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John Gutekunst
1986-1991 • Minnesota
One defining program at Minnesota.
John Gutekunst coached 6 seasons, won 43.3%, and posted an average SRS of -3.1. Best season: 1986 Minnesota. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 28-37-2
- Career win rate
- 43.3%
- Average SRS
- -3.1
- Peak SRS
- 0.6
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 86.2
Primary school anchor
Minnesota
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 36.2.
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.
John Gutekunst
EliteStrongAverageLean
1986Actual season year • SRS range -9.4 to 0.61991
Active comparison point
John Gutekunst • 1986
1986 Minnesota
Best season6-6 • SRS 0.6 • SP Overall 6.2
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
32.0 / 27.4
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
1-6
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results21
| 1991 Regular Week 13 | Minnesota | Iowa | #9 | L8-23 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | Minnesota | Ohio State | #19 | L6-35 |
| 1991 Regular Week 9 | Minnesota | Michigan | #4 | L6-52 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | Minnesota | Illinois | #22 | L3-24 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Minnesota | Pittsburgh | #18 | L13-14 |
| 1991 Regular Week 4 | Minnesota | Colorado | #19 | L0-58 |
| 1990 Regular Week 14 | Minnesota | Iowa | #18 | W31-24 |
| 1990 Regular Week 13 | Minnesota | Michigan | #15 | L18-35 |
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Minnesota | Michigan State | #23 | L16-28 |
| 1990 Regular Week 5 | Minnesota | Nebraska | #8 | L0-56 |
| 1989 Regular Week 12 | Minnesota | Michigan | #3 | L15-49 |
| 1989 Regular Week 4 | Minnesota | Nebraska | #3 | L0-48 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Minnesota | Michigan | #14 | L7-22 |
| 1988 Regular Week 8 | Minnesota | Indiana | #18 | L13-33 |
| 1987 Regular Week 13 | Minnesota | Iowa | #19 | L20-34 |
| 1987 Regular Week 9 | Minnesota | Ohio State | #15 | L9-42 |
| 1987 Regular Week 8 | Minnesota | Indiana | #15 | L17-18 |
| 1986 Regular Week 13 | Minnesota | Iowa | #20 | L27-30 |
| 1986 Regular Week 12 | Minnesota | Michigan | #6 | W20-17 |
| 1986 Regular Week 9 | Minnesota | Ohio State | #17 | L0-33 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | Minnesota | Oklahoma | #1 | L0-63 |
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
1986-1991 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -3.1 • Win % 43.3%
- Longest tenure
- Minnesota • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Minnesota • -3.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Minnesota • 43.3%
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.
John Gutekunst sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Gutekunst sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Gutekunst
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -3.8
- Percentile
- 45th pct
Mixed
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
1986-1991 • 28-37-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.1Win % 43.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 4.0 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.1 during vs -4.7 baseline
+1.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.8 during vs -7.8 baseline
+3.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Minnesota 1986
6-6 • SRS 0.6
Biggest Improvement
Minnesota 1989
6-5 • 5.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Minnesota 1986
6-6 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Minnesota 1991
2-9 • SP Def 27.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Minnesota 1991
2-9 • SRS -9.4
Biggest Drop
Minnesota 1991
2-9 • -9.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Minnesota | 1991 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.4 | -10.6 | 17.0 | 27.1 | -9.8 | -36.4% |
| Minnesota | 1990 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 0.4 | -2.1 | 27.2 | 29.2 | +1.6 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 1989 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.2 | -0.9 | 30.1 | 31.3 | +5.9 | +27.3% |
| Minnesota | 1988 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | -7.1 | -12.6 | 18.5 | 30.0 | -4.9 | -27.3% |
| Minnesota | 1987 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -2.2 | -2.9 | 28.7 | 31.7 | -2.8 | +4.5% |
| Minnesota | 1986 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.6 | 6.2 | 32.0 | 27.4 | — | — |
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