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Ken Hatfield

1979-2005 • Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice

4 schools coached, anchored by Rice.

Ken Hatfield's coaching record is 168-140-4, highlighted by seasons at Rice from 1979 to 2005.

Ken Hatfield coached 27 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of 0.0. Best season: 1990 Clemson. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
168-140-4
Career win rate
54.5%
Average SRS
0.0
Peak SRS
19.4

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
27
Career span
27 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
12.0

Primary school anchor

Rice

Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 82.8.

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.

Compare Ken Hatfield
Overall record
168-140-4

312 countable games, 54.5% win rate.

Rice record
55-78-1

12 countable seasons at Rice.

Full-season record
160-137-4

26 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Partial-season record
8-3

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
13-38

51 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
1-17

18 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-10

10 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Texas
1-7

Rice-Texas games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
4-6

10 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 26, 2005. 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.

Ken Hatfield
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Ken Hatfield: 1984 ArkansasKen Hatfield: 1990 ClemsonKen Hatfield: 1994 Rice
1979Actual season year • SRS range -18.9 to 19.42005

Active comparison point

Ken Hatfield • 1990

Selected

1990 Clemson

Best seasonNew stop: Clemson

10-2 • SRS 19.4 • SP Overall 21.6

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+3.2

SP Off / Def

31.4 / 10.9

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

13-38

Games
51
Win rate
25.5%

Top 10

1-17

Games
18
Win rate
5.6%

Top 5

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results51
2005 Regular Week 3RiceTexas#2L10-51
2004 Regular Week 12RiceUTEP#23L28-35
2004 Regular Week 5RiceTexas#5L13-35
2003 Regular Week 5RiceTexas#13L7-48
2002 Regular Week 3RiceMichigan State#15L10-27
2000 Regular Week 10RiceTCU#11L0-37
2000 Regular Week 5RiceOklahoma#17L14-42
2000 Regular Week 3RiceMichigan#3L7-38
1999 Regular Week 3RiceMichigan#6L3-37
1998 Regular Week 13RiceAir Force#18L16-22
1997 Regular Week 8RiceBYU#21W27-14
1996 Regular Week 12RiceBYU#12L0-49
1996 Regular Week 11RiceUtah#20W51-10
1996 Regular Week 5RiceKansas State#16L7-34
1996 Regular Week 3RiceOhio State#10L7-70
1995 Regular Week 12RiceTexas A&M#18L10-17
1995 Regular Week 9RiceTexas Tech#25L26-31
1995 Regular Week 7RiceTexas#20L13-37
1995 Regular Week 5RiceLSU#18L7-52
1994 Regular Week 9RiceTexas A&M#6L0-7
1994 Regular Week 8RiceTexas#12W19-17
1992 Regular Week 11ClemsonNorth Carolina#18W40-7
1992 Regular Week 9ClemsonNC State#23L6-20
1992 Regular Week 7ClemsonVirginia#10W29-28
1992 Regular Week 3ClemsonFlorida State#5L20-24
1991 Regular Week 9ClemsonNC State#12W29-19
1991 Regular Week 5ClemsonGeorgia Tech#19W9-7
1991 Postseason Week 1ClemsonCalifornia#8L13-37
1990 Regular Week 8ClemsonGeorgia Tech#11L19-21
1990 Regular Week 3ClemsonVirginia#11L7-20
1990 Postseason Week 1ClemsonIllinois#25W30-0
1989 Regular Week 13ArkansasTexas A&M#14W23-22
1989 Regular Week 9ArkansasHouston#12W45-39
1989 Postseason Week 1ArkansasTennessee#5L27-31
1988 Regular Week 14ArkansasMiami#3L16-18
1988 Postseason Week 1ArkansasUCLA#6L3-17
1987 Regular Week 12ArkansasTexas A&M#16L0-14
1987 Regular Week 5ArkansasMiami#3L7-51
1987 Postseason Week 1ArkansasGeorgia#13L17-20
1986 Regular Week 12ArkansasTexas A&M#13W14-10
1986 Regular Week 11ArkansasBaylor#18L14-29
1986 Postseason Week 1ArkansasOklahoma#3L8-42
1985 Regular Week 11ArkansasBaylor#11W20-14
1984 Regular Week 14ArkansasSMU#10L28-31
1984 Regular Week 9ArkansasTexas#3L18-24
1984 Postseason Week 1ArkansasAuburn#14L15-21
1982 Regular Week 12Air ForceNotre Dame#18W30-17
1981 Regular Week 2Air ForceBYU#15L21-45
1980 Regular Week 13Air ForceNotre Dame#2L10-24
1980 Regular Week 3Air ForceWashington#16L7-50
1979 Regular Week 7Air ForceNotre Dame#9L13-38

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Rice

1994-2005 • 12 seasons

Avg SRS -7.3 • Win % 41.4%

Clemson

1990-1993 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 8.4 • Win % 70.7%

Arkansas

1984-1989 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 76.0%

Air Force

1979-1983 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -3.6 • Win % 44.9%

Longest tenure
Rice • 12 seasons
Best tenure
Arkansas • 12.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arkansas • 76.0%

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.

Ken Hatfield sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ken Hatfield sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ken Hatfield

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
0.4
Percentile
58th 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.

Rice

1994-2005 • 55-78-1

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

Avg SRS -7.3Win % 41.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 4.6 baseline

-0.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.3 during vs -2.6 baseline

-4.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-7.5 during vs -6.6 baseline

-0.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Clemson

1990-1993 • 32-13-1

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

Avg SRS 8.4Win % 70.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 8.8 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.4 during vs 15.1 baseline

-3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

13.2 during vs 16.2 baseline

-3.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 80.0% baseline

-13.3%

Arkansas

1984-1989 • 55-17-1

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

Avg SRS 12.0Win % 76.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.2 during vs 8.0 baseline

+1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 11.7 baseline

+0.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.1 during vs 13.4 baseline

+2.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 40.0% baseline

+26.7%

Air Force

1979-1983 • 26-32-1

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

Avg SRS -3.6Win % 44.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 2.6 baseline

+2.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.6 during vs -8.4 baseline

+4.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.9 during vs -16.0 baseline

+9.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Clemson 1990

10-2 • SRS 19.4

Biggest Improvement

Rice 1996

7-4 • 12.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arkansas 1989

10-2 • SP Off 39.4

Best Defensive Season

Clemson 1990

10-2 • SP Def 10.9

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Rice 2005

1-10 • SRS -18.9

Biggest Drop

Clemson 1991

9-2-1 • -8.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Rice20051111009.1%——-18.9-21.620.041.7-6.9-18.2%Season summary
Rice20041138027.3%——-12.0-13.030.740.2-1.8-14.4%Season summary
Rice20031257041.7%——-10.2-14.530.741.2+3.4+5.3%Season summary
Rice20021147036.4%——-13.6-16.922.737.3-5.1-30.3%Season summary
Rice20011284066.7%——-8.5-12.029.238.2+0.4+39.4%Season summary
Rice20001138027.3%——-8.9-7.428.034.3-3.6-18.2%Season summary
Rice19991156045.5%——-5.3-2.426.629.0-4.90.0%Season summary
Rice19981156045.5%——-0.42.628.526.6+1.9-18.2%Season summary
Rice19971174063.6%——-2.30.833.233.1-6.20.0%Season summary
Rice19961174063.6%——3.910.838.529.7+12.3+40.9%Season summary
Rice19951128122.7%——-8.4-10.822.932.7-5.4-22.7%Season summary
Rice19941156045.5%——-3.0-5.619.525.2-2.6-27.3%Season summary
Clemson19931183072.7%#23#23-0.4-1.018.819.8-4.6+27.3%Partial season
Clemson19921156045.5%#13—4.25.427.623.1-6.4-33.7%Season summary
Clemson19911292179.2%#9#1810.612.731.419.6-8.8-4.2%Season summary
Clemson199012102083.3%#10#919.421.631.410.9+3.20.0%Season summary
Arkansas198912102083.3%#10#1316.219.239.422.7+1.70.0%Season summary
Arkansas198812102083.3%—#1214.519.735.918.0+6.9+14.1%Season summary
Arkansas19871394069.2%#12—7.69.428.519.8-1.9-5.8%Season summary
Arkansas19861293075.0%#19#159.515.232.017.7-3.7-8.3%Season summary
Arkansas198512102083.3%#15#1213.216.630.915.5+2.0+20.8%Season summary
Arkansas19841274162.5%——11.216.328.813.4+3.2-20.8%Season summary
Air Force198312102083.3%—#138.08.133.227.0+5.8+21.8%Season summary
Air Force19821385061.5%——2.24.938.034.3+8.6+25.2%Season summary
Air Force19811147036.4%——-6.4-9.019.027.4+1.5+15.5%Season summary
Air Force19801229120.8%——-7.9-9.818.027.3+5.8+2.6%Season summary
Air Force19791129018.2%——-13.7-28.66.533.9——Season summary

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