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- Win rate
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Phil Dickens
1953-1964 • Indiana, Wyoming
2 schools coached, anchored by Indiana.
Phil Dickens's coaching record is 49-52-3, highlighted by seasons at Indiana from 1953 to 1964.
Phil Dickens coached 11 seasons, won 48.6%, and posted an average SRS of 2.6. Best season: 1962 Indiana. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 49-52-3
- Career win rate
- 48.6%
- Average SRS
- 2.6
- Peak SRS
- 11.4
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
- 11
- Career span
- 12 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 61.2
Primary school anchor
Indiana
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 65.0.
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
- 49-52-3
- Indiana record
- 20-41-2
- Full-season record
- 49-52-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-14
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-10
- Vs Purdue
- 1-5-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
104 countable games, 48.6% win rate.
7 countable seasons at Indiana.
11 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
14 games using AP ranking at game time.
10 games using AP ranking at game time.
Indiana-Purdue games in this dataset.
1 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: Nov 21, 1964. 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.
Phil Dickens
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Phil Dickens: 1958 Indiana
1953Actual season year • SRS range -6.6 to 11.41964
Active comparison point
Phil Dickens • 1962
1962 Indiana
Best season3-6 • SRS 11.4 • SP Overall —
Win %
33.3%
YoY SRS
+8.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
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
0-14
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results18
| 1964 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Ohio State | #2 | L9-17 |
| 1963 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Ohio State | #8 | L0-21 |
| 1963 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Northwestern | #4 | L21-34 |
| 1962 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Northwestern | #1 | L21-26 |
| 1962 Regular Week 7 | Indiana | Michigan State | #7 | L8-26 |
| 1961 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Ohio State | #3 | L7-16 |
| 1961 Regular Week 7 | Indiana | Michigan State | #1 | L0-35 |
| 1961 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Iowa | #4 | L8-27 |
| 1960 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Ohio State | #3 | L7-36 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Indiana | Michigan State | #10 | L0-35 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Oregon State | #17 | L6-20 |
| 1960 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Minnesota | #14 | L0-42 |
| 1960 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Illinois | #4 | L6-17 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Northwestern | #2 | L13-30 |
| 1958 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Purdue | #11 | T15-15 |
| 1958 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Ohio State | #2 | L8-49 |
| 1958 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Iowa | #13 | L13-34 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Notre Dame | #7 | L0-18 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Indiana
1958-1964 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 33.3%
Wyoming
1953-1956 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -3.0 • Win % 72.0%
- Longest tenure
- Indiana • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Indiana • 5.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wyoming • 72.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Phil Dickens
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Indiana
1958-1964 • 20-41-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.8Win % 33.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 2.4 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.8 during vs -1.3 baseline
+7.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Wyoming
1953-1956 • 29-11-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.0Win % 72.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.0 during vs -3.6 baseline
+0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Indiana 1962
3-6 • SRS 11.4
Biggest Improvement
Indiana 1958
5-3-1 • 10.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Wyoming 1954
6-4 • SRS -6.6
Biggest Drop
Indiana 1960
1-8 • -14.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Indiana | 1964 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | -1.1 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1963 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | -3.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1962 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 11.4 | — | — | — | +8.6 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1961 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | 2.8 | — | — | — | +7.1 | +11.1% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1960 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -4.3 | — | — | — | -14.7 | -38.9% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1959 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.4 | — | — | — | +4.9 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Indiana | 1958 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 5.5 | — | — | — | +10.1 | -38.9% | Season summary |
| Wyoming | 1956 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | -4.6 | — | — | — | -3.2 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Wyoming | 1955 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -1.4 | — | — | — | +5.2 | +12.7% | Season summary |
| Wyoming | 1954 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -6.6 | — | — | — | -7.3 | +5.0% | Season summary |
| Wyoming | 1953 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 0.7 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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