Top 25
2-20
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 9.1%
Coach Profile
1988-1994 • LSU, 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 Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
LSU
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 53.1.
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.
Active comparison point
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.
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 25
2-20
Top 10
1-13
Top 5
1-7
| 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 |
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
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%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Curley Hallman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Curley Hallman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Curley Hallman
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1991-1994 • 16-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1988-1989 • 15-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
Worst Season
LSU 1992
2-9 • SRS -4.1
Biggest Drop
LSU 1992
2-9 • -5.3 SRS
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% |
| LSU | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.8 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 26.4 | +3.3 | +27.3% |
| LSU | 1992 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.1 | -3.7 | 22.2 | 25.8 | -5.3 | -27.3% |
| LSU | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.2 | 4.4 | 29.9 | 27.1 | -3.5 | 0.0% |
| Southern Miss | 1989 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 6.2 | 29.6 | 25.0 | -2.0 | -37.9% |
| Southern Miss | 1988 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 6.7 | 10.2 | 38.4 | 30.0 | — | — |
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