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2-35
- Games
- 37
- Win rate
- 5.4%
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Vince Gibson
1967-1982 • Kansas State, Louisville, Tulane
3 schools coached, anchored by Kansas State.
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.
- 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.
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.
Vince Gibson
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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
1969 Kansas State
Best season5-5 • 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.
Top 10
1-21
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 4.5%
Top 5
0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results37
| 1982 Regular Week 13 | Tulane | LSU | #7 | W31-28 |
| 1982 Regular Week 2 | Tulane | SMU | #8 | L7-51 |
| 1980 Regular Week 6 | Tulane | SMU | #20 | L21-31 |
| 1980 Regular Week 3 | Tulane | Stanford | #11 | L14-19 |
| 1979 Regular Week 6 | Louisville | Florida State | #9 | L0-27 |
| 1978 Regular Week 3 | Louisville | Maryland | #18 | L17-24 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | Louisville | Alabama | #2 | L6-55 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Louisville | Alabama | #17 | L3-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Louisville | Pittsburgh | #2 | L6-27 |
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #6 | L7-35 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | #17 | L5-29 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #2 | L0-63 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Kansas | #19 | L13-20 |
| 1973 Regular Week 12 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #10 | L21-50 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Missouri | #10 | L7-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #3 | L14-56 |
| 1973 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Kansas | #18 | L18-25 |
| 1973 Regular Week 3 | Kansas State | Florida | #15 | L10-21 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #5 | L7-59 |
| 1972 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Missouri | #16 | L14-31 |
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #8 | L0-52 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Iowa State | #20 | L22-55 |
| 1972 Regular Week 5 | Kansas State | Colorado | #12 | L17-38 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Kansas State | Arizona State | #10 | L14-56 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #1 | L17-44 |
| 1971 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #2 | L28-75 |
| 1971 Regular Week 4 | Kansas State | Colorado | #6 | L21-31 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #3 | L13-51 |
| 1970 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Colorado | #13 | W21-20 |
| 1970 Regular Week 5 | Kansas State | Arizona State | #14 | L13-35 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #16 | L7-10 |
| 1969 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Missouri | #9 | L38-41 |
| 1969 Regular Week 4 | Kansas State | Penn State | #5 | L14-17 |
| 1968 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Kansas | #7 | L29-38 |
| 1968 Regular Week 7 | Kansas State | Missouri | #14 | L20-56 |
| 1968 Regular Week 3 | Kansas State | Penn State | #4 | L9-25 |
| 1967 Regular Week 5 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #8 | L14-16 |
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 edgeVince 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
Worst 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.
| Tulane | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.5 | -6.2 | 23.4 | 29.2 | -9.8 | -18.2% |
| Tulane | 1981 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 8.3 | 4.6 | 20.8 | 17.4 | +2.8 | -3.8% |
| Tulane | 1980 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.5 | 0.3 | 26.7 | 26.9 | +7.0 | +17.4% |
| Louisville | 1979 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -1.5 | -1.6 | 19.0 | 20.3 | +0.1 | -22.7% |
| Louisville | 1978 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -1.6 | 0.3 | 28.7 | 28.5 | -3.4 | +1.1% |
| Louisville | 1977 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 1.8 | 3.1 | 26.7 | 24.5 | +5.2 | +26.1% |
| Louisville | 1976 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.4 | 1.9 | 24.2 | 22.8 | +17.4 | +27.3% |
| Louisville | 1975 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -20.8 | -24.9 | 13.8 | 36.6 | -23.7 | -27.3% |
| Kansas State | 1974 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.9 | 4.9 | 28.5 | 24.7 | -4.4 | -9.1% |
| Kansas State | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 7.3 | 10.5 | 28.7 | 19.1 | +14.2 | +18.2% |
| Kansas State | 1972 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.9 | -5.7 | 29.6 | 34.7 | -12.4 | -18.2% |
| Kansas State | 1971 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.5 | 8.6 | 32.2 | 25.2 | -5.1 | -9.1% |
| Kansas State | 1970 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #14 | — | 10.6 | 9.6 | 26.6 | 17.8 | -10.2 | +4.5% |
| Kansas State | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 20.8 | — | — | — | +14.7 | +10.0% |
| Kansas State | 1968 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 6.1 | — | — | — | +15.9 | +30.0% |
| Kansas State | 1967 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | -9.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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