Top 25
15-28
- Games
- 43
- Win rate
- 34.9%
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Coach Profile
Tom OBrien
1997-2012 • Boston College, NC State
2 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.
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.
- 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.
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
EliteStrongAverageLean
Tom OBrien: 2007 NC State
1997Actual season year • SRS range -10.7 to 13.42012
Active comparison point
Tom OBrien • 2005
2005 Boston College
Best season9-3 • 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.
Top 10
3-10
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 23.1%
Top 5
2-8
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 20.0%
View ranked game results43
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 edgeTom 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
6.7 during vs 6.8 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.0 during vs 7.4 baseline
-6.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 10.8 baseline
-8.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 20.0% baseline
-3.3%
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
7.5 during vs 6.6 baseline
+0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 5.2 baseline
+0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 7.3 baseline
+0.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-20.0%
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
Worst 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 State | 2012 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -0.9 | 5.4 | 27.8 | 21.5 | -0.5 | -3.2% |
| NC State | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -0.4 | -1.1 | 24.5 | 24.4 | -13.3 | -7.7% |
| NC State | 2010 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #25 | 12.9 | 9.3 | 29.7 | 20.5 | +15.2 | +27.6% |
| NC State | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.3 | 0.6 | 30.7 | 29.8 | -4.2 | -4.5% |
| NC State | 2008 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 1.9 | 1.8 | 27.4 | 26.8 | +7.2 | +4.5% |
| NC State | 2007 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -5.3 | -1.1 | 20.6 | 22.4 | -16.4 | -33.3% |
| Boston College | 2006 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #20 | 11.1 | 14.8 | 29.5 | 14.6 | -2.3 | 0.0% |
| Boston College | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #22 | #18 | 13.4 | 19.2 | 30.4 | 11.2 | +7.5 | 0.0% |
| Boston College | 2004 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #21 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 29.0 | 21.6 | -0.4 | +13.5% |
| Boston College | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 6.3 | 10.1 | 37.2 | 29.0 | -4.3 | -7.7% |
| Boston College | 2002 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 10.6 | 11.9 | 35.4 | 25.4 | -2.2 | +2.6% |
| Boston College | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #21 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 33.8 | 22.1 | +4.8 | +8.3% |
| Boston College | 2000 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 8.0 | 9.4 | 37.4 | 29.9 | +7.8 | -8.3% |
| Boston College | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30.4 | 31.1 | -0.3 | +30.3% |
| Boston College | 1998 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 32.3 | 33.0 | +11.2 | 0.0% |
| Boston College | 1997 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -10.7 | -11.5 | 25.9 | 35.1 | — | — |
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