Top 25
18-28-4
- Games
- 50
- Win rate
- 40.0%
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Coach Profile
Pat Dye
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 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 153-62-5
- Career win rate
- 70.7%
- Average SRS
- 11.0
- Peak SRS
- 22.0
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
- 19
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- #3
- Consistency
- 35.4
Primary school anchor
Auburn
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 88.5.
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.
Pat Dye
EliteStrongAverageLean
Pat Dye: 1980 WyomingPat Dye: 1981 Auburn
1974Actual season year • SRS range -1.2 to 22.01992
Active comparison point
Pat Dye • 1983
1983 Auburn
Best season11-1 • 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.
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
5-18-3
- Games
- 26
- Win rate
- 25.0%
Top 5
2-10-1
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 19.2%
View ranked game results50
| 1992 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #2 | L0-17 |
| 1992 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #12 | L10-14 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | Auburn | Florida | #23 | L9-24 |
| 1992 Regular Week 7 | Auburn | Mississippi State | #18 | L7-14 |
| 1991 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #8 | L6-13 |
| 1991 Regular Week 10 | Auburn | Florida | #6 | L10-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Auburn | Tennessee | #5 | L21-30 |
| 1990 Regular Week 15 | Auburn | Alabama | #25 | L7-16 |
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Southern Miss | #25 | L12-13 |
| 1990 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Florida | #10 | L7-48 |
| 1990 Regular Week 9 | Auburn | Florida State | #12 | W20-17 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | Auburn | Tennessee | #6 | T26-26 |
| 1989 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #2 | W30-20 |
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | Auburn | Florida | #19 | W10-7 |
| 1989 Regular Week 8 | Auburn | Florida State | #14 | L14-22 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | Auburn | Tennessee | #12 | L14-21 |
| 1989 Postseason Week 1 | Auburn | Ohio State | #24 | W31-14 |
| 1988 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #17 | W15-10 |
| 1988 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #17 | W20-10 |
| 1988 Postseason Week 1 | Auburn | Florida State | #3 | L7-13 |
| 1987 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #14 | W27-11 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Florida State | #4 | L6-34 |
| 1987 Regular Week 10 | Auburn | Florida | #17 | W29-6 |
| 1987 Regular Week 5 | Auburn | Tennessee | #10 | T20-20 |
| 1987 Postseason Week 1 | Auburn | Syracuse | #4 | T16-16 |
| 1986 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #13 | W21-17 |
| 1986 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #20 | L16-20 |
| 1986 Regular Week 9 | Auburn | Mississippi State | #19 | W35-6 |
| 1985 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #12 | W24-10 |
| 1985 Regular Week 10 | Auburn | Florida | #2 | L10-14 |
| 1985 Regular Week 7 | Auburn | Florida State | #4 | W59-27 |
| 1985 Postseason Week 1 | Auburn | Texas A&M | #6 | L16-36 |
| 1984 Regular Week 13 | Auburn | Georgia | #20 | W21-12 |
| 1984 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Florida | #10 | L3-24 |
| 1984 Regular Week 8 | Auburn | Florida State | #15 | W42-41 |
| 1984 Regular Week 4 | Auburn | Texas | #3 | L27-35 |
| 1983 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #7 | W13-7 |
| 1983 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Maryland | #11 | W35-23 |
| 1983 Regular Week 10 | Auburn | Florida | #9 | W28-21 |
| 1983 Regular Week 4 | Auburn | Texas | #2 | L7-20 |
| 1983 Postseason Week 1 | Auburn | Michigan | #8 | W9-7 |
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Georgia | #1 | L14-19 |
| 1982 Regular Week 5 | Auburn | Nebraska | #8 | L7-41 |
| 1981 Regular Week 13 | Auburn | Alabama | #4 | L17-28 |
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Georgia | #4 | L13-24 |
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | Auburn | Mississippi State | #9 | L17-21 |
| 1979 Regular Week 9 | East Carolina | North Carolina | #18 | T24-24 |
| 1979 Regular Week 2 | East Carolina | NC State | #19 | L20-34 |
| 1975 Regular Week 1 | East Carolina | NC State | #13 | L3-26 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | East Carolina | NC State | #8 | L20-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
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%
- Longest tenure
- Auburn • 12 seasons
- Best tenure
- Auburn • 14.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- East Carolina • 72.4%
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.
Pat Dye sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePat Dye sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pat Dye
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 14.1
- Percentile
- 93th pct
Elite
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.
Auburn
1981-1992 • 99-39-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.0Win % 71.1%
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%
Wyoming
1980-1980 • 6-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.4Win % 54.5%
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%
East Carolina
1974-1979 • 48-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.5Win % 72.4%
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%
Career highs and lows
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
Season-by-season results
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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