Top 25
6-6
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 50.0%
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Herm Edwards
2018-2022 • Arizona State
One defining program at Arizona State.
Herm Edwards's coaching record is 26-20, highlighted by seasons at Arizona State from 2018 to 2022.
Herm Edwards coached 5 seasons, won 56.5%, and posted an average SRS of 3.7. Best season: 2021 Arizona State. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 26-20
- Career win rate
- 56.5%
- Average SRS
- 3.7
- Peak SRS
- 8.6
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 78.1
Primary school anchor
Arizona State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 57.7.
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
- 26-20
- Arizona State record
- 26-20
- Full-season record
- 25-18
- Partial-season record
- 1-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Arizona
- 4-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-2
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
46 countable games, 56.5% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Arizona State.
4 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Duel in the Desert games in this dataset.
3 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 25, 2022. 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.
Herm Edwards
EliteStrongAverageLean
2018Actual season year • SRS range -3.9 to 8.62022
Active comparison point
Herm Edwards • 2021
2021 Arizona State
Best season8-5 • SRS 8.6 • SP Overall 11.8
Win %
61.5%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
33.5 / 20.9
Finish
Unranked
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
1-1
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results12
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Arizona State
2018-2022 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 3.7 • Win % 56.5%
- Longest tenure
- Arizona State • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Arizona State • 3.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Arizona State • 56.5%
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.
Herm Edwards sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeHerm Edwards sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Herm Edwards
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.8
- Percentile
- 72th 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.
Arizona State
2018-2022 • 26-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.7Win % 56.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 7.6 baseline
-1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 8.6 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 7.8 baseline
-0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Arizona State 2021
8-5 • SRS 8.6
Biggest Improvement
Arizona State 2019
8-5 • 1.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Arizona State 2018
7-6 • SP Off 33.9
Best Defensive Season
Arizona State 2021
8-5 • SP Def 20.9
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Arizona State 2022
1-2 • SRS -3.9
Biggest Drop
Arizona State 2022
1-2 • -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.
| Arizona State | 2022 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -3.9 | -4.1 | 30.5 | 35.7 | -12.5 | -28.2% | Partial season |
| Arizona State | 2021 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #25 | — | 8.6 | 11.8 | 33.5 | 20.9 | — | +11.5% | Season summary |
| Arizona State | 2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -11.5% | Season summary |
| Arizona State | 2019 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 5.7 | 6.3 | 28.0 | 23.7 | +1.3 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Arizona State | 2018 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 4.4 | 5.0 | 33.9 | 30.4 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.2
Open profile →Jerry Frei
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