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Darryl Rogers

1969-1984Arizona State, Fresno State, Michigan State, San José State

4 schools coached, anchored by Arizona State.

Darryl Rogers coached 16 seasons, won 63.2%, and posted an average SRS of 6.9. Best season: 1978 Michigan State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
109-62-7
Career win rate
63.2%
Average SRS
6.9
Peak SRS
21.8

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
16
Career span
16 years
Best finish
#6
Consistency
19.0

Primary school anchor

Arizona State

Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 88.2.

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.

Darryl Rogers
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Darryl Rogers: 1973 San José StateDarryl Rogers: 1976 Michigan StateDarryl Rogers: 1980 Arizona State
1969Actual season year • SRS range -9.2 to 21.81984

Active comparison point

Darryl Rogers1978

Selected

1978 Michigan State

Best season

8-3 • SRS 21.8 • SP Overall 19.5

Win %

72.7%

YoY SRS

+8.5

SP Off / Def

40.5 / 23.5

Finish

#12

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

6-21

Games
27
Win rate
22.2%

Top 10

1-9

Games
10
Win rate
10.0%

Top 5

0-7

Games
7
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results27
1984 Regular Week 11Arizona StateFlorida State#11L44-52
1984 Regular Week 5Arizona StateUSC#15L3-6
1984 Regular Week 3Arizona StateOklahoma State#13L3-45
1982 Regular Week 11Arizona StateWashington#7L13-17
1982 Regular Week 9Arizona StateUSC#12W17-10
1982 Postseason Week 1Arizona StateOklahoma#16W32-21
1981 Regular Week 11Arizona StateUCLA#18L24-34
1981 Regular Week 5Arizona StateWashington#12W26-7
1980 Regular Week 12Arizona StateUCLA#18L14-23
1980 Regular Week 6Arizona StateUSC#2L21-23
1980 Regular Week 5Arizona StateOhio State#2L21-38
1980 Regular Week 3Arizona StateHouston#18W29-13
1979 Regular Week 9Michigan StateOhio State#5L0-42
1979 Regular Week 8Michigan StatePurdue#16L7-14
1979 Regular Week 6Michigan StateMichigan#11L7-21
1979 Regular Week 5Michigan StateNotre Dame#10L3-27
1978 Regular Week 7Michigan StateMichigan#9W24-15
1978 Regular Week 5Michigan StateUSC#2L9-30
1977 Regular Week 6Michigan StateMichigan#1L14-24
1977 Regular Week 5Michigan StateNotre Dame#11L6-16
1977 Regular Week 3Michigan StateWashington State#15L21-23
1976 Regular Week 6Michigan StateMichigan#1L10-42
1976 Regular Week 5Michigan StateNotre Dame#14L6-24
1976 Regular Week 2Michigan StateOhio State#2L21-49
1975 Regular Week 4San José StateStanford#18W36-34
1973 Regular Week 7San José StateArizona State#12L3-28
1970 Regular Week 10Fresno StateSan Diego State#14L14-56

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

1980-19845 seasons

Avg SRS 14.5 • Win % 67.0%

Michigan State

1976-19794 seasons

Avg SRS 10.7 • Win % 56.8%

San José State

1973-19753 seasons

Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 69.1%

Fresno State

1969-19724 seasons

Avg SRS -4.9 • Win % 60.2%

Longest tenure
Arizona State • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Arizona State • 14.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
San José State • 69.1%

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.

Darryl Rogers sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Darryl Rogers sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Darryl Rogers

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
9.4
Percentile
84th 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

1980-198437-18-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 14.5Win % 67.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.4 during vs 7.4 baseline

+0.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.5 during vs 10.5 baseline

+3.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.5 during vs 9.2 baseline

+7.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

40.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

+0.0%

Michigan State

1976-197924-18-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 10.7Win % 56.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

+0.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.7 during vs 11.6 baseline

-0.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

7.9 during vs 10.9 baseline

-3.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+5.0%

San José State

1973-197522-9-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 4.8Win % 69.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 3.0 baseline

+4.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.8 during vs -5.9 baseline

+10.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

9.8 during vs 1.3 baseline

+8.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Fresno State

1969-197226-17-1

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -4.9Win % 60.2%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Michigan State 1978

8-3SRS 21.8

Biggest Improvement

San José State 1975

9-211.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arizona State 1981

9-2SP Off 43.0

Best Defensive Season

Arizona State 1982

10-2SP Def 11.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Fresno State 1969

6-4SRS -9.2

Biggest Drop

Michigan State 1979

5-6-16.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Arizona State19841156045.5%#139.411.832.722.5-0.2-13.6%
Arizona State19831164159.1%9.612.734.423.2-8.2-24.2%
Arizona State198212102083.3%#19#617.820.231.211.7-2.9+1.5%
Arizona State19811192081.8%#20#1620.724.043.021.0+5.8+18.2%
Arizona State19801174063.6%14.914.035.423.0+9.8+18.2%
Michigan State19791156045.5%#105.12.828.626.6-16.7-27.3%
Michigan State19781183072.7%#1221.819.540.523.5+8.5+4.5%
Michigan State19771173168.2%13.311.028.118.1+10.6+27.3%
Michigan State19761146140.9%2.7-1.728.029.8-9.1-40.9%
San José State19751192081.8%11.817.133.818.1+11.5+11.0%
San José State19741283170.8%0.35.727.122.5-2.1+16.3%
San José State19731154254.5%2.46.623.717.8+6.0-4.5%
Fresno State19721164159.1%-3.63.124.422.0-2.5+4.5%
Fresno State19711165054.5%-1.1-3.917.721.5+4.6-12.1%
Fresno State19701284066.7%-5.7-1.632.133.7+3.5+6.7%
Fresno State19691064060.0%-9.2

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