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- Games
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- Win rate
- 30.0%
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Frank Solich
1998-2020 • Nebraska, Ohio
2 schools coached, anchored by Ohio.
Frank Solich coached 22 seasons, won 63.1%, and posted an average SRS of 0.5. Best season: 1999 Nebraska. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 173-101
- Career win rate
- 63.1%
- Average SRS
- 0.5
- Peak SRS
- 25.2
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
- 22
- Career span
- 23 years
- Best finish
- #3
- Consistency
- 4.2
Primary school anchor
Ohio
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 92.8.
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.
Frank Solich
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Frank Solich: 2005 Ohio
1998Actual season year • SRS range -14.8 to 25.22020
Active comparison point
Frank Solich • 1999
1999 Nebraska
Best season12-1 • SRS 25.2 • SP Overall 30.1
Win %
92.3%
YoY SRS
+5.0
SP Off / Def
42.5 / 12.7
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
3-9
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 25.0%
Top 5
2-7
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 22.2%
View ranked game results30
| 2016 Regular Week 14 | Ohio | Western Michigan | #13 | L23-29 |
| 2016 Regular Week 3 | Ohio | Tennessee | #15 | L19-28 |
| 2012 Regular Week 13 | Ohio | Kent State | #23 | L6-28 |
| 2010 Regular Week 3 | Ohio | Ohio State | #2 | L7-43 |
| 2008 Regular Week 2 | Ohio | Ohio State | #3 | L14-26 |
| 2007 Regular Week 3 | Ohio | Virginia Tech | #18 | L7-28 |
| 2005 Regular Week 3 | Ohio | Virginia Tech | #4 | L0-45 |
| 2003 Regular Week 11 | Nebraska | Texas | #16 | L7-31 |
| 2002 Regular Week 15 | Nebraska | Colorado | #13 | L13-28 |
| 2002 Regular Week 13 | Nebraska | Kansas State | #11 | L13-49 |
| 2002 Regular Week 11 | Nebraska | Texas | #7 | L24-27 |
| 2002 Regular Week 6 | Nebraska | Iowa State | #19 | L14-36 |
| 2001 Regular Week 14 | Nebraska | Colorado | #14 | L36-62 |
| 2001 Regular Week 10 | Nebraska | Oklahoma | #2 | W20-10 |
| 2001 Regular Week 3 | Nebraska | Notre Dame | #17 | W27-10 |
| 2001 Postseason Week 1 | Nebraska | Miami | #1 | L14-37 |
| 2000 Regular Week 12 | Nebraska | Kansas State | #16 | L28-29 |
| 2000 Regular Week 10 | Nebraska | Oklahoma | #3 | L14-31 |
| 2000 Regular Week 3 | Nebraska | Notre Dame | #23 | W27-24 |
| 1999 Regular Week 12 | Nebraska | Kansas State | #5 | W41-15 |
| 1999 Regular Week 11 | Nebraska | Texas A&M | #21 | W37-0 |
| 1999 Regular Week 9 | Nebraska | Texas | #18 | L20-24 |
| 1999 Postseason Week 1 | Nebraska | Tennessee | #9 | W31-21 |
| 1999 Postseason Week 1 | Nebraska | Texas | #21 | W22-6 |
| 1998 Regular Week 12 | Nebraska | Kansas State | #2 | L30-40 |
| 1998 Regular Week 10 | Nebraska | Texas | #20 | L16-20 |
| 1998 Regular Week 9 | Nebraska | Missouri | #18 | W20-13 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | Nebraska | Texas A&M | #10 | L21-28 |
| 1998 Regular Week 5 | Nebraska | Washington | #20 | W55-7 |
| 1998 Postseason Week 1 | Nebraska | Arizona | #4 | L20-23 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Ohio
2005-2020 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS -6.3 • Win % 58.4%
Nebraska
1998-2003 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 17.7 • Win % 75.3%
- Longest tenure
- Ohio • 16 seasons
- Best tenure
- Nebraska • 17.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Nebraska • 75.3%
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.
Frank Solich sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFrank Solich sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Solich
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.7
- Percentile
- 63th 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.
Ohio
2005-2020 • 115-82
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.3Win % 58.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 3.6 baseline
+3.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.3 during vs -10.5 baseline
+4.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.9 during vs -12.0 baseline
+6.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Nebraska
1998-2003 • 58-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.7Win % 75.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 12.0 baseline
-2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.7 during vs 28.6 baseline
-10.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
20.6 during vs 32.2 baseline
-11.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
83.3% during vs 100.0% baseline
-16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Nebraska 1999
12-1 • SRS 25.2
Biggest Improvement
Ohio 2015
8-5 • 9.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Nebraska 2000
10-2 • SP Off 48.3
Best Defensive Season
Nebraska 1999
12-1 • SP Def 12.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Ohio 2005
4-7 • SRS -14.8
Biggest Drop
Ohio 2005
4-7 • -26.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ohio | 2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +12.8% |
| Ohio | 2019 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -4.7 | 3.7 | 35.9 | 33.5 | -12.1 | -15.4% |
| Ohio | 2018 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 7.4 | 4.0 | 38.2 | 35.0 | +4.6 | 0.0% |
| Ohio | 2017 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 2.8 | 3.3 | 32.2 | 30.6 | +7.4 | +12.1% |
| Ohio | 2016 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | -4.6 | -2.1 | 22.0 | 25.8 | +0.3 | -4.4% |
| Ohio | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -4.9 | -0.5 | 24.5 | 26.6 | +9.8 | +11.5% |
| Ohio | 2014 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -14.7 | -11.7 | 17.8 | 28.2 | -3.8 | -3.9% |
| Ohio | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -10.9 | -11.4 | 22.5 | 33.5 | -3.6 | -15.4% |
| Ohio | 2012 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -7.3 | -8.0 | 23.8 | 32.1 | -5.8 | -2.2% |
| Ohio | 2011 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | -1.5 | 0.9 | 30.3 | 30.8 | +9.5 | +9.9% |
| Ohio | 2010 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -11.0 | -6.6 | 21.0 | 29.0 | -6.7 | -2.8% |
| Ohio | 2009 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | -4.3 | -8.6 | 15.6 | 24.3 | +5.2 | +30.9% |
| Ohio | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.5 | -9.3 | 21.6 | 29.7 | +2.3 | -16.7% |
| Ohio | 2007 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -11.8 | -11.3 | 22.9 | 34.8 | -6.3 | -14.3% |
| Ohio | 2006 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | -5.5 | -9.5 | 12.6 | 23.2 | +9.3 | +27.9% |
| Ohio | 2005 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -14.8 | -20.8 | 15.1 | 35.8 | -26.1 | -38.6% |
| Nebraska | 2003 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 11.3 | 14.7 | 30.3 | 16.5 | +4.6 | +25.0% |
| Nebraska | 2002 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.0% | #10 | — | 6.7 | 8.2 | 34.6 | 28.2 | -12.7 | -34.6% |
| Nebraska | 2001 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #4 | #8 | 19.4 | 23.0 | 42.2 | 21.5 | -3.9 | +1.3% |
| Nebraska | 2000 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #1 | #8 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 48.3 | 27.3 | -1.9 | -9.0% |
| Nebraska | 1999 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #6 | #3 | 25.2 | 30.1 | 42.5 | 12.7 | +5.0 | +23.1% |
| Nebraska | 1998 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #4 | #19 | 20.2 | 22.7 | 39.1 | 17.5 | — | — |
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