Top 25
3-6
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 33.3%
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Steve Kragthorpe
2003-2009 • Louisville, Tulsa
2 schools coached, anchored by Tulsa.
Steve Kragthorpe coached 7 seasons, won 50.6%, and posted an average SRS of -3.2. Best season: 2007 Louisville. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 44-43
- Career win rate
- 50.6%
- Average SRS
- -3.2
- Peak SRS
- 5.0
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 61.2
Primary school anchor
Tulsa
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 47.3.
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.
Steve Kragthorpe
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Steve Kragthorpe: 2007 Louisville
2003Actual season year • SRS range -11.4 to 5.02009
Active comparison point
Steve Kragthorpe • 2007
2007 Louisville
Best seasonNew stop: Louisville6-6 • SRS 5.0 • SP Overall 12.1
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+3.1
SP Off / Def
40.6 / 29.2
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
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results9
| 2009 Regular Week 8 | Louisville | Cincinnati | #5 | L10-41 |
| 2008 Regular Week 12 | Louisville | Cincinnati | #22 | L20-28 |
| 2008 Regular Week 11 | Louisville | Pittsburgh | #25 | L7-41 |
| 2008 Regular Week 9 | Louisville | South Florida | #14 | W24-20 |
| 2007 Regular Week 11 | Louisville | West Virginia | #6 | L31-38 |
| 2007 Regular Week 7 | Louisville | Cincinnati | #15 | W28-24 |
| 2005 Regular Week 2 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | #18 | L15-31 |
| 2004 Regular Week 14 | Tulsa | UTEP | #24 | W37-35 |
| 2004 Regular Week 8 | Tulsa | Boise State | #21 | L42-45 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Louisville
2007-2009 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -3.5 • Win % 41.7%
Tulsa
2003-2006 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -2.9 • Win % 56.9%
- Longest tenure
- Tulsa • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulsa • -2.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tulsa • 56.9%
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.
Steve Kragthorpe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeSteve Kragthorpe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Steve Kragthorpe
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -1.8
- Percentile
- 51th pct
Mixed
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.
Louisville
2007-2009 • 15-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.5Win % 41.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 9.6 baseline
-4.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs 12.1 baseline
-15.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.2 during vs 15.0 baseline
-13.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-60.0%
Tulsa
2003-2006 • 29-22
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.9Win % 56.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 2.6 baseline
+4.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.9 during vs -17.7 baseline
+14.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.0 during vs -19.8 baseline
+15.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Louisville 2007
6-6 • SRS 5.0
Biggest Improvement
Tulsa 2005
9-4 • 14.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Louisville 2007
6-6 • SP Off 40.6
Best Defensive Season
Tulsa 2006
8-5 • SP Def 25.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Tulsa 2004
4-8 • SRS -11.4
Biggest Drop
Louisville 2008
5-7 • -14.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Louisville | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -6.4 | -5.4 | 23.7 | 28.0 | +2.6 | -8.3% |
| Louisville | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -9.0 | -3.0 | 24.6 | 25.3 | -14.0 | -8.3% |
| Louisville | 2007 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #10 | — | 5.0 | 12.1 | 40.6 | 29.2 | +3.1 | -11.5% |
| Tulsa | 2006 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 1.9 | 2.1 | 27.0 | 25.0 | -1.4 | -7.7% |
| Tulsa | 2005 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 3.3 | 1.5 | 27.8 | 26.4 | +14.7 | +35.9% |
| Tulsa | 2004 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -11.4 | -14.0 | 32.6 | 42.2 | -5.9 | -28.2% |
| Tulsa | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -5.5 | -5.6 | 33.5 | 37.7 | — | — |
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