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Bill Dooley

1967-1992 • North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

3 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.

Bill Dooley's coaching record is 161-127-5, highlighted by seasons at North Carolina from 1967 to 1992.

Bill Dooley coached 26 seasons, won 55.8%, and posted an average SRS of 3.1. Best season: 1977 North Carolina. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
161-127-5
Career win rate
55.8%
Average SRS
3.1
Peak SRS
18.5

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
26
Career span
26 years
Best finish
#12
Consistency
38.3

Primary school anchor

North Carolina

Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 81.3.

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Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Bill Dooley
Overall record
161-127-5

293 countable games, 55.8% win rate.

North Carolina record
69-53-2

11 countable seasons at North Carolina.

Full-season record
161-127-5

26 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
4-39-1

44 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
2-17

19 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-10

10 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Virginia
8-3

South's Oldest Rivalry games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
3-7

10 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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.

Bill Dooley
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Bill Dooley: 1978 Virginia TechBill Dooley: 1987 Wake Forest
1967Actual season year • SRS range -10.6 to 18.51992

Active comparison point

Bill Dooley • 1977

Selected

1977 North Carolina

Best season

8-3-1 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 18.6

Win %

70.8%

YoY SRS

+13.3

SP Off / Def

25.9 / 8.3

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

4-39-1

Games
44
Win rate
10.2%

Top 10

2-17

Games
19
Win rate
10.5%

Top 5

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results44
1992 Regular Week 13Wake ForestNC State#13L14-42
1992 Regular Week 6Wake ForestVirginia#14L17-31
1992 Regular Week 5Wake ForestFlorida State#3L7-35
1991 Regular Week 10Wake ForestClemson#16L10-28
1990 Regular Week 13Wake ForestGeorgia Tech#3L7-42
1990 Regular Week 10Wake ForestClemson#18L6-24
1990 Regular Week 9Wake ForestVirginia#1L14-49
1989 Regular Week 9Wake ForestClemson#22L10-44
1989 Regular Week 3Wake ForestNC State#19L17-27
1988 Regular Week 10Wake ForestClemson#15L21-38
1988 Regular Week 5Wake ForestMichigan#19L9-19
1987 Regular Week 12Wake ForestSouth Carolina#12L0-30
1987 Regular Week 10Wake ForestClemson#10L17-31
1985 Regular Week 9Virginia TechFlorida#2L18-35
1984 Regular Week 12Virginia TechClemson#20L10-17
1984 Regular Week 4Virginia TechWest Virginia#18L7-14
1983 Regular Week 8Virginia TechWest Virginia#4L0-13
1982 Regular Week 7Virginia TechWest Virginia#13L6-16
1982 Regular Week 3Virginia TechMiami#15L8-14
1981 Regular Week 11Virginia TechMiami#12L14-21
1980 Regular Week 11Virginia TechFlorida State#3L7-31
1980 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechMiami#18L10-20
1979 Regular Week 9Virginia TechAlabama#1L7-31
1979 Regular Week 5Virginia TechFlorida State#9L10-17
1978 Regular Week 9Virginia TechAlabama#3L0-35
1977 Regular Week 10North CarolinaClemson#15T13-13
1977 Regular Week 5North CarolinaTexas Tech#17L7-10
1977 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaNebraska#12L17-21
1976 Regular Week 5North CarolinaMissouri#9L3-24
1976 Regular Week 1North CarolinaMiami (OH)#20W14-10
1976 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaKentucky#18L0-21
1975 Regular Week 6North CarolinaNotre Dame#15L14-21
1975 Regular Week 4North CarolinaOhio State#2L7-32
1974 Regular Week 7North CarolinaNC State#10W33-14
1974 Regular Week 5North CarolinaPittsburgh#17W45-29
1974 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaMississippi State#17L24-26
1973 Regular Week 8North CarolinaTulane#15L0-16
1973 Regular Week 5North CarolinaMissouri#15L14-27
1972 Regular Week 4North CarolinaOhio State#5L14-29
1971 Regular Week 6North CarolinaNotre Dame#7L0-16
1971 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaGeorgia#7L3-7
1970 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaArizona State#6L26-48
1969 Regular Week 6North CarolinaFlorida#10L2-52
1968 Regular Week 6North CarolinaFlorida#7W22-7

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Wake Forest

1987-1992 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS -1.9 • Win % 44.8%

Virginia Tech

1978-1986 • 9 seasons

Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 62.3%

North Carolina

1967-1977 • 11 seasons

Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 56.5%

Longest tenure
North Carolina • 11 seasons
Best tenure
North Carolina • 4.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Virginia Tech • 62.3%

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.

Bill Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill Dooley

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
2.1
Percentile
65th pct

Above average

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.

Wake Forest

1987-1992 • 29-36-2

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

Avg SRS -1.9Win % 44.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 4.4 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.9 during vs -2.3 baseline

+0.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-5.1 during vs -6.9 baseline

+1.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Virginia Tech

1978-1986 • 63-38-1

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

Avg SRS 4.6Win % 62.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 4.6 baseline

+2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 0.8 baseline

+3.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.5 during vs -2.1 baseline

+4.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+11.1%

North Carolina

1967-1977 • 69-53-2

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

Avg SRS 4.6Win % 56.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 4.6 baseline

+1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 3.2 baseline

+1.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

7.2 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

18.2% during vs 0.0% baseline

+18.2%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

North Carolina 1977

8-3-1 • SRS 18.5

Biggest Improvement

Wake Forest 1992

8-4 • 16.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

North Carolina 1974

7-5 • SP Off 38.2

Best Defensive Season

North Carolina 1977

8-3-1 • SP Def 8.3

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Wake Forest 1991

3-8 • SRS -10.6

Biggest Drop

Virginia Tech 1978

4-7 • -21.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Wake Forest19921284066.7%—#255.76.230.526.1+16.3+39.4%Season summary
Wake Forest19911138027.3%——-10.6-14.621.334.2-4.40.0%Season summary
Wake Forest19901138027.3%——-6.2-11.729.838.6+2.8+4.5%Season summary
Wake Forest19891128122.7%——-9.0-14.923.435.7-14.0-36.4%Season summary
Wake Forest19881164159.1%——5.04.930.427.1+1.6-4.5%Season summary
Wake Forest19871174063.6%——3.4-0.722.022.7-1.5-15.5%Season summary
Virginia Tech19861292179.2%—#204.92.426.524.8+0.3+24.6%Season summary
Virginia Tech19851165054.5%——4.61.228.027.4-3.7-12.1%Season summary
Virginia Tech19841284066.7%——8.37.619.712.7-3.8-15.2%Season summary
Virginia Tech19831192081.8%——12.15.624.019.4+13.1+18.2%Season summary
Virginia Tech19821174063.6%——-1.0-7.916.023.4-7.60.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech19811174063.6%——6.66.522.016.7-1.0-3.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech19801284066.7%——7.610.521.912.0+6.2+21.2%Season summary
Virginia Tech19791156045.5%——1.42.225.523.8+4.6+9.1%Season summary
Virginia Tech19781147036.4%——-3.2-5.618.223.7-21.7-34.5%Season summary
North Carolina19771283170.8%—#1718.518.625.98.3+13.3-4.2%Season summary
North Carolina19761293075.0%——5.2-0.723.223.7+11.8+43.2%Season summary
North Carolina19751137131.8%——-6.6-10.022.231.3-18.1-26.5%Season summary
North Carolina19741275058.3%——11.512.038.228.0+10.3+22.0%Season summary
North Carolina19731147036.4%#19—1.2-0.628.128.7-11.2-55.3%Season summary
North Carolina197212111091.7%—#1212.416.134.219.5-0.7+16.7%Season summary
North Carolina19711293075.0%——13.113.128.415.5+5.1+8.3%Season summary
North Carolina19701284066.7%——8.08.934.227.3+8.7+16.7%Season summary
North Carolina19691055050.0%——-0.7———+3.6+20.0%Season summary
North Carolina19681037030.0%——-4.3———+3.4+10.0%Season summary
North Carolina19671028020.0%——-7.7—————Season summary

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