Coach Profile
1979-2005 • Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice
4 schools coached, anchored by Rice.
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 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Rice
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 82.9.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
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%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Ken Hatfield sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ken Hatfield sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ken Hatfield
Above average
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1994-2005 • 55-78-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1990-1993 • 32-13-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 8.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 15.1 baseline
-6.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 16.2 baseline
-6.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
75.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-5.0%
1984-1989 • 55-17-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1979-1983 • 26-32-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
Worst Season
Rice 2005
1-10 • SRS -18.9
Biggest Drop
Clemson 1991
9-2-1 • -8.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Rice | 2005 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -18.9 | -21.6 | 20.0 | 41.7 | -6.9 | -18.2% |
| Rice | 2004 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -12.0 | -13.0 | 30.7 | 40.2 | -1.8 | -14.4% |
| Rice | 2003 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -10.2 | -14.5 | 30.7 | 41.2 | +3.4 | +5.3% |
| Rice | 2002 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -13.6 | -16.9 | 22.7 | 37.3 | -5.1 | -30.3% |
| Rice | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -8.5 | -12.0 | 29.2 | 38.2 | +0.4 | +39.4% |
| Rice | 2000 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -8.9 | -7.4 | 28.0 | 34.3 | -3.6 | -18.2% |
| Rice | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -5.3 | -2.4 | 26.6 | 29.0 | -4.9 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1998 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.4 | 2.6 | 28.5 | 26.6 | +1.9 | -18.2% |
| Rice | 1997 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -2.3 | 0.8 | 33.2 | 33.1 | -6.2 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1996 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 3.9 | 10.8 | 38.5 | 29.7 | +12.3 | +40.9% |
| Rice | 1995 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -8.4 | -10.8 | 22.9 | 32.7 | -5.4 | -22.7% |
| Rice | 1994 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -3.0 | -5.6 | 19.5 | 25.2 | -2.6 | -27.3% |
| Clemson | 1993 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #23 | #23 | -0.4 | -1.0 | 18.8 | 19.8 | -4.6 | +27.3% |
| Clemson | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #13 | — | 4.2 | 5.4 | 27.6 | 23.1 | -6.4 | -33.7% |
| Clemson | 1991 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #9 | #18 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 31.4 | 19.6 | -8.8 | -4.2% |
| Clemson | 1990 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #10 | #9 | 19.4 | 21.6 | 31.4 | 10.9 | +3.2 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 1989 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #10 | #13 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 39.4 | 22.7 | +1.7 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 1988 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #12 | 14.5 | 19.7 | 35.9 | 18.0 | +6.9 | +14.1% |
| Arkansas | 1987 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #12 | — | 7.6 | 9.4 | 28.5 | 19.8 | -1.9 | -5.8% |
| Arkansas | 1986 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #19 | #15 | 9.5 | 15.2 | 32.0 | 17.7 | -3.7 | -8.3% |
| Arkansas | 1985 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #15 | #12 | 13.2 | 16.6 | 30.9 | 15.5 | +2.0 | +20.8% |
| Arkansas | 1984 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 11.2 | 16.3 | 28.8 | 13.4 | +3.2 | -20.8% |
| Air Force | 1983 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #13 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 33.2 | 27.0 | +5.8 | +21.8% |
| Air Force | 1982 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 2.2 | 4.9 | 38.0 | 34.3 | +8.6 | +25.2% |
| Air Force | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -6.4 | -9.0 | 19.0 | 27.4 | +1.5 | +15.5% |
| Air Force | 1980 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 20.8% | — | — | -7.9 | -9.8 | 18.0 | 27.3 | +5.8 | +2.6% |
| Air Force | 1979 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -13.7 | -28.6 | 6.5 | 33.9 | — | — |
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