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- Games
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- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Al Onofrio
1971-1977 • Missouri
One defining program at Missouri.
Al Onofrio coached 7 seasons, won 48.1%, and posted an average SRS of 11.3. Best season: 1973 Missouri. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 38-41
- Career win rate
- 48.1%
- Average SRS
- 11.3
- Peak SRS
- 18.0
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 52.3
Primary school anchor
Missouri
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 80.5.
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.
Al Onofrio
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -2.2 to 18.01977
Active comparison point
Al Onofrio • 1973
1973 Missouri
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-4 • SRS 18.0 • SP Overall 17.9
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+10.2
SP Off / Def
26.6 / 9.3
Finish
#17
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
6-11
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 35.3%
Top 5
1-6
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
View ranked game results33
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Missouri | Nebraska | #12 | L10-21 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #6 | L17-21 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | Missouri | California | #17 | L21-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 2 | Missouri | USC | #2 | L10-27 |
| 1976 Regular Week 11 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #10 | L20-27 |
| 1976 Regular Week 10 | Missouri | Colorado | #19 | W16-7 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Missouri | Oklahoma State | #13 | L19-20 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Missouri | Nebraska | #9 | W34-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 7 | Missouri | Iowa State | #16 | L17-21 |
| 1976 Regular Week 5 | Missouri | North Carolina | #19 | W24-3 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Missouri | Ohio State | #8 | W22-21 |
| 1976 Regular Week 3 | Missouri | Illinois | #14 | L6-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 11 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #6 | L27-28 |
| 1975 Regular Week 9 | Missouri | Nebraska | #3 | L7-30 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Missouri | Colorado | #12 | L20-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 6 | Missouri | Oklahoma State | #14 | W41-14 |
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | Missouri | Michigan | #12 | L7-31 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #2 | L0-37 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Missouri | Nebraska | #5 | W21-10 |
| 1974 Regular Week 4 | Missouri | Arizona State | #7 | W9-0 |
| 1973 Regular Week 13 | Missouri | Kansas | #17 | L13-14 |
| 1973 Regular Week 11 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #3 | L3-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 9 | Missouri | Colorado | #17 | L13-17 |
| 1973 Regular Week 7 | Missouri | Nebraska | #11 | W13-12 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Missouri | Iowa State | #12 | W6-5 |
| 1972 Regular Week 10 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #7 | L6-17 |
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | Missouri | Colorado | #7 | W20-17 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Missouri | Notre Dame | #8 | W30-26 |
| 1972 Regular Week 6 | Missouri | Nebraska | #6 | L0-62 |
| 1972 Postseason Week 1 | Missouri | Arizona State | #13 | L35-49 |
| 1971 Regular Week 9 | Missouri | Oklahoma | #2 | L3-20 |
| 1971 Regular Week 7 | Missouri | Colorado | #11 | L7-27 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Missouri | Nebraska | #1 | L0-36 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Missouri
1971-1977 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 11.3 • Win % 48.1%
- Longest tenure
- Missouri • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Missouri • 11.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Missouri • 48.1%
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.
Al Onofrio sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeAl Onofrio sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Al Onofrio
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.5
- Percentile
- 90th pct
Elite
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.
Missouri
1971-1977 • 38-41
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.3Win % 48.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 7.0 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.3 during vs 15.9 baseline
-4.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.5 during vs 12.4 baseline
+0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-25.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Missouri 1973
8-4 • SRS 18.0
Biggest Improvement
Missouri 1973
8-4 • 10.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Missouri 1975
6-5 • SP Off 37.7
Best Defensive Season
Missouri 1973
8-4 • SP Def 9.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Missouri 1971
1-10 • SRS -2.2
Biggest Drop
Missouri 1974
7-4 • -7.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Missouri | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 11.6 | 11.6 | 25.6 | 14.6 | -3.8 | -18.2% |
| Missouri | 1976 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 15.4 | 22.4 | 37.2 | 15.9 | -2.2 | 0.0% |
| Missouri | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 17.6 | 19.3 | 37.7 | 19.8 | +6.9 | -9.1% |
| Missouri | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 10.7 | 13.2 | 29.3 | 16.9 | -7.3 | -3.0% |
| Missouri | 1973 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #17 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 26.6 | 9.3 | +10.2 | +16.7% |
| Missouri | 1972 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 7.8 | 7.5 | 29.9 | 23.8 | +10.0 | +40.9% |
| Missouri | 1971 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -2.2 | -4.5 | 16.6 | 20.9 | — | — |
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