Coach Profile
2006-2022 • Northwestern
One defining stop 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 stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Northwestern
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.8.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
10-3 • 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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Northwestern
2006-2022 • 17 seasons
Avg SRS 1.3 • Win % 52.1%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Pat Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.
Pat Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pat Fitzgerald
Above average
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2006-2022 • 110-101
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
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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