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Sam Pittman

2020-2025Arkansas

One defining program at Arkansas.

Sam Pittman coached 6 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 2021 Arkansas. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
30-31
Career win rate
49.2%
Average SRS
5.1
Peak SRS
9.7

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
6
Career span
6 years
Best finish
#21
Consistency
93.6

Primary school anchor

Arkansas

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 60.5.

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.

Sam Pittman
EliteStrongAverageLean
2020Actual season year • SRS range 1.1 to 9.72025

Active comparison point

Sam Pittman2021

Selected

2021 Arkansas

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-4 • SRS 9.7 • SP Overall 13.8

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+6.4

SP Off / Def

34.3 / 21.3

Finish

#21

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

6-28

Games
34
Win rate
17.6%

Top 10

2-12

Games
14
Win rate
14.3%

Top 5

1-7

Games
8
Win rate
12.5%
View ranked game results34
2025 Regular Week 13ArkansasTexas#17L37-52
2025 Regular Week 8ArkansasTexas A&M#4L42-45
2025 Regular Week 7ArkansasTennessee#12L31-34
2025 Regular Week 5ArkansasNotre Dame#22L13-56
2025 Regular Week 3ArkansasOle Miss#17L35-41
2024 Regular Week 14ArkansasMissouri#24L21-28
2024 Regular Week 12ArkansasTexas#3L10-20
2024 Regular Week 10ArkansasOle Miss#19L31-63
2024 Regular Week 8ArkansasLSU#8L10-34
2024 Regular Week 6ArkansasTennessee#4W19-14
2024 Regular Week 5ArkansasTexas A&M#24L17-21
2024 Regular Week 2ArkansasOklahoma State#16L31-39
2023 Regular Week 13ArkansasMissouri#10L14-48
2023 Regular Week 7ArkansasAlabama#11L21-24
2023 Regular Week 6ArkansasOle Miss#16L20-27
2023 Regular Week 4ArkansasLSU#12L31-34
2022 Regular Week 12ArkansasOle Miss#14W42-27
2022 Regular Week 11ArkansasLSU#7L10-13
2022 Regular Week 10ArkansasLiberty#23L19-21
2022 Regular Week 6ArkansasMississippi State#23L17-40
2022 Regular Week 5ArkansasAlabama#2L26-49
2022 Regular Week 4ArkansasTexas A&M#23L21-23
2022 Regular Week 1ArkansasCincinnati#23W31-24
2021 Regular Week 12ArkansasAlabama#2L35-42
2021 Regular Week 6ArkansasOle Miss#17L51-52
2021 Regular Week 5ArkansasGeorgia#2L0-37
2021 Regular Week 4ArkansasTexas A&M#7W20-10
2021 Regular Week 2ArkansasTexas#15W40-21
2020 Regular Week 15ArkansasAlabama#1L3-52
2020 Regular Week 11ArkansasFlorida#6L35-63
2020 Regular Week 9ArkansasTexas A&M#8L31-42
2020 Regular Week 6ArkansasAuburn#13L28-30
2020 Regular Week 5ArkansasMississippi State#16W21-14
2020 Regular Week 4ArkansasGeorgia#4L10-37

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Arkansas

2020-20256 seasons

Avg SRS 5.1 • Win % 49.2%

Longest tenure
Arkansas • 6 seasons
Best tenure
Arkansas • 5.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arkansas • 49.2%

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.

Sam Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Sam Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Sam Pittman

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
7.8
Percentile
80th 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.

Arkansas

2020-202530-31

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 5.1Win % 49.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.1 during vs -0.0 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 4.6 baseline

+3.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arkansas 2021

9-4SRS 9.7

Biggest Improvement

Arkansas 2021

9-46.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arkansas 2022

7-6SP Off 38.3

Best Defensive Season

Arkansas 2021

9-4SP Def 21.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Arkansas 2023

4-8SRS 1.1

Biggest Drop

Arkansas 2023

4-8-5.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Arkansas202500004.05.135.831.4-2.1
Arkansas20241376053.8%6.111.031.421.7+5.0+20.5%
Arkansas20231248033.3%1.13.528.326.6-5.4-20.5%
Arkansas20221376053.8%#196.512.038.326.3-3.2-15.4%
Arkansas20211394069.2%#219.713.834.321.3+6.4+39.2%
Arkansas20201037030.0%3.31.628.526.7

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