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Vince Gibson

1967-1982 • Kansas State, Louisville, Tulane

3 schools coached, anchored by Kansas State.

Vince Gibson's coaching record is 73-100-2, highlighted by seasons at Kansas State from 1967 to 1982.

Vince Gibson coached 16 seasons, won 42.3%, and posted an average SRS of 1.5. Best season: 1969 Kansas State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
73-100-2
Career win rate
42.3%
Average SRS
1.5
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
16
Career span
16 years
Best finish
—
Consistency
19.7

Primary school anchor

Kansas State

Defense-First profile with 3 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.

Compare Vince Gibson
Overall record
73-100-2

175 countable games, 42.3% win rate.

Kansas State record
33-52

8 countable seasons at Kansas State.

Full-season record
73-100-2

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

Vs AP Top 25
2-35

37 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
1-21

22 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-10

10 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Kansas
2-6

Sunflower Showdown games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-2

2 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 27, 1982. 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.

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Vince Gibson: 1975 LouisvilleVince Gibson: 1980 Tulane
1967Actual season year • SRS range -20.8 to 20.81982

Active comparison point

Vince Gibson • 1969

Selected

1969 Kansas State

Best season

5-5 • SRS 20.8 • SP Overall —

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

+14.7

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

2-35

Games
37
Win rate
5.4%

Top 10

1-21

Games
22
Win rate
4.5%

Top 5

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%
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1982 Regular Week 13TulaneLSU#7W31-28
1982 Regular Week 2TulaneSMU#8L7-51
1980 Regular Week 6TulaneSMU#20L21-31
1980 Regular Week 3TulaneStanford#11L14-19
1979 Regular Week 6LouisvilleFlorida State#9L0-27
1978 Regular Week 3LouisvilleMaryland#18L17-24
1977 Regular Week 8LouisvilleAlabama#2L6-55
1976 Regular Week 8LouisvilleAlabama#17L3-24
1976 Regular Week 6LouisvillePittsburgh#2L6-27
1974 Regular Week 11Kansas StateNebraska#6L7-35
1974 Regular Week 10Kansas StateOklahoma State#17L5-29
1974 Regular Week 8Kansas StateOklahoma#2L0-63
1974 Regular Week 6Kansas StateKansas#19L13-20
1973 Regular Week 12Kansas StateNebraska#10L21-50
1973 Regular Week 10Kansas StateMissouri#10L7-31
1973 Regular Week 9Kansas StateOklahoma#3L14-56
1973 Regular Week 7Kansas StateKansas#18L18-25
1973 Regular Week 3Kansas StateFlorida#15L10-21
1972 Regular Week 11Kansas StateNebraska#5L7-59
1972 Regular Week 9Kansas StateMissouri#16L14-31
1972 Regular Week 8Kansas StateOklahoma#8L0-52
1972 Regular Week 7Kansas StateIowa State#20L22-55
1972 Regular Week 5Kansas StateColorado#12L17-38
1972 Regular Week 3Kansas StateArizona State#10L14-56
1971 Regular Week 10Kansas StateNebraska#1L17-44
1971 Regular Week 7Kansas StateOklahoma#2L28-75
1971 Regular Week 4Kansas StateColorado#6L21-31
1970 Regular Week 12Kansas StateNebraska#3L13-51
1970 Regular Week 6Kansas StateColorado#13W21-20
1970 Regular Week 5Kansas StateArizona State#14L13-35
1969 Regular Week 10Kansas StateNebraska#16L7-10
1969 Regular Week 8Kansas StateMissouri#9L38-41
1969 Regular Week 4Kansas StatePenn State#5L14-17
1968 Regular Week 10Kansas StateKansas#7L29-38
1968 Regular Week 7Kansas StateMissouri#14L20-56
1968 Regular Week 3Kansas StatePenn State#4L9-25
1967 Regular Week 5Kansas StateNebraska#8L14-16

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Tulane

1980-1982 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 4.1 • Win % 50.0%

Louisville

1975-1979 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -5.1 • Win % 42.9%

Kansas State

1967-1974 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 38.8%

Longest tenure
Kansas State • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Kansas State • 4.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Tulane • 50.0%

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.

Vince Gibson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Vince Gibson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Vince Gibson

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
0.4
Percentile
59th 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.

Tulane

1980-1982 • 17-17

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

Avg SRS 4.1Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.7 during vs 4.4 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 0.9 baseline

+3.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.4 during vs -5.5 baseline

+5.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Louisville

1975-1979 • 23-31-2

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

Avg SRS -5.1Win % 42.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 6.4 baseline

-1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-5.1 during vs -2.1 baseline

-3.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.2 during vs 2.8 baseline

-7.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Kansas State

1967-1974 • 33-52

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

Avg SRS 4.6Win % 38.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 1.0 baseline

+3.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.6 during vs -13.2 baseline

+17.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

5.6 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Kansas State 1969

5-5 • SRS 20.8

Biggest Improvement

Louisville 1976

4-7 • 17.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kansas State 1971

5-6 • SP Off 32.2

Best Defensive Season

Tulane 1981

6-5 • SP Def 17.4

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Louisville 1975

1-10 • SRS -20.8

Biggest Drop

Louisville 1975

1-10 • -23.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Tulane19821147036.4%——-1.5-6.223.429.2-9.8-18.2%Season summary
Tulane19811165054.5%——8.34.620.817.4+2.8-3.8%Season summary
Tulane19801275058.3%——5.50.326.726.9+7.0+17.4%Season summary
Louisville19791146140.9%——-1.5-1.619.020.3+0.1-22.7%Season summary
Louisville19781174063.6%——-1.60.328.728.5-3.4+1.1%Season summary
Louisville19771274162.5%——1.83.126.724.5+5.2+26.1%Season summary
Louisville19761147036.4%——-3.41.924.222.8+17.4+27.3%Season summary
Louisville19751111009.1%——-20.8-24.913.836.6-23.7-27.3%Season summary
Kansas State19741147036.4%——2.94.928.524.7-4.4-9.1%Season summary
Kansas State19731156045.5%——7.310.528.719.1+14.2+18.2%Season summary
Kansas State19721138027.3%——-6.9-5.729.634.7-12.4-18.2%Season summary
Kansas State19711156045.5%——5.58.632.225.2-5.1-9.1%Season summary
Kansas State19701165054.5%#14—10.69.626.617.8-10.2+4.5%Season summary
Kansas State19691055050.0%——20.8———+14.7+10.0%Season summary
Kansas State19681046040.0%——6.1———+15.9+30.0%Season summary
Kansas State19671019010.0%——-9.8—————Season summary

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