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Ryan Day

2018-2025Ohio State

One defining program at Ohio State.

Ryan Day coached 8 seasons, won 87.5%, and posted an average SRS of 23.8. Best season: 2019 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
70-10
Career win rate
87.5%
Average SRS
23.8
Peak SRS
32.8

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
8
Career span
8 years
Best finish
#1
Consistency
83.2

Primary school anchor

Ohio State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 98.0.

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.

Ryan Day
EliteStrongAverageLean
2018Actual season year • SRS range 18.1 to 32.82025

Active comparison point

Ryan Day2019

Selected

2019 Ohio State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

13-1 • SRS 32.8 • SP Overall 35.4

Win %

92.9%

YoY SRS

+14.7

SP Off / Def

44.4 / 10.6

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

29-11

Games
40
Win rate
72.5%

Top 10

16-10

Games
26
Win rate
61.5%

Top 5

7-8

Games
15
Win rate
46.7%
View ranked game results40
2025 Regular Week 15Ohio StateIndiana#2L10-13
2025 Regular Week 14Ohio StateMichigan#15W27-9
2025 Regular Week 7Ohio StateIllinois#17W34-16
2025 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateMiami#2L14-24
2024 Regular Week 13Ohio StateIndiana#5W38-15
2024 Regular Week 10Ohio StatePenn State#3W20-13
2024 Regular Week 7Ohio StateOregon#3L31-32
2024 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateNotre Dame#2W34-23
2024 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateOregon#3W41-21
2024 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateTexas#4W28-14
2024 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateTennessee#9W42-17
2023 Regular Week 13Ohio StateMichigan#3L24-30
2023 Regular Week 8Ohio StatePenn State#7W20-12
2023 Regular Week 4Ohio StateNotre Dame#9W17-14
2023 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateMissouri#8L3-14
2022 Regular Week 13Ohio StateMichigan#3L23-45
2022 Regular Week 9Ohio StatePenn State#13W44-31
2022 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateGeorgia#1L41-42
2021 Regular Week 13Ohio StateMichigan#6L27-42
2021 Regular Week 12Ohio StateMichigan State#7W56-7
2021 Regular Week 9Ohio StatePenn State#20W33-24
2021 Regular Week 2Ohio StateOregon#12L28-35
2021 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateUtah#12W48-45
2020 Regular Week 16Ohio StateNorthwestern#15W22-10
2020 Regular Week 12Ohio StateIndiana#9W42-35
2020 Regular Week 9Ohio StatePenn State#18W38-25
2020 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateAlabama#1L24-52
2020 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateClemson#3W49-28
2019 Regular Week 15Ohio StateWisconsin#10W34-21
2019 Regular Week 14Ohio StateMichigan#10W56-27
2019 Regular Week 13Ohio StatePenn State#9W28-17
2019 Regular Week 9Ohio StateWisconsin#13W38-7
2019 Regular Week 6Ohio StateMichigan State#25W34-10
2019 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateClemson#2L23-29
2018 Regular Week 14Ohio StateNorthwestern#21W45-24
2018 Regular Week 13Ohio StateMichigan#4W62-39
2018 Regular Week 11Ohio StateMichigan State#24W26-6
2018 Regular Week 5Ohio StatePenn State#9W27-26
2018 Regular Week 3Ohio StateTCU#15W40-28
2018 Postseason Week 1Ohio StateWashington#13W28-23

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Ohio State

2018-20258 seasons

Avg SRS 23.8 • Win % 87.5%

Longest tenure
Ohio State • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Ohio State • 23.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Ohio State • 87.5%

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.

Ryan Day sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ryan Day sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ryan Day

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
29.4
Percentile
100th 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.

Ohio State

2018-202570-10

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

Avg SRS 23.8Win % 87.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 12.2 baseline

-3.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

23.8 during vs 22.8 baseline

+1.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

29.4 during vs 27.4 baseline

+1.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-25.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Ohio State 2019

13-1SRS 32.8

Biggest Improvement

Ohio State 2019

13-114.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Ohio State 2021

11-2SP Off 47.2

Best Defensive Season

Ohio State 2025

0-0SP Def 7.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ohio State 2018

3-0SRS 18.1

Biggest Drop

Ohio State 2020

7-1-11.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Ohio State2025000026.630.137.67.7+2.0
Ohio State202416142087.5%#2#124.631.239.59.2+1.2+2.9%
Ohio State202313112084.6%#3#1023.425.231.57.8+0.90.0%
Ohio State202213112084.6%#2#422.531.145.115.7+1.50.0%
Ohio State202113112084.6%#4#621.029.347.220.6-0.6-2.9%
Ohio State2020871087.5%#2#221.628.445.316.7-11.2-5.4%
Ohio State201914131092.9%#5#332.835.444.410.6+14.7-7.1%
Ohio State20183300100.0%#518.124.144.421.2

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