Top 25
4-20
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 16.7%
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Coach Profile
Charlie Weis
2005-2014 • Kansas, Notre Dame
2 schools coached, anchored by Notre Dame.
Charlie Weis's coaching record is 41-49, highlighted by seasons at Notre Dame from 2005 to 2014.
Charlie Weis coached 8 seasons, won 45.6%, and posted an average SRS of 0.9. Best season: 2005 Notre Dame. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 41-49
- Career win rate
- 45.6%
- Average SRS
- 0.9
- Peak SRS
- 20.8
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
- 8
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #9
- Consistency
- 10.4
Primary school anchor
Notre Dame
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 86.1.
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
- 41-49
- Notre Dame record
- 35-27
- Full-season record
- 39-47
- Partial-season record
- 2-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-11
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-6
- Vs Navy
- 3-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
90 countable games, 45.6% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Notre Dame.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
12 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
Navy-Notre Dame games in this dataset.
3 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 29, 2014. 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.
Charlie Weis
EliteStrongAverageLean
Charlie Weis: 2012 Kansas
2005Actual season year • SRS range -11.8 to 20.82014
Active comparison point
Charlie Weis • 2005
2005 Notre Dame
Best season9-3 • SRS 20.8 • SP Overall 21.8
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
41.3 / 19.5
Finish
#9
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
1-11
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 8.3%
Top 5
1-6
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
View ranked game results24
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kansas
2012-2014 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -9.0 • Win % 21.4%
Notre Dame
2005-2009 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 56.5%
- Longest tenure
- Notre Dame • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Notre Dame • 6.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Notre Dame • 56.5%
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.
Charlie Weis sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCharlie Weis sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Charlie Weis
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.2
- Percentile
- 62th 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.
Kansas
2012-2014 • 6-22
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -9.0Win % 21.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 6.0 baseline
-4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.8 during vs 2.0 baseline
-11.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.2 during vs 3.4 baseline
-14.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Notre Dame
2005-2009 • 35-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.8Win % 56.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 8.5 baseline
-1.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 13.8 baseline
-5.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 2005
9-3 • SRS 20.8
Biggest Improvement
Notre Dame 2008
7-6 • 9.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Notre Dame 2005
9-3 • SP Off 41.3
Best Defensive Season
Notre Dame 2008
7-6 • SP Def 19.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Kansas 2013
3-9 • SRS -11.8
Biggest Drop
Notre Dame 2007
3-9 • -17.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas | 2014 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -7.5 | -9.8 | 21.1 | 29.1 | +4.3 | +25.0% | Partial season |
| Kansas | 2013 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -11.8 | -9.7 | 16.0 | 25.3 | -4.0 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 2012 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -7.8 | -12.6 | 23.5 | 34.1 | -13.8 | -41.7% | Season summary |
| Notre Dame | 2009 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #23 | — | 6.0 | 11.0 | 39.2 | 28.7 | +2.8 | -3.9% | Season summary |
| Notre Dame | 2008 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.2 | 6.8 | 26.7 | 19.0 | +9.9 | +28.8% | Season summary |
| Notre Dame | 2007 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.7 | -9.7 | 15.1 | 23.3 | -17.6 | -51.9% | Season summary |
| Notre Dame | 2006 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #2 | #17 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 34.2 | 22.1 | -9.9 | +1.9% | Season summary |
| Notre Dame | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #9 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 41.3 | 19.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.3
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.2
Open profile →Justin Fuente
same defense-first identity • volatility within 1.1
Avg SRS 3.0 • Peak SRS 15.0 • 10 seasons
Best finish #16 • Volatility 9.4
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.7
Avg SRS 0.2 • Peak SRS 9.9 • 10 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.0
Open profile →Vince Gibson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS 1.5 • Peak SRS 20.8 • 16 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.1
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same defense-first identity • volatility within 1.9
Avg SRS -1.2 • Peak SRS 14.6 • 8 seasons
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