Top 25
2-20
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 9.1%
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Coach Profile
Curley Hallman
1988-1994 • LSU, Southern Miss
2 schools coached, anchored by LSU.
Curley Hallman's coaching record is 31-36, highlighted by seasons at LSU from 1988 to 1994.
Curley Hallman coached 6 seasons, won 46.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.0. Best season: 1988 Southern Miss. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 31-36
- Career win rate
- 46.3%
- Average SRS
- 2.0
- Peak SRS
- 6.7
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
- 6
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 86.7
Primary school anchor
LSU
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 53.1.
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.
- Overall record
- 31-36
- LSU record
- 16-28
- Full-season record
- 31-36
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-13
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-7
- Vs Mississippi State
- 3-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
67 countable games, 46.3% win rate.
4 countable seasons at LSU.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
14 games using AP ranking at game time.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
LSU-Mississippi State games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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 26, 1994. 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.
Curley Hallman
EliteStrongAverageLean
Curley Hallman: 1991 LSU
1988Actual season year • SRS range -4.1 to 6.71994
Active comparison point
Curley Hallman • 1988
1988 Southern Miss
Best season10-2 • SRS 6.7 • SP Overall 10.2
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
38.4 / 30.0
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
1-13
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 7.1%
Top 5
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
View ranked game results22
| 1994 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #6 | L17-35 |
| 1994 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #1 | L18-42 |
| 1994 Regular Week 4 | LSU | Auburn | #11 | L26-30 |
| 1994 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Texas A&M | #15 | L13-18 |
| 1993 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #5 | W17-13 |
| 1993 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #5 | L3-58 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | LSU | Tennessee | #11 | L20-42 |
| 1993 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Texas A&M | #5 | L0-24 |
| 1992 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #3 | L11-31 |
| 1992 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #23 | L21-28 |
| 1992 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Tennessee | #7 | L0-20 |
| 1992 Regular Week 3 | LSU | Mississippi State | #18 | W24-3 |
| 1992 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Texas A&M | #7 | L22-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #8 | L17-20 |
| 1991 Regular Week 9 | LSU | Florida State | #1 | L16-27 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Florida | #13 | L0-16 |
| 1991 Regular Week 3 | LSU | Texas A&M | #20 | L7-45 |
| 1989 Regular Week 12 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #4 | L14-37 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | Southern Miss | Texas A&M | #22 | L14-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #5 | L3-24 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #9 | L8-38 |
| 1988 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Florida State | #10 | L13-49 |
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
1991-1994 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 0.2 • Win % 36.4%
Southern Miss
1988-1989 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 5.7 • Win % 65.2%
- Longest tenure
- LSU • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Southern Miss • 5.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Southern Miss • 65.2%
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.
Curley Hallman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCurley Hallman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Curley Hallman
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.7
- Percentile
- 71th pct
Strong
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
1991-1994 • 16-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.2Win % 36.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 7.2 baseline
-3.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.2 during vs 10.3 baseline
-10.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.9 during vs 14.3 baseline
-11.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-60.0%
Southern Miss
1988-1989 • 15-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.7Win % 65.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 6.0 baseline
+1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 1.1 baseline
+4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.2 during vs -3.2 baseline
+11.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Southern Miss 1988
10-2 • SRS 6.7
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1994
4-7 • 5.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Southern Miss 1988
10-2 • SP Off 38.4
Best Defensive Season
Southern Miss 1989
5-6 • SP Def 25.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
LSU 1992
2-9 • SRS -4.1
Biggest Drop
LSU 1992
2-9 • -5.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| LSU | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 4.4 | 6.9 | 32.6 | 27.6 | +5.2 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| LSU | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.8 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 26.4 | +3.3 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| LSU | 1992 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.1 | -3.7 | 22.2 | 25.8 | -5.3 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| LSU | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.2 | 4.4 | 29.9 | 27.1 | -3.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1989 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 6.2 | 29.6 | 25.0 | -2.0 | -37.9% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1988 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 6.7 | 10.2 | 38.4 | 30.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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