Top 25
6-18
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 25.0%
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Coach Profile
Larry Fedora
2008-2018 • North Carolina, Southern Miss
2 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.
Larry Fedora's coaching record is 79-62, highlighted by seasons at North Carolina from 2008 to 2018.
Larry Fedora coached 11 seasons, won 56.0%, and posted an average SRS of 3.3. Best season: 2015 North Carolina. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 79-62
- Career win rate
- 56.0%
- Average SRS
- 3.3
- Peak SRS
- 19.2
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
- 11 years
- Best finish
- #15
- Consistency
- 44.9
Primary school anchor
North Carolina
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 82.5.
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
- 79-62
- North Carolina record
- 45-43
- Full-season record
- 79-62
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Virginia
- 5-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 3-5
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
141 countable games, 56.0% win rate.
7 countable seasons at North Carolina.
11 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
South's Oldest Rivalry games in this dataset.
8 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: Nov 24, 2018. 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.
Larry Fedora
EliteStrongAverageLean
Larry Fedora: 2012 North Carolina
2008Actual season year • SRS range -6.5 to 19.22018
Active comparison point
Larry Fedora • 2015
2015 North Carolina
Best seasonBiggest improvement11-3 • SRS 19.2 • SP Overall 20.0
Win %
78.6%
YoY SRS
+21.5
SP Off / Def
43.3 / 25.3
Finish
#15
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
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results24
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
North Carolina
2012-2018 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 4.0 • Win % 51.1%
Southern Miss
2008-2011 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 1.9 • Win % 64.1%
- Longest tenure
- North Carolina • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- North Carolina • 4.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Southern Miss • 64.1%
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.
Larry Fedora sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeLarry Fedora sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Larry Fedora
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 8.1
- Percentile
- 81th 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.
North Carolina
2012-2018 • 45-43
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.0Win % 51.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.4 during vs 7.0 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 5.7 baseline
-1.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 6.9 baseline
+2.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+14.3%
Southern Miss
2008-2011 • 34-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.9Win % 64.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 7.8 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.9 during vs 0.0 baseline
+1.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 1.4 baseline
+4.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
North Carolina 2015
11-3 • SRS 19.2
Biggest Improvement
North Carolina 2015
11-3 • 21.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
North Carolina 2015
11-3 • SP Off 43.3
Best Defensive Season
Southern Miss 2011
12-2 • SP Def 19.7
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
North Carolina 2018
2-9 • SRS -6.5
Biggest Drop
North Carolina 2017
3-9 • -12.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| North Carolina | 2018 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -6.5 | -2.5 | 29.9 | 31.9 | -4.2 | -6.8% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 2017 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -2.3 | 4.3 | 29.3 | 25.9 | -12.5 | -36.5% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #22 | — | 10.2 | 15.9 | 38.5 | 24.6 | -9.0 | -17.0% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 2015 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #15 | 19.2 | 20.0 | 43.3 | 25.3 | +21.5 | +32.4% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 2014 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #23 | — | -2.3 | 0.0 | 35.8 | 35.1 | -8.8 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 6.5 | 13.7 | 34.2 | 21.4 | +3.1 | -12.8% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 2012 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 3.4 | 14.1 | 39.7 | 26.6 | -5.2 | -19.1% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 2011 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #20 | 8.6 | 12.2 | 30.8 | 19.7 | +8.5 | +24.2% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 2010 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 0.1 | 5.6 | 30.2 | 26.5 | +0.9 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 2009 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -0.8 | 2.4 | 30.4 | 27.6 | -0.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 2008 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -0.3 | 3.1 | 31.0 | 27.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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