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Paul Bixler
1946-1951 • Colgate, Ohio State
2 schools coached, anchored by Colgate.
Paul Bixler coached 6 seasons, won 38.5%, and posted an average SRS of -4.7. Best season: 1946 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 18-30-4
- Career win rate
- 38.5%
- Average SRS
- -4.7
- Peak SRS
- 17.1
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #0
- Consistency
- 11.4
Primary school anchor
Colgate
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 78.4.
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.
Paul Bixler
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Paul Bixler: 1947 Colgate
1946Actual season year • SRS range -15.8 to 17.11951
Active comparison point
Paul Bixler • 1946
1946 Ohio State
Best season4-3-2 • SRS 17.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
55.6%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#0
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results9
| 1951 Regular Week 9 | Colgate | Bucknell | #20 | L20-21 |
| 1951 Regular Week 4 | Colgate | Cornell | #14 | L18-41 |
| 1950 Regular Week 8 | Colgate | Princeton | #7 | L7-45 |
| 1950 Regular Week 3 | Colgate | Army | #1 | L0-28 |
| 1949 Regular Week 5 | Colgate | Boston University | #18 | L21-40 |
| 1949 Regular Week 4 | Colgate | Cornell | #8 | L27-39 |
| 1948 Regular Week 8 | Colgate | Penn State | #18 | L13-32 |
| 1947 Regular Week 8 | Colgate | Penn State | #5 | L0-46 |
| 1946 Regular Week 5 | Ohio State | Wisconsin | #15 | L7-20 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Colgate
1947-1951 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -9.1 • Win % 34.9%
Ohio State
1946-1946 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 17.1 • Win % 55.6%
- Longest tenure
- Colgate • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ohio State • 17.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ohio State • 55.6%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Bixler
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Colgate
1947-1951 • 14-27-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -9.1Win % 34.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 4.0 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.1 during vs -3.1 baseline
-6.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Ohio State
1946-1946 • 4-3-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.1Win % 55.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 6.8 baseline
-2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.1 during vs 19.2 baseline
-2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ohio State 1946
4-3-2 • SRS 17.1
Biggest Improvement
Colgate 1950
5-3 • 11.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Colgate 1949
1-8 • SRS -15.8
Biggest Drop
Colgate 1947
1-5-2 • -26.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Colgate | 1951 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -9.4 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -18.1% |
| Colgate | 1950 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | -4.0 | — | — | — | +11.8 | +51.4% |
| Colgate | 1949 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -15.8 | — | — | — | -9.1 | -22.2% |
| Colgate | 1948 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -6.7 | — | — | — | +2.8 | +8.3% |
| Colgate | 1947 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25.0% | — | — | -9.5 | — | — | — | -26.6 | -30.6% |
| Ohio State | 1946 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55.6% | #0 | #0 | 17.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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