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Frank Solich

1998-2020 • Nebraska, Ohio

2 schools coached, anchored by Ohio.

Frank Solich's coaching record is 173-101, highlighted by seasons at Ohio from 1998 to 2020.

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.

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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.

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.

Compare Frank Solich
Overall record
173-101

274 countable games, 63.1% win rate.

Ohio record
115-82

16 countable seasons at Ohio.

Full-season record
164-98

21 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Partial-season record
9-3

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
9-20

29 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
3-9

12 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
2-7

9 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Miami (OH)
11-4

Battle of the Bricks games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
8-9

17 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 28, 2020. 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.

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

Selected

1999 Nebraska

Best season

12-1 • 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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

9-20

Games
29
Win rate
31.0%

Top 10

3-9

Games
12
Win rate
25.0%

Top 5

2-7

Games
9
Win rate
22.2%
View ranked game results29
2016 Regular Week 14OhioWestern Michigan#13L23-29
2016 Regular Week 3OhioTennessee#15L19-28
2012 Regular Week 13OhioKent State#23L6-28
2010 Regular Week 3OhioOhio State#2L7-43
2008 Regular Week 2OhioOhio State#3L14-26
2007 Regular Week 3OhioVirginia Tech#18L7-28
2005 Regular Week 3OhioVirginia Tech#4L0-45
2002 Regular Week 15NebraskaColorado#13L13-28
2002 Regular Week 13NebraskaKansas State#11L13-49
2002 Regular Week 11NebraskaTexas#7L24-27
2002 Regular Week 6NebraskaIowa State#19L14-36
2001 Regular Week 14NebraskaColorado#14L36-62
2001 Regular Week 10NebraskaOklahoma#2W20-10
2001 Regular Week 3NebraskaNotre Dame#17W27-10
2001 Postseason Week 1NebraskaMiami#1L14-37
2000 Regular Week 12NebraskaKansas State#16L28-29
2000 Regular Week 10NebraskaOklahoma#3L14-31
2000 Regular Week 3NebraskaNotre Dame#23W27-24
1999 Regular Week 12NebraskaKansas State#5W41-15
1999 Regular Week 11NebraskaTexas A&M#21W37-0
1999 Regular Week 9NebraskaTexas#18L20-24
1999 Postseason Week 1NebraskaTennessee#9W31-21
1999 Postseason Week 1NebraskaTexas#21W22-6
1998 Regular Week 12NebraskaKansas State#2L30-40
1998 Regular Week 10NebraskaTexas#20L16-20
1998 Regular Week 9NebraskaMissouri#18W20-13
1998 Regular Week 7NebraskaTexas A&M#10L21-28
1998 Regular Week 5NebraskaWashington#20W55-7
1998 Postseason Week 1NebraskaArizona#4L20-23

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 edge

Frank 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
64th 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

9.8 during vs 12.0 baseline

-2.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

19.0 during vs 28.6 baseline

-9.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

21.8 during vs 32.2 baseline

-10.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

80.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-20.0%

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

Lowest SRS 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.

Ohio2020321066.7%———————+12.8%Season summary
Ohio20191376053.8%——-4.73.735.933.5-12.1-15.4%Season summary
Ohio20181394069.2%——7.44.038.235.0+4.60.0%Season summary
Ohio20171394069.2%——2.83.332.230.6+7.4+12.1%Season summary
Ohio20161486057.1%——-4.6-2.122.025.8+0.3-4.4%Season summary
Ohio20151385061.5%——-4.9-0.524.526.6+9.8+11.5%Season summary
Ohio20141266050.0%——-14.7-11.717.828.2-3.8-3.9%Season summary
Ohio20131376053.8%——-10.9-11.422.533.5-3.6-15.4%Season summary
Ohio20121394069.2%——-7.3-8.023.832.1-5.8-2.2%Season summary
Ohio201114104071.4%——-1.50.930.330.8+9.5+9.9%Season summary
Ohio20101385061.5%——-11.0-6.621.029.0-6.7-2.8%Season summary
Ohio20091495064.3%——-4.3-8.615.624.3+5.2+30.9%Season summary
Ohio20081248033.3%——-9.5-9.321.629.7+2.3-16.7%Season summary
Ohio20071266050.0%——-11.8-11.322.934.8-6.3-14.3%Season summary
Ohio20061495064.3%——-5.5-9.512.623.2+9.3+27.9%Season summary
Ohio20051147036.4%——-14.8-20.815.135.8-26.1-38.6%Season summary
Nebraska20031293075.0%—#1911.314.730.316.5+4.6+25.0%Partial season
Nebraska20021477050.0%#10—6.78.234.628.2-12.7-34.6%Season summary
Nebraska200113112084.6%#4#819.423.042.221.5-3.9+1.3%Season summary
Nebraska200012102083.3%#1#823.324.948.327.3-1.9-9.0%Season summary
Nebraska199913121092.3%#6#325.230.142.512.7+5.0+23.1%Season summary
Nebraska19981394069.2%#4#1920.222.739.117.5——Season summary

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