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Tom Coughlin

1991-1993 • Boston College

One defining program at Boston College.

Tom Coughlin coached 3 seasons, won 61.4%, and posted an average SRS of 7.4. Best season: 1993 Boston College. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
21-13-1
Career win rate
61.4%
Average SRS
7.4
Peak SRS
10.2

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
#13
Consistency
95.2

Primary school anchor

Boston College

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 62.2.

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.

Tom Coughlin
EliteStrongAverageLean
1991Actual season year • SRS range 4.3 to 10.21993

Active comparison point

Tom Coughlin • 1993

Selected

1993 Boston College

Best seasonBiggest drop

9-3 • SRS 10.2 • SP Overall 15.7

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+2.6

SP Off / Def

39.6 / 26.4

Finish

#13

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

4-10

Games
14
Win rate
28.6%

Top 10

2-7

Games
9
Win rate
22.2%

Top 5

1-4

Games
5
Win rate
20.0%
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1993 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeWest Virginia#5L14-17
1993 Regular Week 13Boston CollegeNotre Dame#1W41-39
1993 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#25W48-34
1993 Regular Week 6Boston CollegeSyracuse#13W33-29
1993 Regular Week 2Boston CollegeMiami#3L7-23
1992 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeSyracuse#10L10-27
1992 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeNotre Dame#8L7-54
1992 Regular Week 8Boston CollegePenn State#9W35-32
1992 Postseason Week 1Boston CollegeTennessee#12L23-38
1991 Regular Week 13Boston CollegeMiami#1L14-19
1991 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeSyracuse#17L16-38
1991 Regular Week 5Boston CollegePenn State#10L21-28
1991 Regular Week 3Boston CollegeGeorgia Tech#17L14-30
1991 Regular Week 2Boston CollegeMichigan#2L13-35

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Boston College

1991-1993 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 7.4 • Win % 61.4%

Longest tenure
Boston College • 3 seasons
Best tenure
Boston College • 7.4 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Boston College • 61.4%

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.

Tom Coughlin sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tom Coughlin sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tom Coughlin

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
10.9
Percentile
87th 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.

Boston College

1991-1993 • 21-13-1

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

Avg SRS 7.4Win % 61.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 4.6 baseline

+2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.4 during vs 0.2 baseline

+7.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

10.9 during vs -0.1 baseline

+10.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 20.0% baseline

+46.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Boston College 1993

9-3 • SRS 10.2

Biggest Improvement

Boston College 1992

8-3-1 • 3.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Boston College 1993

9-3 • SP Off 39.6

Best Defensive Season

Boston College 1992

8-3-1 • SP Def 24.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Boston College 1991

4-7 • SRS 4.3

Biggest Drop

Boston College 1993

9-3 • 2.6 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Boston College19931293075.0%#21#1310.215.739.626.4+2.6+4.2%
Boston College19921283170.8%—#217.610.033.024.8+3.3+34.5%
Boston College19911147036.4%——4.36.929.924.8——

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