Top 25
8-15
- Games
- 23
- Win rate
- 34.8%
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Dick Sheridan
1978-1992 • Furman, NC State
2 schools coached, anchored by NC State.
Dick Sheridan's coaching record is 82-42-4, highlighted by seasons at NC State from 1978 to 1992.
Dick Sheridan coached 11 seasons, won 65.6%, and posted an average SRS of 2.7. Best season: 1992 NC State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 82-42-4
- Career win rate
- 65.6%
- Average SRS
- 2.7
- Peak SRS
- 12.6
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
- 11
- Career span
- 15 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 40.9
Primary school anchor
NC State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 67.5.
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
- 82-42-4
- NC State record
- 52-29-3
- Full-season record
- 82-42-4
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2
- Vs Wake Forest
- 6-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 2-4
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
128 countable games, 65.6% win rate.
7 countable seasons at NC State.
11 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
NC State-Wake Forest games in this dataset.
6 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: Dec 31, 1992. 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.
Dick Sheridan
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dick Sheridan: 1986 NC State
1978Actual season year • SRS range -10.3 to 12.61992
Active comparison point
Dick Sheridan • 1992
1992 NC State
Best season9-3-1 • SRS 12.6 • SP Overall 15.7
Win %
73.1%
YoY SRS
+6.0
SP Off / Def
32.2 / 17.8
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
1-4
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 20.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results23
| 1992 Regular Week 13 | NC State | Wake Forest | #25 | W42-14 |
| 1992 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Clemson | #18 | W20-6 |
| 1992 Regular Week 6 | NC State | Georgia Tech | #23 | L13-16 |
| 1992 Regular Week 4 | NC State | Florida State | #3 | L13-34 |
| 1992 Regular Week 1 | NC State | Iowa | #16 | W24-14 |
| 1992 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | Florida | #10 | L10-27 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | NC State | Virginia | #24 | L10-42 |
| 1991 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Clemson | #19 | L19-29 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | NC State | Georgia Tech | #21 | W28-21 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | NC State | North Carolina | #23 | W24-7 |
| 1991 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | East Carolina | #9 | L34-37 |
| 1990 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Clemson | #19 | L17-24 |
| 1990 Regular Week 8 | NC State | Virginia | #1 | L0-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | NC State | Virginia | #24 | L9-20 |
| 1989 Regular Week 9 | NC State | South Carolina | #25 | W20-10 |
| 1989 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | Arizona | #25 | L10-17 |
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | NC State | South Carolina | #17 | L7-23 |
| 1988 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Clemson | #9 | W10-3 |
| 1987 Regular Week 10 | NC State | South Carolina | #13 | L0-48 |
| 1987 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Clemson | #14 | W30-28 |
| 1987 Regular Week 3 | NC State | Pittsburgh | #16 | L0-34 |
| 1986 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | Virginia Tech | #20 | L24-25 |
| 1980 Regular Week 2 | Furman | North Carolina | #15 | L13-35 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
NC State
1986-1992 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 6.9 • Win % 63.7%
Furman
1978-1981 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -4.7 • Win % 69.3%
- Longest tenure
- NC State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- NC State • 6.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Furman • 69.3%
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.
Dick Sheridan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDick Sheridan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Sheridan
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.5
- Percentile
- 71th 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.
NC State
1986-1992 • 52-29-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.9Win % 63.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.4 during vs 3.8 baseline
+3.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.9 during vs -1.1 baseline
+7.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.4 during vs -4.7 baseline
+12.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
28.6% during vs 0.0% baseline
+28.6%
Furman
1978-1981 • 30-13-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -4.7Win % 69.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 5.4 baseline
+2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.7 during vs -7.4 baseline
+2.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.6 during vs -7.5 baseline
+6.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
NC State 1992
9-3-1 • SRS 12.6
Biggest Improvement
NC State 1986
8-3-1 • 16.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
NC State 1986
8-3-1 • SP Off 33.2
Best Defensive Season
NC State 1990
7-5 • SP Def 16.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Furman 1979
5-6 • SRS -10.3
Biggest Drop
Furman 1981
8-3 • -13.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| NC State | 1992 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 73.1% | — | #17 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 32.2 | 17.8 | +6.0 | -1.9% | Season summary |
| NC State | 1991 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #24 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 31.4 | 23.5 | -1.9 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| NC State | 1990 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 8.5 | 11.3 | 27.0 | 16.5 | +4.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| NC State | 1989 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #24 | — | 4.3 | 4.6 | 27.8 | 24.3 | -5.6 | -12.5% | Season summary |
| NC State | 1988 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | — | 9.9 | 9.2 | 26.8 | 18.3 | +10.8 | +34.5% | Season summary |
| NC State | 1987 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -0.9 | -5.1 | 26.6 | 31.6 | -7.9 | -34.5% | Season summary |
| NC State | 1986 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | — | 7.0 | 6.6 | 33.2 | 28.4 | +16.6 | -1.9% | Season summary |
| Furman | 1981 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -9.6 | -3.7 | 26.3 | 29.9 | -13.3 | -13.6% | Season summary |
| Furman | 1980 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | — | 3.7 | 10.5 | 32.6 | 23.7 | +14.0 | +40.9% | Season summary |
| Furman | 1979 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -10.3 | -8.1 | 27.6 | 34.4 | -7.9 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| Furman | 1978 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -2.4 | -0.9 | 26.2 | 27.4 | — | — | Season summary |
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