Coach Profile
1974-1992 • Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming
3 schools coached, anchored by Auburn.
Pat Dye coached 19 seasons, won 70.7%, and posted an average SRS of 11.0. Best season: 1983 Auburn. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Auburn
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 88.5.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
11-1 • SRS 22.0 • SP Overall 30.1
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+9.1
SP Off / Def
39.4 / 9.3
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Auburn
1981-1992 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 71.1%
Wyoming
1980-1980 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 1.4 • Win % 54.5%
East Carolina
1974-1979 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 6.5 • Win % 72.4%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Pat Dye sets the reference point in overall strength.
Pat Dye sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pat Dye
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1981-1992 • 99-39-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 5.4 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.0 during vs 8.2 baseline
+5.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.4 during vs 7.5 baseline
+9.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
66.7% during vs 20.0% baseline
+46.7%
1980-1980 • 6-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.6 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.4 during vs -2.9 baseline
+4.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.5 during vs -5.8 baseline
+6.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1974-1979 • 48-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 5.4 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.5 during vs -12.0 baseline
+18.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.6 during vs -0.6 baseline
+10.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Auburn 1983
11-1 • SRS 22.0
Biggest Improvement
East Carolina 1976
9-2 • 16.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Auburn 1983
11-1 • SP Off 39.4
Best Defensive Season
Auburn 1989
10-2 • SP Def 8.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
East Carolina 1975
8-3 • SRS -1.2
Biggest Drop
Auburn 1990
8-3-1 • -11.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Auburn | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.2 | -0.5 | 22.5 | 23.0 | -5.1 | +4.5% |
| Auburn | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #17 | — | 5.3 | 9.0 | 28.1 | 19.8 | -1.1 | -25.4% |
| Auburn | 1990 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | #3 | #19 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 30.1 | 19.8 | -11.2 | -12.5% |
| Auburn | 1989 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #8 | #6 | 17.6 | 24.0 | 32.1 | 8.6 | -1.6 | 0.0% |
| Auburn | 1988 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #7 | #8 | 19.2 | 23.5 | 32.4 | 9.6 | -1.5 | 0.0% |
| Auburn | 1987 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 83.3% | #5 | #7 | 20.7 | 25.2 | 34.2 | 9.6 | -0.8 | 0.0% |
| Auburn | 1986 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #14 | #6 | 21.5 | 23.7 | 35.3 | 12.0 | +2.7 | +16.7% |
| Auburn | 1985 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #2 | — | 18.8 | 23.0 | 38.8 | 17.0 | +4.3 | -2.6% |
| Auburn | 1984 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #1 | #14 | 14.5 | 18.1 | 36.7 | 20.2 | -7.5 | -22.4% |
| Auburn | 1983 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #5 | #3 | 22.0 | 30.1 | 39.4 | 9.3 | +9.1 | +16.7% |
| Auburn | 1982 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #14 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 30.5 | 16.3 | +4.2 | +29.5% |
| Auburn | 1981 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 8.7 | 6.1 | 21.3 | 16.3 | +7.3 | -9.1% |
| Wyoming | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 1.4 | 0.5 | 31.2 | 31.4 | -10.1 | -13.6% |
| East Carolina | 1979 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | 11.5 | 12.0 | 36.9 | 27.0 | +4.1 | -6.8% |
| East Carolina | 1978 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 7.4 | 16.3 | 28.7 | 13.2 | +0.9 | +2.3% |
| East Carolina | 1977 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 6.5 | 8.3 | 26.8 | 19.2 | -8.9 | -9.1% |
| East Carolina | 1976 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 15.4 | 20.8 | 30.8 | 10.9 | +16.6 | +9.1% |
| East Carolina | 1975 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -1.2 | -3.8 | 22.0 | 25.8 | -0.6 | +9.1% |
| East Carolina | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -0.6 | 4.0 | 25.1 | 22.0 | — | — |
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