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Bob Davie

1997-2019 • New Mexico, Notre Dame

2 schools coached, anchored by New Mexico.

Bob Davie coached 13 seasons, won 44.0%, and posted an average SRS of -4.9. Best season: 2000 Notre Dame. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
70-89
Career win rate
44.0%
Average SRS
-4.9
Peak SRS
12.3

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
13
Career span
23 years
Best finish
#15
Consistency
5.8

Primary school anchor

New Mexico

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 67.1.

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.

Bob Davie
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Bob Davie: 2012 New Mexico
1997Actual season year • SRS range -18.0 to 12.32019

Active comparison point

Bob Davie • 2000

Selected

2000 Notre Dame

Best season

9-3 • SRS 12.3 • SP Overall 16.3

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+3.9

SP Off / Def

38.8 / 24.5

Finish

#15

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

6-25

Games
31
Win rate
19.4%

Top 10

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-5

Games
5
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results31
2019 Regular Week 12New MexicoBoise State#19L9-42
2019 Regular Week 3New MexicoNotre Dame#7L14-66
2018 Regular Week 12New MexicoBoise State#23L14-45
2018 Regular Week 2New MexicoWisconsin#5L14-45
2016 Regular Week 6New MexicoBoise State#19L21-49
2014 Regular Week 13New MexicoColorado State#22L20-58
2014 Regular Week 2New MexicoArizona State#17L23-58
2013 Regular Week 13New MexicoFresno State#15L28-69
2012 Regular Week 5New MexicoBoise State#24L29-32
2012 Regular Week 2New MexicoTexas#17L0-45
2001 Regular Week 14Notre DameStanford#13L13-17
2001 Regular Week 11Notre DameTennessee#7L18-28
2001 Regular Week 3Notre DameNebraska#5L10-27
2000 Regular Week 5Notre DameMichigan State#23L21-27
2000 Regular Week 4Notre DamePurdue#13W23-21
2000 Regular Week 3Notre DameNebraska#1L24-27
2000 Regular Week 2Notre DameTexas A&M#25W24-10
2000 Postseason Week 1Notre DameOregon State#4L9-41
1999 Regular Week 13Notre DameBoston College#25L29-31
1999 Regular Week 11Notre DameTennessee#4L14-38
1999 Regular Week 6Notre DameOklahoma#23W34-30
1999 Regular Week 3Notre DamePurdue#20L23-28
1999 Regular Week 2Notre DameMichigan#7L22-26
1998 Regular Week 2Notre DameMichigan#13W36-20
1998 Postseason Week 1Notre DameGeorgia Tech#9L28-35
1997 Regular Week 14Notre DameWest Virginia#22W21-14
1997 Regular Week 13Notre DameLSU#11W24-6
1997 Regular Week 7Notre DameStanford#19L15-33
1997 Regular Week 6Notre DameMichigan#6L14-21
1997 Regular Week 5Notre DameMichigan State#17L7-23
1997 Postseason Week 1Notre DameLSU#13L9-27

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

New Mexico

2012-2019 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS -13.8 • Win % 35.4%

Notre Dame

1997-2001 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 9.2 • Win % 58.3%

Longest tenure
New Mexico • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Notre Dame • 9.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Notre Dame • 58.3%

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.

Bob Davie sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bob Davie sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bob Davie

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-2.5
Percentile
48th pct

Mixed

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.

New Mexico

2012-2019 • 35-64

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -13.8Win % 35.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 3.1 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.8 during vs -15.3 baseline

+1.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-12.0 during vs -13.9 baseline

+1.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Notre Dame

1997-2001 • 35-25

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 9.2Win % 58.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 8.8 baseline

-1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

9.2 during vs 20.5 baseline

-11.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.8 during vs 24.2 baseline

-11.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

40.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-40.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Notre Dame 2000

9-3 • SRS 12.3

Biggest Improvement

New Mexico 2016

9-4 • 5.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Notre Dame 1999

5-7 • SP Off 39.7

Best Defensive Season

Notre Dame 2001

5-6 • SP Def 18.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

New Mexico 2013

3-9 • SRS -18.0

Biggest Drop

New Mexico 2012

4-9 • -20.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

New Mexico201912210016.7%——-17.6-17.020.639.2-2.2-8.3%
New Mexico20181239025.0%——-15.4-9.523.835.7+0.80.0%
New Mexico20171239025.0%——-16.2-12.420.834.2-10.9-44.2%
New Mexico20161394069.2%——-5.3-5.132.238.6+5.2+15.4%
New Mexico20151376053.8%——-10.5-8.724.934.8+2.9+20.5%
New Mexico20141248033.3%——-13.4-15.028.442.4+4.6+8.3%
New Mexico20131239025.0%——-18.0-14.930.945.9-4.3-5.8%
New Mexico20121349030.8%——-13.7-13.426.639.8-20.9-14.7%
Notre Dame20011156045.5%#18—7.211.328.618.3-5.1-29.5%
Notre Dame20001293075.0%—#1512.316.338.824.5+3.9+33.3%
Notre Dame19991257041.7%#18—8.412.439.729.7-2.7-33.3%
Notre Dame19981293075.0%#22#2211.112.835.023.4+4.2+21.1%
Notre Dame19971376053.8%#11—6.911.330.420.0——

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