best Defensive Season
Illinois 2022
8-5 • SP Def 5.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Arkansas 2017
4-8 • SRS -4.7
Biggest Drop
Illinois 2023
5-7 • -14.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Illinois | 2025 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 12.3 | 12.9 | 33.3 | 21.7 | +3.5 | -7.7% | Completed-game fallback |
| Illinois | 2024 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #16 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 29.0 | 20.9 | +11.1 | +35.3% | Season summary |
| Illinois | 2023 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.3 | -2.5 | 21.6 | 24.1 | -14.0 | -19.9% | Season summary |
| Illinois | 2022 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.7 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 5.5 | +12.6 | +19.9% | Season summary |
| Illinois | 2021 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.9 | 4.3 | 23.2 | 21.8 | +3.8 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -4.7 | 2.1 | 34.1 | 31.8 | -8.9 | -20.5% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 2016 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 4.2 | 7.9 | 36.2 | 28.9 | -10.9 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #18 | — | 15.1 | 19.2 | 46.6 | 28.0 | -5.3 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 20.4 | 12.2 | 32.4 | 19.4 | +22.2 | +28.8% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 2013 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -1.8 | 1.5 | 30.0 | 30.6 | -13.9 | -36.5% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2012 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #12 | — | 12.1 | 14.5 | 31.5 | 15.9 | -11.0 | -17.0% | Partial season |
| Wisconsin | 2011 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #11 | #10 | 23.1 | 26.1 | 45.9 | 21.2 | +7.6 | -6.0% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2010 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #12 | #7 | 15.5 | 23.1 | 42.1 | 20.7 | +7.1 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2009 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #16 | 8.4 | 16.9 | 35.5 | 19.4 | +4.3 | +23.1% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2008 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #13 | — | 4.1 | 10.5 | 31.3 | 22.0 | -3.6 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #7 | #24 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 35.9 | 26.1 | -6.6 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2006 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #7 | 14.3 | 19.1 | 28.9 | 11.2 | — | — | Season summary |
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