Top 25
12-32
- Games
- 44
- Win rate
- 27.3%
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Coach Profile
Frank Broyles
1957-1976 • Arkansas, Missouri
2 schools coached, anchored by Arkansas.
Frank Broyles coached 20 seasons, won 70.0%, and posted an average SRS of 15.2. Best season: 1970 Arkansas. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 149-62-6
- Career win rate
- 70.0%
- Average SRS
- 15.2
- Peak SRS
- 26.1
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
- 20
- Career span
- 20 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 35.6
Primary school anchor
Arkansas
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 93.8.
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.
Frank Broyles
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Frank Broyles: 1958 Arkansas
1957Actual season year • SRS range -1.0 to 26.11976
Active comparison point
Frank Broyles • 1970
1970 Arkansas
Best season9-2 • SRS 26.1 • SP Overall 22.4
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+1.5
SP Off / Def
40.1 / 19.5
Finish
#11
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
8-25
- Games
- 33
- Win rate
- 24.2%
Top 5
3-15
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 16.7%
View ranked game results44
| 1976 Regular Week 13 | Arkansas | Texas Tech | #9 | L7-30 |
| 1976 Regular Week 11 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | #11 | L10-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 14 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | #2 | W31-6 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Texas | #8 | L18-24 |
| 1975 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Georgia | #19 | W31-10 |
| 1974 Regular Week 9 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | #8 | L10-20 |
| 1974 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Texas | #16 | L7-38 |
| 1974 Regular Week 2 | Arkansas | USC | #5 | W22-7 |
| 1973 Regular Week 13 | Arkansas | Texas Tech | #12 | L17-24 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | Arkansas | Texas | #19 | L6-34 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Arkansas | Oklahoma State | #12 | L6-38 |
| 1973 Regular Week 3 | Arkansas | USC | #1 | L0-17 |
| 1972 Regular Week 12 | Arkansas | Texas Tech | #20 | W24-14 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Texas | #14 | L15-35 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #10 | W31-7 |
| 1971 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Tennessee | #9 | L13-14 |
| 1970 Regular Week 3 | Arkansas | Stanford | #3 | L28-34 |
| 1969 Regular Week 13 | Arkansas | Texas | #1 | L14-15 |
| 1969 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #8 | L22-27 |
| 1968 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #17 | L29-39 |
| 1968 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Georgia | #8 | W16-2 |
| 1966 Regular Week 5 | Arkansas | Baylor | #10 | L0-7 |
| 1965 Regular Week 11 | Arkansas | Texas Tech | #10 | W42-24 |
| 1965 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #5 | W27-24 |
| 1965 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | LSU | #8 | L7-14 |
| 1964 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #6 | W14-13 |
| 1964 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Nebraska | #6 | W10-7 |
| 1963 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #1 | L13-17 |
| 1962 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #1 | L3-7 |
| 1962 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #3 | L13-17 |
| 1961 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #3 | L7-33 |
| 1961 Regular Week 2 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #2 | L0-16 |
| 1961 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Alabama | #1 | L3-10 |
| 1960 Regular Week 9 | Arkansas | Rice | #16 | W3-0 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #2 | L7-10 |
| 1960 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #16 | W24-23 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | Arkansas | Baylor | #7 | L14-28 |
| 1960 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | Duke | #10 | L6-7 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #3 | L0-28 |
| 1959 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #3 | L12-13 |
| 1958 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #6 | L12-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #4 | L6-24 |
| 1957 Regular Week 9 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #2 | L14-39 |
| 1957 Regular Week 4 | Missouri | Texas A&M | #3 | L0-28 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Arkansas
1958-1976 • 19 seasons
Avg SRS 16.0 • Win % 70.8%
Missouri
1957-1957 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -1.0 • Win % 55.0%
- Longest tenure
- Arkansas • 19 seasons
- Best tenure
- Arkansas • 16.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Arkansas • 70.8%
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.
Frank Broyles sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFrank Broyles sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Broyles
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- Raw avg SP Overall
- 14.2
- Percentile
- 93th 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.
Arkansas
1958-1976 • 144-58-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 16.0Win % 70.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 5.6 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
16.0 during vs 10.8 baseline
+5.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.2 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
57.9% during vs 20.0% baseline
+37.9%
Missouri
1957-1957 • 5-4-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.0Win % 55.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.0 during vs 3.6 baseline
-4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Arkansas 1970
9-2 • SRS 26.1
Biggest Improvement
Arkansas 1968
10-1 • 15.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Arkansas 1970
9-2 • SP Off 40.1
Best Defensive Season
Arkansas 1975
10-2 • SP Def 10.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Missouri 1957
5-4-1 • SRS -1.0
Biggest Drop
Arkansas 1976
5-5-1 • -19.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arkansas | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | #13 | — | 4.6 | 6.2 | 25.9 | 20.5 | -19.6 | -33.3% |
| Arkansas | 1975 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #19 | #7 | 24.2 | 25.5 | 35.3 | 10.3 | +7.8 | +24.2% |
| Arkansas | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | #19 | — | 16.4 | 19.5 | 33.5 | 15.2 | +12.6 | +9.1% |
| Arkansas | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.8 | 4.6 | 17.8 | 14.1 | -4.7 | -4.5% |
| Arkansas | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #4 | — | 8.5 | 9.8 | 29.4 | 20.5 | -5.3 | -16.3% |
| Arkansas | 1971 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | #7 | #16 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 31.4 | 21.6 | -12.3 | -11.0% |
| Arkansas | 1970 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #4 | #11 | 26.1 | 22.4 | 40.1 | 19.5 | +1.5 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 1969 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #2 | #7 | 24.6 | — | — | — | +3.3 | -9.1% |
| Arkansas | 1968 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #6 | 21.3 | — | — | — | +15.3 | +45.9% |
| Arkansas | 1967 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | -14.0 | -35.0% |
| Arkansas | 1966 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #5 | — | 20.0 | — | — | — | -3.7 | -10.9% |
| Arkansas | 1965 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #6 | #3 | 23.7 | — | — | — | +4.2 | -9.1% |
| Arkansas | 1964 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #2 | 19.5 | — | — | — | +5.3 | +50.0% |
| Arkansas | 1963 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | #8 | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | -4.9 | -31.8% |
| Arkansas | 1962 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #6 | 19.1 | — | — | — | +2.5 | +9.1% |
| Arkansas | 1961 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #9 | 16.6 | — | — | — | -2.1 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 1960 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #19 | #7 | 18.7 | — | — | — | +2.9 | -9.1% |
| Arkansas | 1959 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #9 | 15.8 | — | — | — | +8.5 | +41.8% |
| Arkansas | 1958 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 7.3 | — | — | — | +8.3 | -15.0% |
| Missouri | 1957 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -1.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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