Coach Profile
2001-2010 • Maryland
One defining stop at Maryland.
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 stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Maryland
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 79.6.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
10-3 • 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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Maryland
2001-2010 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 60.0%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Ralph Friedgen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ralph Friedgen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ralph Friedgen
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2001-2010 • 75-50
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
Worst Season
Maryland 2009
2-10 • SRS -5.5
Biggest Drop
Maryland 2004
5-6 • -13.8 SRS
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% |
| Maryland | 2009 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -5.5 | -4.1 | 21.4 | 25.5 | -7.4 | -44.9% |
| Maryland | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 1.9 | 7.6 | 28.8 | 21.6 | -4.4 | +15.4% |
| Maryland | 2007 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 6.3 | 5.9 | 28.5 | 22.8 | +5.6 | -23.1% |
| Maryland | 2006 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 0.7 | 4.6 | 25.2 | 22.1 | -4.6 | +23.8% |
| Maryland | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.3 | 9.0 | 30.3 | 21.4 | +1.4 | 0.0% |
| Maryland | 2004 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #22 | — | 3.9 | 5.1 | 24.5 | 20.0 | -13.8 | -31.5% |
| Maryland | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #15 | #17 | 17.7 | 20.8 | 37.6 | 17.7 | +2.6 | -1.7% |
| Maryland | 2002 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #21 | #13 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 36.8 | 22.2 | +1.8 | -4.8% |
| Maryland | 2001 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #11 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 40.1 | 28.9 | — | — |
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