Top 25
16-23
- Games
- 39
- Win rate
- 41.0%
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Coach Profile
Butch Davis
1995-2021 • Florida International, Miami, North Carolina
3 schools coached, anchored by Miami.
Butch Davis coached 15 seasons, won 57.9%, and posted an average SRS of 2.7. Best season: 2000 Miami. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 103-75
- Career win rate
- 57.9%
- Average SRS
- 2.7
- Peak SRS
- 28.9
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
- 15
- Career span
- 27 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 1.7
Primary school anchor
Miami
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 96.2.
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.
Butch Davis
EliteStrongAverageLean
Butch Davis: 2007 North CarolinaButch Davis: 2017 Florida International
1995Actual season year • SRS range -27.5 to 28.92021
Active comparison point
Butch Davis • 2000
2000 Miami
Best season11-1 • SRS 28.9 • SP Overall 35.9
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+11.4
SP Off / Def
49.8 / 16.3
Finish
#2
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
5-8
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 38.5%
Top 5
2-6
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results39
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Florida International
2017-2021 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -14.2 • Win % 42.9%
North Carolina
2007-2010 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 54.9%
Miami
1995-2000 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 14.2 • Win % 71.8%
- Longest tenure
- Miami • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Miami • 14.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Miami • 71.8%
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.
Butch Davis sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeButch Davis sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Butch Davis
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.2
- Percentile
- 73th 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.
Florida International
2017-2021 • 24-32
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -14.2Win % 42.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 2.6 baseline
+2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-14.2 during vs -16.4 baseline
+2.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.4 during vs -20.7 baseline
+9.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
North Carolina
2007-2010 • 28-23
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.6Win % 54.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 3.8 baseline
+3.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.6 during vs -2.8 baseline
+9.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.1 during vs -1.6 baseline
+8.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Miami
1995-2000 • 51-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.2Win % 71.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 10.4 baseline
-1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.2 during vs 22.0 baseline
-7.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.7 during vs 28.1 baseline
-10.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
83.3% during vs 100.0% baseline
-16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Miami 2000
11-1 • SRS 28.9
Biggest Improvement
Miami 1998
9-3 • 15.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Miami 2000
11-1 • SP Off 49.8
Best Defensive Season
North Carolina 2009
8-5 • SP Def 14.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Florida International 2021
1-11 • SRS -27.5
Biggest Drop
North Carolina 2007
4-8 • -30.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida International | 2021 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -27.5 | -21.6 | 19.9 | 40.2 | -9.7 | +8.3% |
| Florida International | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -17.8 | -10.7 | 21.6 | 32.4 | -6.3 | -46.2% |
| Florida International | 2019 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -11.5 | -7.0 | 22.0 | 29.4 | -8.1 | -23.1% |
| Florida International | 2018 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -3.4 | -7.4 | 26.7 | 34.7 | +7.5 | +7.7% |
| Florida International | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -10.9 | -10.4 | 24.0 | 35.0 | -17.6 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 2010 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #18 | — | 6.7 | 7.7 | 30.9 | 22.2 | -4.0 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #21 | — | 10.7 | 8.5 | 22.5 | 14.5 | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 10.7 | 10.2 | 27.1 | 17.5 | +12.5 | +28.2% |
| North Carolina | 2007 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.8 | 1.9 | 23.6 | 23.3 | -30.7 | -58.3% |
| Miami | 2000 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #5 | #2 | 28.9 | 35.9 | 49.8 | 16.3 | +11.4 | +22.4% |
| Miami | 1999 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #12 | #15 | 17.5 | 22.7 | 40.1 | 19.0 | +2.7 | -5.8% |
| Miami | 1998 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #20 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 43.5 | 29.8 | +15.5 | +29.5% |
| Miami | 1997 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #13 | — | -0.7 | -0.5 | 33.0 | 33.9 | -14.6 | -29.5% |
| Miami | 1996 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #12 | #14 | 13.9 | 18.1 | 36.6 | 20.2 | +3.3 | +2.3% |
| Miami | 1995 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #11 | #20 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 32.6 | 20.6 | — | — |
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