Top 25
2-4-1
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 35.7%
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Coach Profile
Bill Arnsparger
1984-1986 • LSU
One defining program at LSU.
Bill Arnsparger coached 3 seasons, won 75.0%, and posted an average SRS of 13.0. Best season: 1986 LSU. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 26-8-2
- Career win rate
- 75.0%
- Average SRS
- 13.0
- Peak SRS
- 15.5
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 96.7
Primary school anchor
LSU
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 74.9.
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.
Bill Arnsparger
EliteStrongAverageLean
1984Actual season year • SRS range 10.7 to 15.51986
Active comparison point
Bill Arnsparger • 1986
1986 LSU
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-3 • SRS 15.5 • SP Overall 23.0
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+4.8
SP Off / Def
35.4 / 13.2
Finish
#10
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
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results7
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
LSU
1984-1986 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 13.0 • Win % 75.0%
- Longest tenure
- LSU • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- LSU • 13.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- LSU • 75.0%
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.
Bill Arnsparger sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Arnsparger sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Arnsparger
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 16.6
- Percentile
- 95th pct
Elite
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.
LSU
1984-1986 • 26-8-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.0Win % 75.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.7 during vs 5.8 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.0 during vs 9.6 baseline
+3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
16.6 during vs 6.8 baseline
+9.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+80.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
LSU 1986
9-3 • SRS 15.5
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1986
9-3 • 4.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
LSU 1986
9-3 • SP Off 35.4
Best Defensive Season
LSU 1985
9-2-1 • SP Def 12.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
LSU 1985
9-2-1 • SRS 10.7
Biggest Drop
LSU 1985
9-2-1 • -2.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| LSU | 1986 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #15 | #10 | 15.5 | 23.0 | 35.4 | 13.2 | +4.8 | -4.2% |
| LSU | 1985 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #13 | #20 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 22.2 | 12.5 | -2.1 | +8.3% |
| LSU | 1984 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | #15 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 34.7 | 19.6 | — | — |
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