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2-10-1
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 19.2%
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Dick Anderson
1984-1989 • Rutgers
One defining program at Rutgers.
Dick Anderson's coaching record is 27-34-4, highlighted by seasons at Rutgers from 1984 to 1989.
Dick Anderson coached 6 seasons, won 44.6%, and posted an average SRS of 0.4. Best season: 1984 Rutgers. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 27-34-4
- Career win rate
- 44.6%
- Average SRS
- 0.4
- Peak SRS
- 8.7
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 52.6
Primary school anchor
Rutgers
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 58.1.
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
- 27-34-4
- Rutgers record
- 27-34-4
- Full-season record
- 27-34-4
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-5-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-2-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
65 countable games, 44.6% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Rutgers.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 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 2, 1989. 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.
Dick Anderson
EliteStrongAverageLean
1984Actual season year • SRS range -10.0 to 8.71989
Active comparison point
Dick Anderson • 1984
1984 Rutgers
Best season7-3 • SRS 8.7 • SP Overall 9.8
Win %
70.0%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
27.5 / 18.4
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
0-5-1
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 8.3%
Top 5
0-2-1
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 16.7%
View ranked game results13
| 1989 Regular Week 14 | Rutgers | Pittsburgh | #24 | L29-46 |
| 1989 Regular Week 11 | Rutgers | West Virginia | #19 | L20-21 |
| 1988 Regular Week 12 | Rutgers | West Virginia | #4 | L25-35 |
| 1988 Regular Week 5 | Rutgers | Penn State | #15 | W21-16 |
| 1988 Regular Week 3 | Rutgers | Michigan State | #15 | W17-13 |
| 1987 Regular Week 7 | Rutgers | Penn State | #10 | L21-35 |
| 1986 Regular Week 6 | Rutgers | Penn State | #5 | L6-31 |
| 1985 Regular Week 10 | Rutgers | Tennessee | #19 | L0-40 |
| 1985 Regular Week 5 | Rutgers | Penn State | #9 | L10-17 |
| 1985 Regular Week 3 | Rutgers | Florida | #3 | T28-28 |
| 1984 Regular Week 10 | Rutgers | Boston College | #9 | L23-35 |
| 1984 Regular Week 7 | Rutgers | Kentucky | #19 | L14-27 |
| 1984 Regular Week 3 | Rutgers | Penn State | #12 | L12-15 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Rutgers
1984-1989 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 0.4 • Win % 44.6%
- Longest tenure
- Rutgers • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Rutgers • 0.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Rutgers • 44.6%
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.
Dick Anderson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDick Anderson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Anderson
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -0.1
- Percentile
- 56th 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.
Rutgers
1984-1989 • 27-34-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.4Win % 44.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 5.6 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.4 during vs -1.6 baseline
+2.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.1 during vs -1.2 baseline
+1.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Rutgers 1984
7-3 • SRS 8.7
Biggest Improvement
Rutgers 1986
5-5-1 • 10.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Rutgers 1988
5-6 • SP Off 29.8
Best Defensive Season
Rutgers 1984
7-3 • SP Def 18.4
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Rutgers 1989
2-7-2 • SRS -10.0
Biggest Drop
Rutgers 1989
2-7-2 • -14.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Rutgers | 1989 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | -10.0 | -14.5 | 25.2 | 36.8 | -14.7 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Rutgers | 1988 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 3.7 | 29.8 | 27.4 | +4.7 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Rutgers | 1987 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 0.0 | -0.4 | 20.3 | 20.5 | -4.9 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Rutgers | 1986 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.9 | 6.8 | 25.2 | 19.4 | +10.6 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Rutgers | 1985 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -5.7 | -6.1 | 19.5 | 25.4 | -14.4 | -47.3% | Season summary |
| Rutgers | 1984 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 8.7 | 9.8 | 27.5 | 18.4 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Best finish #17 • Volatility 6.0
Open profile →Mel Tucker
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Best finish #9 • Volatility 5.6
Open profile →Richard Williamson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.5
Avg SRS -1.1 • Peak SRS 7.0 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.3
Open profile →Brent Pry
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.0
Avg SRS 0.4 • Peak SRS 10.4 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.3
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.8
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