Top 25
12-21
- Games
- 33
- Win rate
- 36.4%
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Ralph Friedgen
2001-2010 • Maryland
One defining program at Maryland.
Ralph Friedgen's coaching record is 75-50, highlighted by seasons at Maryland from 2001 to 2010.
Ralph Friedgen coached 10 seasons, won 60.0%, and posted an average SRS of 6.6. Best season: 2003 Maryland. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 75-50
- Career win rate
- 60.0%
- Average SRS
- 6.6
- Peak SRS
- 17.7
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #11
- Consistency
- 49.5
Primary school anchor
Maryland
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 79.6.
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
- 75-50
- Maryland record
- 75-50
- Full-season record
- 75-50
- Vs AP Top 10
- 3-7
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-5
- Vs Virginia
- 5-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 5-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
125 countable games, 60.0% win rate.
10 countable seasons at Maryland.
10 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
10 games using AP ranking at game time.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
Maryland-Virginia games in this dataset.
7 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: Dec 29, 2010. 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.
Ralph Friedgen
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range -5.5 to 17.72010
Active comparison point
Ralph Friedgen • 2003
2003 Maryland
Best season10-3 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall 20.8
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+2.6
SP Off / Def
37.6 / 17.7
Finish
#17
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
3-7
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 30.0%
Top 5
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
View ranked game results33
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Maryland
2001-2010 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 60.0%
- Longest tenure
- Maryland • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Maryland • 6.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Maryland • 60.0%
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.
Ralph Friedgen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRalph Friedgen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ralph Friedgen
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 9.1
- Percentile
- 83th 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.
Maryland
2001-2010 • 75-50
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.6Win % 60.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 4.0 baseline
+3.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.6 during vs -3.3 baseline
+9.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.1 during vs -6.0 baseline
+15.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Maryland 2003
10-3 • SRS 17.7
Biggest Improvement
Maryland 2010
9-4 • 13.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Maryland 2001
10-2 • SP Off 40.1
Best Defensive Season
Maryland 2003
10-3 • SP Def 17.7
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Maryland 2009
2-10 • SRS -5.5
Biggest Drop
Maryland 2004
5-6 • -13.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Maryland | 2010 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #23 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 29.9 | 18.3 | +13.0 | +52.6% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2009 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -5.5 | -4.1 | 21.4 | 25.5 | -7.4 | -44.9% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 1.9 | 7.6 | 28.8 | 21.6 | -4.4 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2007 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 6.3 | 5.9 | 28.5 | 22.8 | +5.6 | -23.1% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2006 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 0.7 | 4.6 | 25.2 | 22.1 | -4.6 | +23.8% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.3 | 9.0 | 30.3 | 21.4 | +1.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2004 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #22 | — | 3.9 | 5.1 | 24.5 | 20.0 | -13.8 | -31.5% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #15 | #17 | 17.7 | 20.8 | 37.6 | 17.7 | +2.6 | -1.7% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2002 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #21 | #13 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 36.8 | 22.2 | +1.8 | -4.8% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 2001 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #11 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 40.1 | 28.9 | — | — | Season summary |
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Avg SRS 5.4 • Peak SRS 15.3 • 5 seasons
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