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0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Coach Profile
Frank Burns
1973-1983 • Rutgers
One defining program at Rutgers.
Frank Burns coached 11 seasons, won 64.3%, and posted an average SRS of -1.0. Best season: 1976 Rutgers. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 78-43-1
- Career win rate
- 64.3%
- Average SRS
- -1.0
- Peak SRS
- 9.1
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
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 39.2
Primary school anchor
Rutgers
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 59.3.
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 Burns
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range -15.8 to 9.11983
Active comparison point
Frank Burns • 1976
1976 Rutgers
Best season11-0 • SRS 9.1 • SP Overall 11.1
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+3.4
SP Off / Def
24.0 / 13.5
Finish
#17
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results10
| 1983 Regular Week 12 | Rutgers | West Virginia | #14 | L7-35 |
| 1983 Regular Week 4 | Rutgers | Boston College | #19 | L22-42 |
| 1982 Regular Week 12 | Rutgers | Pittsburgh | #6 | L6-52 |
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | Rutgers | West Virginia | #19 | L17-44 |
| 1982 Regular Week 3 | Rutgers | Penn State | #8 | L14-49 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | Rutgers | Pittsburgh | #1 | L3-47 |
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | Rutgers | Alabama | #11 | L7-31 |
| 1980 Regular Week 7 | Rutgers | Alabama | #1 | L13-17 |
| 1979 Regular Week 3 | Rutgers | Penn State | #6 | L10-45 |
| 1978 Regular Week 2 | Rutgers | Penn State | #5 | L10-26 |
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
1973-1983 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS -1.0 • Win % 64.3%
- Longest tenure
- Rutgers • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- Rutgers • -1.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Rutgers • 64.3%
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 Burns sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFrank Burns sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Burns
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 3.0
- Percentile
- 67th 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
1973-1983 • 78-43-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.0Win % 64.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 6.0 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.0 during vs -12.1 baseline
+11.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.0 during vs -8.4 baseline
+11.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
9.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+9.1%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Rutgers 1976
11-0 • SRS 9.1
Biggest Improvement
Rutgers 1975
9-2 • 12.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Rutgers 1978
9-3 • SP Off 30.3
Best Defensive Season
Rutgers 1975
9-2 • SP Def 13.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Rutgers 1973
6-5 • SRS -15.8
Biggest Drop
Rutgers 1981
5-6 • -8.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Rutgers | 1983 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -8.6 | -15.7 | 17.5 | 32.5 | -1.0 | -18.2% |
| Rutgers | 1982 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -7.6 | -10.6 | 19.8 | 29.7 | -5.7 | 0.0% |
| Rutgers | 1981 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.9 | -0.7 | 18.0 | 18.8 | -8.4 | -18.2% |
| Rutgers | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 6.5 | 10.1 | 28.6 | 19.2 | +3.0 | -9.1% |
| Rutgers | 1979 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 3.5 | 10.8 | 28.4 | 18.3 | +0.8 | -2.3% |
| Rutgers | 1978 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 2.7 | 12.4 | 30.3 | 18.8 | +1.0 | +2.3% |
| Rutgers | 1977 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 1.7 | 11.1 | 28.5 | 18.3 | -7.4 | -27.3% |
| Rutgers | 1976 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #17 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 24.0 | 13.5 | +3.4 | +18.2% |
| Rutgers | 1975 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 5.7 | 12.2 | 24.7 | 13.1 | +12.4 | +13.6% |
| Rutgers | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | -6.7 | 5.7 | 27.8 | 23.1 | +9.1 | +13.6% |
| Rutgers | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -15.8 | -13.8 | 18.5 | 30.9 | — | — |
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