Top 25
12-38
- Games
- 50
- Win rate
- 24.0%
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Coach Profile
Pat Fitzgerald
2006-2022 • Northwestern
One defining program at Northwestern.
Pat Fitzgerald coached 17 seasons, won 52.1%, and posted an average SRS of 1.3. Best season: 2017 Northwestern. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 110-101
- Career win rate
- 52.1%
- Average SRS
- 1.3
- Peak SRS
- 13.1
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
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 50.3
Primary school anchor
Northwestern
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.8.
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.
Pat Fitzgerald
EliteStrongAverageLean
2006Actual season year • SRS range -7.2 to 13.12022
Active comparison point
Pat Fitzgerald • 2017
2017 Northwestern
Best season10-3 • SRS 13.1 • SP Overall 11.2
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+3.2
SP Off / Def
28.8 / 17.4
Finish
#17
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
3-17
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 15.0%
Top 5
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Northwestern
2006-2022 • 17 seasons
Avg SRS 1.3 • Win % 52.1%
- Longest tenure
- Northwestern • 17 seasons
- Best tenure
- Northwestern • 1.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Northwestern • 52.1%
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.
Pat Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePat Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pat Fitzgerald
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.2
- Percentile
- 57th pct
Above average
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.
Northwestern
2006-2022 • 110-101
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.3Win % 52.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 5.2 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.3 during vs -0.5 baseline
+1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.2 during vs 0.3 baseline
-0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
23.5% during vs 0.0% baseline
+23.5%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Northwestern 2017
10-3 • SRS 13.1
Biggest Improvement
Northwestern 2020
7-2 • 15.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northwestern 2011
6-7 • SP Off 33.3
Best Defensive Season
Northwestern 2015
10-3 • SP Def 15.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northwestern 2022
1-11 • SRS -7.2
Biggest Drop
Northwestern 2021
3-9 • -19.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Northwestern | 2022 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -7.2 | -13.4 | 17.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | -16.7% |
| Northwestern | 2021 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -7.2 | -11.1 | 19.4 | 27.3 | -19.4 | -52.8% |
| Northwestern | 2020 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #10 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 24.0 | 15.2 | +15.4 | +52.8% |
| Northwestern | 2019 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -3.2 | -5.5 | 16.5 | 20.0 | -9.5 | -39.3% |
| Northwestern | 2018 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 6.3 | 1.9 | 25.5 | 21.6 | -6.8 | -12.6% |
| Northwestern | 2017 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #17 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 28.8 | 17.4 | +3.2 | +23.1% |
| Northwestern | 2016 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 9.9 | 2.9 | 27.9 | 23.5 | +6.9 | -23.1% |
| Northwestern | 2015 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #23 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 16.8 | 15.0 | +3.3 | +35.3% |
| Northwestern | 2014 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.3 | 1.5 | 23.7 | 21.6 | -1.8 | 0.0% |
| Northwestern | 2013 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #22 | — | 1.5 | 4.2 | 29.4 | 25.9 | -7.3 | -35.3% |
| Northwestern | 2012 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #17 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 30.6 | 24.3 | +7.6 | +30.8% |
| Northwestern | 2011 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 1.2 | 0.6 | 33.3 | 31.2 | +7.0 | -7.7% |
| Northwestern | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -5.8 | -1.1 | 30.9 | 32.8 | -2.7 | -7.7% |
| Northwestern | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -3.1 | -4.0 | 24.4 | 27.4 | -7.0 | -7.7% |
| Northwestern | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 3.9 | 7.3 | 26.7 | 19.3 | +10.3 | +19.2% |
| Northwestern | 2007 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -6.4 | -2.4 | 30.1 | 31.7 | -1.2 | +16.7% |
| Northwestern | 2006 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -5.2 | -4.9 | 21.3 | 25.0 | — | — |
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