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6-18
- Games
- 24
- Win rate
- 25.0%
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Coach Profile
Carl Snavely
1930-1952 • Bucknell, Cornell, North Carolina
3 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.
Carl Snavely coached 18 seasons, won 67.2%, and posted an average SRS of 10.3. Best season: 1948 North Carolina. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 106-49-11
- Career win rate
- 67.2%
- Average SRS
- 10.3
- Peak SRS
- 25.8
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
- 18
- Career span
- 23 years
- Best finish
- #3
- Consistency
- 15.0
Primary school anchor
North Carolina
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 93.3.
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.
Carl Snavely
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Carl Snavely: 1934 North CarolinaCarl Snavely: 1937 CornellCarl Snavely: 1945 North Carolina
1930Actual season year • SRS range -12.5 to 25.81952
Active comparison point
Carl Snavely • 1948
1948 North Carolina
Best season9-1-1 • SRS 25.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
86.4%
YoY SRS
+4.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#3
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
0-13
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results24
| 1952 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #7 | L14-41 |
| 1952 Regular Week 7 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | #10 | L14-34 |
| 1951 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | Virginia | #15 | L14-34 |
| 1951 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #2 | L0-27 |
| 1951 Regular Week 6 | North Carolina | Maryland | #4 | L7-14 |
| 1951 Regular Week 4 | North Carolina | Texas | #4 | L20-45 |
| 1950 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #9 | L0-16 |
| 1950 Regular Week 5 | North Carolina | Wake Forest | #17 | L7-13 |
| 1950 Regular Week 3 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | #10 | L7-14 |
| 1949 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #18 | L6-35 |
| 1949 Regular Week 7 | North Carolina | LSU | #13 | L7-13 |
| 1949 Regular Week 6 | North Carolina | Wake Forest | #18 | W28-14 |
| 1949 Postseason Week 1 | North Carolina | Rice | #5 | L13-27 |
| 1948 Regular Week 5 | North Carolina | Wake Forest | #18 | W28-6 |
| 1948 Regular Week 4 | North Carolina | Georgia | #18 | W21-14 |
| 1948 Postseason Week 1 | North Carolina | Oklahoma | #5 | L6-14 |
| 1947 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | NC State | #16 | W41-6 |
| 1947 Regular Week 6 | North Carolina | William & Mary | #12 | W13-7 |
| 1947 Regular Week 4 | North Carolina | Texas | #3 | L0-34 |
| 1946 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee | #8 | L14-20 |
| 1946 Postseason Week 1 | North Carolina | Georgia | #3 | L10-20 |
| 1945 Regular Week 6 | North Carolina | Pennsylvania | #6 | L0-49 |
| 1939 Regular Week 7 | Cornell | Ohio State | #12 | W23-14 |
| 1937 Regular Week 6 | Cornell | Yale | #14 | L0-9 |
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
1945-1952 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 10.6 • Win % 56.8%
Cornell
1937-1940 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 17.6 • Win % 80.7%
North Carolina
1934-1935 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 11.2 • Win % 86.1%
Bucknell
1930-1933 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 2.1 • Win % 69.4%
- Longest tenure
- North Carolina • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Cornell • 17.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- North Carolina • 86.1%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Carl Snavely
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1945-1952 • 44-33-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.6Win % 56.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 4.2 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.6 during vs -0.4 baseline
+11.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
Cornell
1937-1940 • 24-5-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.6Win % 80.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 2.8 baseline
+3.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.6 during vs -4.1 baseline
+21.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
75.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+75.0%
North Carolina
1934-1935 • 15-2-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.2Win % 86.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 5.0 baseline
+2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.2 during vs 1.2 baseline
+9.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Bucknell
1930-1933 • 23-9-4
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 2.1Win % 69.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
North Carolina 1948
9-1-1 • SRS 25.8
Biggest Improvement
Bucknell 1933
7-2 • 27.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Bucknell 1932
4-4-1 • SRS -12.5
Biggest Drop
Bucknell 1932
4-4-1 • -18.3 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 | 1952 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -0.4 | — | — | — | -2.0 | +5.0% |
| North Carolina | 1951 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | 1.6 | — | — | — | +0.2 | -20.0% |
| North Carolina | 1950 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | #20 | — | 1.4 | — | — | — | -7.7 | -23.6% |
| North Carolina | 1949 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #16 | 9.1 | — | — | — | -16.7 | -22.7% |
| North Carolina | 1948 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | #3 | 25.8 | — | — | — | +4.4 | +6.4% |
| North Carolina | 1947 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #9 | 21.4 | — | — | — | +0.5 | +2.7% |
| North Carolina | 1946 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | #9 | 20.9 | — | — | — | +15.8 | +27.3% |
| North Carolina | 1945 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.1 | — | — | — | -15.7 | -25.0% |
| Cornell | 1940 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #15 | 20.8 | — | — | — | +1.9 | -25.0% |
| Cornell | 1939 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #4 | 18.9 | — | — | — | +2.9 | +21.4% |
| Cornell | 1938 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 78.6% | — | #12 | 16.0 | — | — | — | +1.5 | +9.8% |
| Cornell | 1937 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68.8% | — | — | 14.5 | — | — | — | +2.2 | -20.1% |
| North Carolina | 1935 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 12.3 | — | — | — | +2.3 | +5.6% |
| North Carolina | 1934 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 10.0 | — | — | — | -5.2 | +5.6% |
| Bucknell | 1933 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 15.2 | — | — | — | +27.7 | +27.8% |
| Bucknell | 1932 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -12.5 | — | — | — | -18.3 | -33.3% |
| Bucknell | 1931 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 83.3% | — | — | 5.8 | — | — | — | +5.9 | +16.7% |
| Bucknell | 1930 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -0.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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