Top 25
6-33
- Games
- 39
- Win rate
- 15.4%
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Jim Grobe
1995-2016 • Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest
3 schools coached, anchored by Wake Forest.
Jim Grobe's coaching record is 117-121-1, highlighted by seasons at Wake Forest from 1995 to 2016.
Jim Grobe coached 20 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 2006 Wake Forest. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 117-121-1
- Career win rate
- 49.2%
- Average SRS
- -1.2
- Peak SRS
- 8.0
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
- 20
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- #18
- Consistency
- 41.5
Primary school anchor
Wake Forest
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 56.5.
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
- 117-121-1
- Wake Forest record
- 77-82
- Full-season record
- 117-121-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-13
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-7
- Vs NC State
- 7-6
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
239 countable games, 49.2% win rate.
13 countable seasons at Wake Forest.
20 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
13 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 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 28, 2016. 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.
Jim Grobe
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Grobe: 2001 Wake ForestJim Grobe: 2016 Baylor
1995Actual season year • SRS range -20.5 to 8.02016
Active comparison point
Jim Grobe • 2006
2006 Wake Forest
Best season11-3 • SRS 8.0 • SP Overall 6.5
Win %
78.6%
YoY SRS
+8.9
SP Off / Def
23.6 / 18.4
Finish
#18
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 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
Baylor
2016-2016 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 3.9 • Win % 53.8%
Wake Forest
2001-2013 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS 0.9 • Win % 48.4%
Ohio
1995-2000 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -6.6 • Win % 50.0%
- Longest tenure
- Wake Forest • 13 seasons
- Best tenure
- Baylor • 3.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Baylor • 53.8%
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.
Jim Grobe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Grobe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Grobe
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -0.4
- Percentile
- 55th pct
Mixed
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.
Baylor
2016-2016 • 7-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.9Win % 53.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 10.0 baseline
-3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.9 during vs 17.7 baseline
-13.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.3 during vs 17.1 baseline
-5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-80.0%
Wake Forest
2001-2013 • 77-82
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.9Win % 48.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.9 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.9 during vs -5.6 baseline
+6.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.3 during vs -7.9 baseline
+8.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
7.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+7.7%
Ohio
1995-2000 • 33-33-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.6Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 1.6 baseline
+3.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.6 during vs -25.1 baseline
+18.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.9 during vs -20.4 baseline
+16.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Wake Forest 2006
11-3 • SRS 8.0
Biggest Improvement
Ohio 1996
6-6 • 16.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wake Forest 2003
5-7 • SP Off 37.8
Best Defensive Season
Wake Forest 2008
8-5 • SP Def 13.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Ohio 1995
2-8-1 • SRS -20.5
Biggest Drop
Ohio 1998
5-6 • -11.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Baylor | 2016 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #23 | — | 3.9 | 11.3 | 37.0 | 24.2 | +5.7 | +20.5% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2013 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.8 | -2.8 | 19.4 | 21.3 | +10.0 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2012 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -11.8 | -11.9 | 20.1 | 30.1 | -8.9 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2011 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -2.9 | -3.5 | 26.4 | 28.9 | +5.7 | +21.1% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2010 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -8.6 | -12.1 | 20.7 | 32.4 | -11.7 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.1 | 3.3 | 32.6 | 28.3 | -4.5 | -19.9% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #23 | — | 7.6 | 6.4 | 20.3 | 13.6 | +1.0 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 6.6 | 6.4 | 23.9 | 19.0 | -1.4 | -9.3% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2006 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #18 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 23.6 | 18.4 | +8.9 | +42.2% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2005 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -0.9 | -3.9 | 23.3 | 27.1 | -1.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.7 | -0.9 | 26.2 | 27.3 | -4.6 | -5.3% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2003 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 5.3 | 7.5 | 37.8 | 32.4 | -0.2 | -12.2% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 5.5 | 7.5 | 35.2 | 29.5 | +4.1 | -0.7% | Season summary |
| Wake Forest | 2001 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 1.4 | 1.5 | 35.6 | 34.6 | +1.9 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Ohio | 2000 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -0.5 | -0.7 | 29.3 | 30.2 | +6.4 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Ohio | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.9 | -6.7 | 27.8 | 33.7 | +2.7 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Ohio | 1998 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -9.6 | -3.7 | 30.1 | 33.6 | -11.8 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| Ohio | 1997 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 2.2 | 7.5 | 29.0 | 22.8 | +6.6 | +22.7% | Season summary |
| Ohio | 1996 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -4.4 | 1.2 | 27.8 | 27.3 | +16.1 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Ohio | 1995 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -20.5 | -21.1 | 18.0 | 36.9 | — | — | Season summary |
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