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Curley Hallman

1988-1994LSU, Southern Miss

2 schools coached, anchored by LSU.

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
86.9

Primary school anchor

LSU

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 53.1.

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.

Curley Hallman
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Curley Hallman: 1991 LSU
1988Actual season year • SRS range -4.1 to 6.71994

Active comparison point

Curley Hallman1988

Selected

1988 Southern Miss

Best season

10-2 • 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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

2-20

Games
22
Win rate
9.1%

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 11LSUAlabama#6L17-35
1994 Regular Week 7LSUFlorida#1L18-42
1994 Regular Week 4LSUAuburn#11L26-30
1994 Regular Week 2LSUTexas A&M#15L13-18
1993 Regular Week 11LSUAlabama#5W17-13
1993 Regular Week 7LSUFlorida#5L3-58
1993 Regular Week 5LSUTennessee#11L20-42
1993 Regular Week 2LSUTexas A&M#5L0-24
1992 Regular Week 11LSUAlabama#3L11-31
1992 Regular Week 7LSUFlorida#23L21-28
1992 Regular Week 6LSUTennessee#7L0-20
1992 Regular Week 3LSUMississippi State#18W24-3
1992 Regular Week 2LSUTexas A&M#7L22-31
1991 Regular Week 11LSUAlabama#8L17-20
1991 Regular Week 9LSUFlorida State#1L16-27
1991 Regular Week 6LSUFlorida#13L0-16
1991 Regular Week 3LSUTexas A&M#20L7-45
1989 Regular Week 12Southern MissAlabama#4L14-37
1989 Regular Week 5Southern MissTexas A&M#22L14-31
1989 Regular Week 3Southern MissAuburn#5L3-24
1988 Regular Week 11Southern MissAuburn#9L8-38
1988 Regular Week 3Southern MissFlorida State#10L13-49

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

1991-19944 seasons

Avg SRS 0.2 • Win % 36.4%

Southern Miss

1988-19892 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 edge

Curley Hallman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Curley Hallman

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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

1991-199416-28

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

1988-198915-8

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

10-2SRS 6.7

Biggest Improvement

LSU 1994

4-75.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Southern Miss 1988

10-2SP Off 38.4

Best Defensive Season

Southern Miss 1989

5-6SP Def 25.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

LSU 1992

2-9SRS -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.

LSU19941147036.4%4.46.932.627.6+5.2-9.1%
LSU19931156045.5%-0.84.029.026.4+3.3+27.3%
LSU19921129018.2%-4.1-3.722.225.8-5.3-27.3%
LSU19911156045.5%1.24.429.927.1-3.50.0%
Southern Miss19891156045.5%4.76.229.625.0-2.0-37.9%
Southern Miss198812102083.3%6.710.238.430.0

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