Top 25
4-24-1
- Games
- 29
- Win rate
- 15.5%
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Jack Mitchell
1953-1966 • Arkansas, Kansas, Wichita State
3 schools coached, anchored by Kansas.
Jack Mitchell's coaching record is 74-59-7, highlighted by seasons at Kansas from 1953 to 1966.
Jack Mitchell coached 14 seasons, won 55.4%, and posted an average SRS of 6.6. Best season: 1960 Kansas. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 74-59-7
- Career win rate
- 55.4%
- Average SRS
- 6.6
- Peak SRS
- 21.7
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
- 14
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- #11
- Consistency
- 18.3
Primary school anchor
Kansas
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 87.8.
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.
- Overall record
- 74-59-7
- Kansas record
- 44-42-5
- Full-season record
- 74-59-7
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-18
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-8
- Vs Kansas State
- 8-0-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
140 countable games, 55.4% win rate.
9 countable seasons at Kansas.
14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
19 games using AP ranking at game time.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
Sunflower Showdown games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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: Nov 19, 1966. 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.
Jack Mitchell
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jack Mitchell: 1955 ArkansasJack Mitchell: 1958 Kansas
1953Actual season year • SRS range -8.1 to 21.71966
Active comparison point
Jack Mitchell • 1960
1960 Kansas
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-2-1 • SRS 21.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+12.7
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#11
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
1-18
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 5.3%
Top 5
1-8
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 11.1%
View ranked game results29
| 1966 Regular Week 9 | Kansas | Nebraska | #4 | L13-24 |
| 1966 Regular Week 6 | Kansas | Oklahoma | #10 | L0-35 |
| 1965 Regular Week 11 | Kansas | Missouri | #7 | L20-44 |
| 1965 Regular Week 9 | Kansas | Nebraska | #3 | L6-42 |
| 1964 Regular Week 9 | Kansas | Nebraska | #4 | L7-14 |
| 1963 Regular Week 9 | Kansas | Nebraska | #10 | L9-23 |
| 1963 Regular Week 6 | Kansas | Oklahoma | #7 | L18-21 |
| 1961 Regular Week 11 | Kansas | Missouri | #10 | L7-10 |
| 1961 Postseason Week 1 | Kansas | Rice | #17 | W33-7 |
| 1960 Regular Week 11 | Kansas | Missouri | #5 | W23-7 |
| 1960 Regular Week 8 | Kansas | Iowa | #1 | L7-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 4 | Kansas | Syracuse | #1 | L7-14 |
| 1959 Regular Week 11 | Kansas | Missouri | #18 | L9-13 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | Kansas | Oklahoma | #19 | L6-7 |
| 1959 Regular Week 3 | Kansas | Syracuse | #20 | L21-35 |
| 1959 Regular Week 2 | Kansas | TCU | #9 | L7-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 6 | Kansas | Oklahoma | #9 | L0-43 |
| 1958 Regular Week 4 | Kansas | Colorado | #19 | L0-31 |
| 1958 Regular Week 2 | Kansas | TCU | #6 | L0-42 |
| 1957 Regular Week 9 | Arkansas | Rice | #20 | L7-13 |
| 1957 Regular Week 8 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | #1 | L6-7 |
| 1957 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #14 | W12-6 |
| 1957 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #19 | L0-17 |
| 1956 Regular Week 8 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | #5 | L0-27 |
| 1956 Regular Week 5 | Arkansas | Baylor | #10 | L7-14 |
| 1956 Regular Week 4 | Arkansas | TCU | #4 | L6-41 |
| 1955 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | #11 | T7-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | Arkansas | TCU | #10 | L0-26 |
| 1954 Regular Week 9 | Wichita State | Cincinnati | #12 | W13-0 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kansas
1958-1966 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 7.2 • Win % 51.1%
Arkansas
1955-1957 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 10.5 • Win % 58.3%
Wichita State
1953-1954 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.0 • Win % 71.0%
- Longest tenure
- Kansas • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Arkansas • 10.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wichita State • 71.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jack Mitchell
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Kansas
1958-1966 • 44-42-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.2Win % 51.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.9 during vs 2.6 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.2 during vs -6.5 baseline
+13.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
Arkansas
1955-1957 • 17-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.5Win % 58.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.5 during vs 7.2 baseline
+3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Wichita State
1953-1954 • 13-5-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -2.0Win % 71.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kansas 1960
7-2-1 • SRS 21.7
Biggest Improvement
Kansas 1960
7-2-1 • 12.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Wichita State 1953
4-4-1 • SRS -8.1
Biggest Drop
Kansas 1958
4-5-1 • -13.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas | 1966 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.3 | — | — | — | +0.3 | +5.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1965 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -6.6 | — | — | — | -10.5 | -40.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1964 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 3.9 | — | — | — | -8.5 | +10.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1963 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 12.4 | — | — | — | +0.8 | -15.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1962 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 11.6 | — | — | — | -9.4 | -3.2% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1961 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | #8 | — | 21.0 | — | — | — | -0.7 | -6.8% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1960 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #11 | 21.7 | — | — | — | +12.7 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1959 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 9.0 | — | — | — | +11.1 | +5.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 1958 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | -2.1 | — | — | — | -13.7 | -15.0% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 1957 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 11.6 | — | — | — | +3.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 1956 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | -2.9 | +5.0% | Season summary |
| Arkansas | 1955 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 11.4 | — | — | — | +7.4 | -35.0% | Season summary |
| Wichita State | 1954 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | +12.1 | +40.0% | Season summary |
| Wichita State | 1953 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -8.1 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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