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Jeff Hafley

2020-2023 • Boston College

One defining program at Boston College.

Jeff Hafley coached 4 seasons, won 45.8%, and posted an average SRS of -4.7. Best season: 2021 Boston College. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
22-26
Career win rate
45.8%
Average SRS
-4.7
Peak SRS
0.9

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
—
Consistency
79.8

Primary school anchor

Boston College

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 37.0.

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.

Jeff Hafley
EliteStrongAverageLean
2020Actual season year • SRS range -10.2 to 0.92023

Active comparison point

Jeff Hafley • 2021

Selected

2021 Boston College

Best season

6-6 • SRS 0.9 • SP Overall 0.9

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

27.0 / 26.5

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

2-11

Games
13
Win rate
15.4%

Top 10

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results13
2023 Regular Week 3Boston CollegeFlorida State#3L29-31
2023 Postseason Week 1Boston CollegeSMU#22W23-14
2022 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeNotre Dame#18L0-44
2022 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeNC State#17W21-20
2022 Regular Week 8Boston CollegeWake Forest#13L15-43
2022 Regular Week 6Boston CollegeClemson#5L3-31
2021 Regular Week 13Boston CollegeWake Forest#21L10-41
2021 Regular Week 7Boston CollegeNC State#22L7-33
2021 Regular Week 5Boston CollegeClemson#25L13-19
2020 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeNotre Dame#2L31-45
2020 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeClemson#1L28-34
2020 Regular Week 7Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#23L14-40
2020 Regular Week 5Boston CollegeNorth Carolina#12L22-26

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

2020-2023 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS -4.7 • Win % 45.8%

Longest tenure
Boston College • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Boston College • -4.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Boston College • 45.8%

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.

Jeff Hafley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jeff Hafley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jeff Hafley

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-6.6
Percentile
37th pct

Lower end

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

2020-2023 • 22-26

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

Avg SRS -4.7Win % 45.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 6.0 baseline

-0.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.7 during vs 2.2 baseline

-6.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.6 during vs 0.9 baseline

-7.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Boston College 2021

6-6 • SRS 0.9

Biggest Improvement

Boston College 2023

7-6 • 5.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Boston College 2021

6-6 • SP Off 27.0

Best Defensive Season

Boston College 2021

6-6 • SP Def 26.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Boston College 2022

3-9 • SRS -10.2

Biggest Drop

Boston College 2022

3-9 • -11.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Boston College20231376053.8%——-4.8-5.922.227.6+5.4+28.8%
Boston College20221239025.0%——-10.2-14.920.433.8-11.1-25.0%
Boston College20211266050.0%——0.90.927.026.5—-4.5%
Boston College20201165054.5%————————

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