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Tom OBrien

1997-2012 • Boston College, NC State

2 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.

Tom OBrien's coaching record is 115-80, highlighted by seasons at Boston College from 1997 to 2012.

Tom OBrien coached 16 seasons, won 59.0%, and posted an average SRS of 4.0. Best season: 2005 Boston College. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
115-80
Career win rate
59.0%
Average SRS
4.0
Peak SRS
13.4

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
16
Career span
16 years
Best finish
#18
Consistency
45.0

Primary school anchor

Boston College

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 69.5.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Tom OBrien
Overall record
115-80

195 countable games, 59.0% win rate.

Boston College record
75-45

10 countable seasons at Boston College.

Full-season record
99-72

14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Partial-season record
16-8

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
11-25

36 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
2-10

12 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
1-8

9 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Clemson
1-0

Boston College-Clemson games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
8-2

10 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 31, 2012. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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 OBrien
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Tom OBrien: 2007 NC State
1997Actual season year • SRS range -10.7 to 13.42012

Active comparison point

Tom OBrien • 2005

Selected

2005 Boston College

Best season

9-3 • SRS 13.4 • SP Overall 19.2

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+7.5

SP Off / Def

30.4 / 11.2

Finish

#18

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

11-25

Games
36
Win rate
30.6%

Top 10

2-10

Games
12
Win rate
16.7%

Top 5

1-8

Games
9
Win rate
11.1%
View ranked game results36
2011 Regular Week 12NC StateClemson#7W37-13
2011 Regular Week 5NC StateGeorgia Tech#21L35-45
2010 Regular Week 9NC StateFlorida State#16W28-24
2009 Regular Week 13NC StateNorth Carolina#23W28-27
2009 Regular Week 12NC StateVirginia Tech#16L10-38
2009 Regular Week 11NC StateClemson#24L23-43
2008 Regular Week 13NC StateNorth Carolina#25W41-10
2008 Regular Week 5NC StateSouth Florida#13L10-41
2008 Regular Week 4NC StateEast Carolina#15W30-24
2007 Regular Week 9NC StateVirginia#21W29-24
2007 Regular Week 4NC StateClemson#15L20-42
2005 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#3L10-30
2005 Regular Week 3Boston CollegeFlorida State#8L17-28
2004 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeWest Virginia#13W36-17
2004 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeNotre Dame#24W24-23
2003 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#12W34-27
2003 Regular Week 11Boston CollegePittsburgh#25L13-24
2003 Regular Week 5Boston CollegeMiami#2L14-33
2002 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeNotre Dame#4W14-7
2002 Regular Week 8Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#4L23-28
2002 Regular Week 5Boston CollegeMiami#1L6-38
2001 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeSyracuse#22L28-39
2001 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeMiami#1L7-18
2001 Regular Week 8Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#6L20-34
2001 Postseason Week 1Boston CollegeGeorgia#16W20-16
2000 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeMiami#2L6-52
2000 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeNotre Dame#11L16-28
2000 Regular Week 6Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#4L34-48
1999 Regular Week 14Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#2L14-38
1999 Regular Week 9Boston CollegeMiami#23L28-31
1998 Regular Week 11Boston CollegeNotre Dame#12L26-31
1998 Regular Week 10Boston CollegeMiami#24L17-35
1998 Regular Week 8Boston CollegeSyracuse#21L25-42
1998 Regular Week 7Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#14L0-17
1997 Regular Week 12Boston CollegeSyracuse#22L13-20
1997 Regular Week 8Boston CollegeVirginia Tech#23L7-17

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

NC State

2007-2012 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 1.0 • Win % 53.3%

Boston College

1997-2006 • 10 seasons

Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 62.5%

Longest tenure
Boston College • 10 seasons
Best tenure
Boston College • 5.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Boston College • 62.5%

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 OBrien sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tom OBrien sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tom OBrien

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
5.6
Percentile
74th 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.

NC State

2007-2012 • 40-35

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

Avg SRS 1.0Win % 53.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.6 during vs 6.8 baseline

-0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.4 during vs 7.4 baseline

-6.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.9 during vs 10.8 baseline

-8.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+0.0%

Boston College

1997-2006 • 75-45

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

Avg SRS 5.8Win % 62.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 6.6 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 5.2 baseline

+0.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.7 during vs 7.3 baseline

-0.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 60.0% baseline

-26.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Boston College 2005

9-3 • SRS 13.4

Biggest Improvement

NC State 2010

9-4 • 15.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Boston College 2000

7-5 • SP Off 37.4

Best Defensive Season

Boston College 2005

9-3 • SP Def 11.2

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Boston College 1997

4-7 • SRS -10.7

Biggest Drop

NC State 2007

5-7 • -16.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

NC State20121275058.3%——-0.95.427.821.5-0.5-3.2%Partial season
NC State20111385061.5%——-0.4-1.124.524.4-13.3-7.7%Season summary
NC State20101394069.2%—#2512.99.329.720.5+15.2+27.6%Season summary
NC State20091257041.7%——-2.30.630.729.8-4.2-4.5%Season summary
NC State20081367046.2%——1.91.827.426.8+7.2+4.5%Season summary
NC State20071257041.7%——-5.3-1.120.622.4-16.4-33.3%Season summary
Boston College20061293075.0%—#2011.114.829.514.6-2.30.0%Partial season
Boston College20051293075.0%#22#1813.419.230.411.2+7.50.0%Season summary
Boston College20041293075.0%—#215.98.529.021.6-0.4+13.5%Season summary
Boston College20031385061.5%——6.310.137.229.0-4.3-7.7%Season summary
Boston College20021394069.2%——10.611.935.425.4-2.2+2.6%Season summary
Boston College20011284066.7%—#2112.813.033.822.1+4.8+8.3%Season summary
Boston College20001275058.3%——8.09.437.429.9+7.8-8.3%Season summary
Boston College19991284066.7%——0.20.030.431.1-0.3+30.3%Season summary
Boston College19981147036.4%——0.50.032.333.0+11.20.0%Season summary
Boston College19971147036.4%——-10.7-11.525.935.1——Season summary

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