Top 25
4-3
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 57.1%
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Bobby Williams
2000-2002 • Michigan State
One defining program at Michigan State.
Bobby Williams's coaching record is 15-17, highlighted by seasons at Michigan State from 2000 to 2002.
Bobby Williams coached 3 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of 1.9. Best season: 2001 Michigan State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 15-17
- Career win rate
- 50.0%
- Average SRS
- 1.9
- Peak SRS
- 7.6
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 74.7
Primary school anchor
Michigan State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 55.7.
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
- 15-17
- Michigan State record
- 15-17
- Full-season record
- 12-11
- Partial-season record
- 3-6
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Michigan
- 1-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
30 countable games, 50.0% win rate.
3 countable seasons at Michigan State.
2 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Michigan-Michigan State 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 23, 2002. 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.
Bobby Williams
EliteStrongAverageLean
2000Actual season year • SRS range -4.6 to 7.62002
Active comparison point
Bobby Williams • 2001
2001 Michigan State
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-5 • SRS 7.6 • SP Overall 8.6
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
+4.9
SP Off / Def
38.7 / 31.9
Finish
Unranked
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
2-0
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 100.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results7
| 2001 Regular Week 11 | Michigan State | Michigan | #6 | W26-24 |
| 2001 Regular Week 6 | Michigan State | Northwestern | #16 | L26-27 |
| 2001 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan State | Fresno State | #20 | W44-35 |
| 2000 Regular Week 12 | Michigan State | Purdue | #9 | W30-10 |
| 2000 Regular Week 11 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #16 | L13-27 |
| 2000 Regular Week 9 | Michigan State | Michigan | #16 | L0-14 |
| 2000 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #16 | W27-21 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Michigan State
2000-2002 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 1.9 • Win % 50.0%
- Longest tenure
- Michigan State • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan State • 1.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Michigan State • 50.0%
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.
Bobby Williams sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBobby Williams sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bobby Williams
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.4
- Percentile
- 69th pct
Above average
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.
Michigan State
2000-2002 • 15-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.9Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 6.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.2 during vs 11.4 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 14.6 baseline
-7.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Michigan State 2001
7-5 • SRS 7.6
Biggest Improvement
Michigan State 2001
7-5 • 4.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Michigan State 2001
7-5 • SP Off 38.7
Best Defensive Season
Michigan State 2000
5-6 • SP Def 20.9
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Michigan State 2002
3-6 • SRS -4.6
Biggest Drop
Michigan State 2002
3-6 • -12.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Michigan State | 2002 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 42.9% | #18 | — | -4.6 | -4.6 | 34.4 | 37.7 | -12.2 | -15.5% | Partial season |
| Michigan State | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 7.6 | 8.6 | 38.7 | 31.9 | +4.9 | +12.9% | Season summary |
| Michigan State | 2000 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #25 | — | 2.7 | 6.1 | 25.9 | 20.9 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
Brad Scott
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS 1.7 • Peak SRS 7.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.8
Open profile →Chuck Reedy
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.1
Avg SRS 2.0 • Peak SRS 7.1 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.2
Open profile →Blake Harrell
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.7
Avg SRS 0.2 • Peak SRS 5.7 • 2 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.5
Open profile →Mike OCain
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.1
Avg SRS 0.8 • Peak SRS 9.2 • 7 seasons
Best finish #17 • Volatility 5.0
Open profile →Herm Edwards
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.8
Avg SRS 3.7 • Peak SRS 8.6 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.6
Open profile →Deion Sanders
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.9
Avg SRS 3.8 • Peak SRS 12.7 • 3 seasons
Best finish #25 • Volatility 6.4
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