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Jack Bicknell

1981-2006 • Boston College, Louisiana Tech

2 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.

Jack Bicknell coached 18 seasons, won 48.8%, and posted an average SRS of -1.8. Best season: 1984 Boston College. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
102-107-1
Career win rate
48.8%
Average SRS
-1.8
Peak SRS
16.6

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
18
Career span
26 years
Best finish
#5
Consistency
16.7

Primary school anchor

Boston College

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.2.

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.

Jack Bicknell
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Jack Bicknell: 1999 Louisiana Tech
1981Actual season year • SRS range -23.4 to 16.62006

Active comparison point

Jack Bicknell • 1984

Selected

1984 Boston College

Best season

10-2 • SRS 16.6 • SP Overall 22.2

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+6.4

SP Off / Def

46.3 / 28.3

Finish

#5

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

7-39-1

Games
47
Win rate
16.0%

Top 10

0-20

Games
20
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-6

Games
6
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results47
2006 Regular Week 6Louisiana TechBoise State#20L14-55
2006 Regular Week 5Louisiana TechClemson#18L0-51
2006 Regular Week 1Louisiana TechNebraska#20L10-49
2005 Regular Week 14Louisiana TechFresno State#23W40-28
2005 Regular Week 2Louisiana TechFlorida#10L3-41
2004 Regular Week 13Louisiana TechBoise State#13L14-55
2004 Regular Week 7Louisiana TechAuburn#6L7-52
2004 Regular Week 6Louisiana TechFresno State#17W28-21
2004 Regular Week 5Louisiana TechTennessee#11L17-42
2004 Regular Week 4Louisiana TechMiami#4L0-48
2003 Regular Week 11Louisiana TechLSU#7L10-49
2002 Regular Week 6Louisiana TechTexas A&M#24L3-31
2002 Regular Week 5Louisiana TechPenn State#15L17-49
2001 Regular Week 6Louisiana TechFresno State#10L28-38
2000 Regular Week 10Louisiana TechMiami#4L31-42
2000 Regular Week 2Louisiana TechKansas State#8L10-54
1999 Regular Week 4Louisiana TechAlabama#18W29-28
1999 Regular Week 2Louisiana TechTexas A&M#6L17-37
1990 Regular Week 13Boston CollegeMiami#2L12-42
1990 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeLouisville#20L10-17
1990 Regular Week 4Boston CollegeOhio State#16L10-31
1990 Regular Week 3Boston CollegePittsburgh#13L6-29
1989 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeWest Virginia#15L30-44
1989 Regular Week 2Boston CollegePittsburgh#23L10-29
1988 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeSyracuse#15L20-45
1988 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeWest Virginia#6L19-59
1988 Regular Week 4Boston CollegePenn State#16L20-23
1988 Regular Week 2Boston CollegeUSC#8L7-34
1987 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeSyracuse#6L17-45
1987 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeNotre Dame#7L25-32
1987 Regular Week 10Boston CollegeTennessee#19W20-18
1987 Regular Week 5Boston CollegePenn State#14L17-27
1986 Regular Week 4Boston CollegePenn State#7L14-26
1985 Regular Week 10Boston CollegePenn State#3L12-16
1985 Regular Week 3Boston CollegeMaryland#17L13-31
1984 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeMiami#16W47-45
1984 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeWest Virginia#18L20-21
1984 Regular Week 3Boston CollegeAlabama#19W38-31
1983 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeAlabama#19W20-13
1983 Regular Week 5Boston CollegeWest Virginia#7L17-27
1982 Regular Week 9Boston CollegePenn State#8L17-52
1982 Regular Week 6Boston CollegeWest Virginia#16L13-20
1982 Regular Week 2Boston CollegeClemson#16T17-17
1982 Postseason Week 1Boston CollegeAuburn#14L26-33
1981 Regular Week 9Boston CollegePittsburgh#2L24-29
1981 Regular Week 6Boston CollegePenn State#2L7-38
1981 Regular Week 4Boston CollegeNorth Carolina#9L14-56

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Louisiana Tech

1999-2006 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS -8.6 • Win % 45.3%

Boston College

1981-1990 • 10 seasons

Avg SRS 3.5 • Win % 51.7%

Longest tenure
Boston College • 10 seasons
Best tenure
Boston College • 3.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Boston College • 51.7%

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.

Jack Bicknell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jack Bicknell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jack Bicknell

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-0.7
Percentile
54th 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.

Louisiana Tech

1999-2006 • 43-52

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -8.6Win % 45.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 5.8 baseline

-0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.6 during vs -9.9 baseline

+1.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-7.5 during vs -12.6 baseline

+5.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Boston College

1981-1990 • 59-55-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 3.5Win % 51.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 5.2 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.5 during vs 0.4 baseline

+3.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

4.8 during vs -1.9 baseline

+6.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

30.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+30.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Boston College 1984

10-2 • SRS 16.6

Biggest Improvement

Boston College 1986

9-3 • 11.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Boston College 1984

10-2 • SP Off 46.3

Best Defensive Season

Boston College 1983

9-3 • SP Def 19.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Louisiana Tech 2006

3-10 • SRS -23.4

Biggest Drop

Boston College 1985

4-8 • -18.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Louisiana Tech200613310023.1%——-23.4-22.218.939.7-18.1-40.6%
Louisiana Tech20051174063.6%——-5.3-6.023.429.4-2.1+13.6%
Louisiana Tech20041266050.0%——-3.23.536.234.2+6.0+8.3%
Louisiana Tech20031257041.7%——-9.2-6.833.038.0+4.8+8.3%
Louisiana Tech20021248033.3%——-14.0-14.832.042.2-9.6-25.0%
Louisiana Tech20011275058.3%——-4.4-4.439.041.0+7.3+33.3%
Louisiana Tech20001239025.0%——-11.7-14.629.239.9-14.4-47.7%
Louisiana Tech19991183072.7%——2.75.439.935.7+9.4+36.4%
Boston College19901147036.4%——-6.7-8.122.730.2-3.0+18.2%
Boston College19891129018.2%——-3.7-6.222.628.4-1.1-9.1%
Boston College19881138027.3%——-2.6-5.329.033.9-6.9-18.2%
Boston College19871156045.5%——4.37.832.326.1-5.2-29.5%
Boston College19861293075.0%—#199.511.432.122.0+11.3+41.7%
Boston College19851248033.3%——-1.8-2.225.728.2-18.4-50.0%
Boston College198412102083.3%#19#516.622.246.328.3+6.4+8.3%
Boston College19831293075.0%—#1910.213.031.519.4+1.8+4.2%
Boston College19821283170.8%——8.48.628.821.1+7.3+25.4%
Boston College19811156045.5%——1.16.430.826.3——

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