Top 25
5-13-2
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 30.0%
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Wesley Fesler
1946-1953 • Minnesota, Ohio State, Pittsburgh
3 schools coached, anchored by Ohio State.
Wesley Fesler's coaching record is 34-28-8, highlighted by seasons at Ohio State from 1946 to 1953.
Wesley Fesler coached 8 seasons, won 52.0%, and posted an average SRS of 10.5. Best season: 1949 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 34-28-8
- Career win rate
- 52.0%
- Average SRS
- 10.5
- Peak SRS
- 20.8
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
- 8
- Career span
- 8 years
- Best finish
- #0
- Consistency
- 30.5
Primary school anchor
Ohio State
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 86.1.
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
- 34-28-8
- Ohio State record
- 21-10-3
- Full-season record
- 34-28-8
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-10
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-6
- Vs Michigan
- 0-3-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
73 countable games, 52.0% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Ohio State.
8 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
12 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
The Game 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 21, 1953. 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.
Wesley Fesler
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Wesley Fesler: 1947 Ohio StateWesley Fesler: 1951 Minnesota
1946Actual season year • SRS range -3.3 to 20.81953
Active comparison point
Wesley Fesler • 1949
1949 Ohio State
Best season7-1-2 • SRS 20.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
80.0%
YoY SRS
+3.5
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#6
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
2-10
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
1-6
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
View ranked game results20
| 1953 Regular Week 10 | Minnesota | Wisconsin | #12 | T21-21 |
| 1953 Regular Week 9 | Minnesota | Iowa | #20 | L0-27 |
| 1953 Regular Week 6 | Minnesota | Michigan | #16 | W22-0 |
| 1953 Regular Week 5 | Minnesota | Illinois | #7 | L7-27 |
| 1953 Regular Week 3 | Minnesota | Michigan State | #2 | L0-21 |
| 1953 Regular Week 2 | Minnesota | USC | #7 | L7-17 |
| 1952 Regular Week 4 | Minnesota | California | #3 | L13-49 |
| 1951 Regular Week 5 | Minnesota | Northwestern | #13 | L7-21 |
| 1951 Regular Week 4 | Minnesota | California | #1 | L14-55 |
| 1950 Regular Week 5 | Ohio State | Indiana | #19 | W26-14 |
| 1950 Regular Week 3 | Ohio State | SMU | #2 | L27-32 |
| 1949 Regular Week 6 | Ohio State | Minnesota | #9 | L0-27 |
| 1949 Regular Week 5 | Ohio State | USC | #12 | T13-13 |
| 1949 Regular Week 3 | Ohio State | Missouri | #18 | W35-34 |
| 1949 Postseason Week 1 | Ohio State | California | #3 | W17-14 |
| 1948 Regular Week 8 | Ohio State | Northwestern | #7 | L7-21 |
| 1948 Regular Week 3 | Ohio State | Missouri | #9 | W21-7 |
| 1947 Regular Week 5 | Ohio State | USC | #5 | L0-32 |
| 1947 Regular Week 4 | Ohio State | Purdue | #16 | L20-24 |
| 1946 Regular Week 4 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #2 | L0-33 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Minnesota
1951-1953 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 44.4%
Ohio State
1947-1950 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 15.4 • Win % 60.8%
Pittsburgh
1946-1946 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 7.9 • Win % 38.9%
- Longest tenure
- Ohio State • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ohio State • 15.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ohio State • 60.8%
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.
Wesley Fesler
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.
Minnesota
1951-1953 • 10-13-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.8Win % 44.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 5.2 baseline
-1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 13.7 baseline
-8.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Ohio State
1947-1950 • 21-10-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 15.4Win % 60.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 6.4 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.4 during vs 20.0 baseline
-4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
+0.0%
Pittsburgh
1946-1946 • 3-5-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.9Win % 38.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 3.2 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.9 during vs -2.1 baseline
+10.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ohio State 1949
7-1-2 • SRS 20.8
Biggest Improvement
Ohio State 1948
6-3 • 14.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Minnesota 1951
2-6-1 • SRS -3.3
Biggest Drop
Minnesota 1951
2-6-1 • -23.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Minnesota | 1953 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | +3.9 | -5.6% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1952 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55.6% | — | — | 6.9 | — | — | — | +10.2 | +27.8% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1951 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -3.3 | — | — | — | -23.7 | -38.9% | Season summary |
| Ohio State | 1950 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% | #11 | #14 | 20.4 | — | — | — | -0.4 | -13.3% | Season summary |
| Ohio State | 1949 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 80.0% | #0 | #6 | 20.8 | — | — | — | +3.5 | +13.3% | Season summary |
| Ohio State | 1948 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | #0 | #0 | 17.3 | — | — | — | +14.2 | +38.9% | Season summary |
| Ohio State | 1947 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | #0 | #0 | 3.1 | — | — | — | -4.8 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 1946 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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