Top 25
14-41
- Games
- 55
- Win rate
- 25.4%
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Coach Profile
Gary Pinkel
1991-2015 • Missouri, Toledo
2 schools coached, anchored by Missouri.
Gary Pinkel coached 25 seasons, won 63.3%, and posted an average SRS of 3.7. Best season: 2013 Missouri. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 191-110-3
- Career win rate
- 63.3%
- Average SRS
- 3.7
- Peak SRS
- 22.4
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
- 25
- Career span
- 25 years
- Best finish
- #4
- Consistency
- 9.7
Primary school anchor
Missouri
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 89.0.
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.
Gary Pinkel
EliteStrongAverageLean
Gary Pinkel: 2001 Missouri
1991Actual season year • SRS range -18.2 to 22.42015
Active comparison point
Gary Pinkel • 2013
2013 Missouri
Best season12-2 • SRS 22.4 • SP Overall 19.3
Win %
85.7%
YoY SRS
+16.0
SP Off / Def
42.6 / 23.1
Finish
#5
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
4-23
- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 14.8%
Top 5
2-13
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 13.3%
View ranked game results55
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
2001-2015 • 15 seasons
Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 61.8%
Toledo
1991-2000 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 65.9%
- Longest tenure
- Missouri • 15 seasons
- Best tenure
- Missouri • 8.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Toledo • 65.9%
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.
Gary Pinkel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGary Pinkel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gary Pinkel
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.
Missouri
2001-2015 • 118-73
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.9Win % 61.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.9 during vs 5.4 baseline
+2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.9 during vs 2.1 baseline
+6.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.4 during vs 5.0 baseline
+6.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-6.7%
Toledo
1991-2000 • 73-37-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -4.1Win % 65.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 6.2 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.1 during vs -12.8 baseline
+8.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.5 during vs -5.4 baseline
+7.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
10.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+10.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Missouri 2013
12-2 • SRS 22.4
Biggest Improvement
Toledo 2000
10-1 • 20.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Missouri 2007
12-2 • SP Off 44.0
Best Defensive Season
Missouri 2015
5-7 • SP Def 12.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Toledo 1993
4-7 • SRS -18.2
Biggest Drop
Toledo 1996
7-4 • -20.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Missouri | 2015 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #24 | — | 0.5 | 3.4 | 16.7 | 12.4 | -12.6 | -36.9% |
| Missouri | 2014 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #24 | #14 | 13.1 | 19.3 | 33.0 | 15.2 | -9.3 | -7.1% |
| Missouri | 2013 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #5 | 22.4 | 19.3 | 42.6 | 23.1 | +16.0 | +44.0% |
| Missouri | 2012 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 6.4 | 3.9 | 25.6 | 21.6 | -6.3 | -19.9% |
| Missouri | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #21 | — | 12.7 | 15.0 | 37.7 | 22.0 | -2.8 | -15.4% |
| Missouri | 2010 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #18 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 35.2 | 17.6 | +12.4 | +15.4% |
| Missouri | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 3.1 | 11.8 | 34.2 | 23.8 | -13.6 | -9.9% |
| Missouri | 2008 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #6 | #19 | 16.7 | 24.0 | 43.8 | 22.3 | -5.0 | -14.3% |
| Missouri | 2007 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #4 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 44.0 | 23.0 | +12.1 | +24.2% |
| Missouri | 2006 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 9.6 | 14.4 | 32.1 | 18.2 | +8.1 | +3.2% |
| Missouri | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 1.5 | 5.7 | 28.9 | 23.2 | -0.2 | +12.9% |
| Missouri | 2004 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #18 | — | 1.7 | 0.8 | 26.3 | 25.8 | -6.1 | -16.1% |
| Missouri | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 7.8 | 8.1 | 36.2 | 30.1 | +2.0 | +19.9% |
| Missouri | 2002 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 5.8 | 8.5 | 39.4 | 33.3 | +11.1 | +5.3% |
| Missouri | 2001 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -5.3 | -3.8 | 30.3 | 33.9 | -20.8 | -54.5% |
| Toledo | 2000 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | — | 15.5 | 17.0 | 35.6 | 20.0 | +20.1 | +36.4% |
| Toledo | 1999 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -4.6 | -2.1 | 29.3 | 31.8 | +0.6 | -3.8% |
| Toledo | 1998 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -5.2 | 3.7 | 23.7 | 20.5 | -7.7 | -16.7% |
| Toledo | 1997 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 2.5 | 8.2 | 35.2 | 28.7 | +18.2 | +11.4% |
| Toledo | 1996 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -15.7 | -10.8 | 20.0 | 30.0 | -20.9 | -32.2% |
| Toledo | 1995 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 95.8% | — | #24 | 5.2 | 17.5 | 41.1 | 26.7 | +16.7 | +36.7% |
| Toledo | 1994 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | -11.5 | -4.7 | 35.6 | 39.0 | +6.7 | +22.7% |
| Toledo | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -18.2 | -8.7 | 23.4 | 31.3 | -15.7 | -36.4% |
| Toledo | 1992 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -2.5 | 5.4 | 25.2 | 20.6 | +4.4 | +22.7% |
| Toledo | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -6.9 | -0.3 | 21.3 | 21.5 | — | — |
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