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Bruce Snyder

1976-2000 • Arizona State, California, Utah State

3 schools coached, anchored by Arizona State.

Bruce Snyder's coaching record is 124-107-6, highlighted by seasons at Arizona State from 1976 to 2000.

Bruce Snyder coached 21 seasons, won 53.6%, and posted an average SRS of 3.9. Best season: 1996 Arizona State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
124-107-6
Career win rate
53.6%
Average SRS
3.9
Peak SRS
25.6

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
21
Career span
25 years
Best finish
#4
Consistency
16.7

Primary school anchor

Arizona State

Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 93.1.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Bruce Snyder
Overall record
124-107-6

237 countable games, 53.6% win rate.

Arizona State record
58-45

9 countable seasons at Arizona State.

Full-season record
124-107-6

21 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
14-42-1

57 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
4-22

26 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
1-9

10 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Arizona
4-5

Duel in the Desert games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
3-3

6 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 25, 2000. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

Bruce Snyder
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bruce Snyder: 1987 CaliforniaBruce Snyder: 1992 Arizona State
1976Actual season year • SRS range -16.7 to 25.62000

Active comparison point

Bruce Snyder • 1996

Selected

1996 Arizona State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

11-1 • SRS 25.6 • SP Overall 29.1

Win %

91.7%

YoY SRS

+23.3

SP Off / Def

48.1 / 21.6

Finish

#4

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

14-42-1

Games
57
Win rate
25.4%

Top 10

4-22

Games
26
Win rate
15.4%

Top 5

1-9

Games
10
Win rate
10.0%
View ranked game results57
2000 Regular Week 10Arizona StateOregon#7L55-56
2000 Regular Week 8Arizona StateWashington#11L15-21
2000 Regular Week 6Arizona StateUCLA#15L31-38
1998 Regular Week 14Arizona StateArizona#6L42-50
1998 Regular Week 12Arizona StateOregon#15L19-51
1998 Regular Week 7Arizona StateNotre Dame#18L9-28
1998 Regular Week 6Arizona StateUSC#19L24-35
1998 Regular Week 2Arizona StateWashington#11L38-42
1997 Regular Week 11Arizona StateWashington State#10W44-31
1997 Regular Week 9Arizona StateStanford#25W31-14
1997 Regular Week 7Arizona StateWashington#10L14-26
1997 Regular Week 4Arizona StateMiami#13W23-12
1996 Regular Week 5Arizona StateNebraska#1W19-0
1996 Postseason Week 1Arizona StateOhio State#2L17-20
1995 Regular Week 11Arizona StateUCLA#22W37-33
1995 Regular Week 10Arizona StateOregon#10W35-24
1995 Regular Week 7Arizona StateStanford#19L28-30
1995 Regular Week 6Arizona StateUSC#5L0-31
1995 Regular Week 4Arizona StateNebraska#2L28-77
1995 Regular Week 2Arizona StateWashington#22L20-23
1994 Regular Week 14Arizona StateArizona#16L27-28
1994 Regular Week 11Arizona StateOregon#21L10-34
1994 Regular Week 10Arizona StateBYU#20W36-15
1994 Regular Week 9Arizona StateWashington State#23L21-28
1994 Regular Week 8Arizona StateWashington#9L14-35
1994 Regular Week 3Arizona StateMiami#5L10-47
1993 Regular Week 14Arizona StateArizona#19L20-34
1993 Regular Week 12Arizona StateUCLA#10W9-3
1993 Regular Week 10Arizona StateWashington#19W32-17
1992 Regular Week 13Arizona StateArizona#16W7-6
1992 Regular Week 11Arizona StateWashington State#25L18-20
1992 Regular Week 10Arizona StateUSC#13L13-23
1992 Regular Week 5Arizona StateNebraska#15L24-45
1992 Regular Week 2Arizona StateWashington#2L7-31
1991 Regular Week 13CaliforniaStanford#21L21-38
1991 Regular Week 8CaliforniaWashington#3L17-24
1991 Regular Week 6CaliforniaUCLA#24W27-24
1991 Postseason Week 1CaliforniaClemson#18W37-13
1990 Regular Week 11CaliforniaUSC#23T31-31
1990 Regular Week 10CaliforniaWashington#7L7-46
1990 Regular Week 6CaliforniaArizona#25W30-25
1990 Regular Week 4CaliforniaMiami#9L24-52
1989 Regular Week 10CaliforniaArizona#15W29-28
1989 Regular Week 7CaliforniaUSC#10L15-31
1989 Regular Week 3CaliforniaMiami#3L3-31
1988 Regular Week 11CaliforniaUSC#2L3-35
1988 Regular Week 8CaliforniaUCLA#2L21-38
1987 Regular Week 9CaliforniaUCLA#7L18-42
1987 Regular Week 6CaliforniaTennessee#10L12-38
1981 Regular Week 5Utah StateBYU#10L26-32
1980 Regular Week 8Utah StateBYU#19L46-70
1980 Regular Week 4Utah StateTexas#7L17-35
1979 Regular Week 7Utah StateBYU#13L24-48
1979 Regular Week 3Utah StateNebraska#7L14-35
1977 Regular Week 6Utah StatePenn State#10L7-16
1977 Regular Week 4Utah StateBYU#15L6-65
1976 Regular Week 2Utah StateArkansas#12L16-33

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

1992-2000 • 9 seasons

Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 56.3%

California

1987-1991 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 6.2 • Win % 54.4%

Utah State

1976-1982 • 7 seasons

Avg SRS -2.6 • Win % 49.4%

Longest tenure
Arizona State • 9 seasons
Best tenure
Arizona State • 7.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arizona State • 56.3%

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.

Bruce Snyder sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bruce Snyder sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bruce Snyder

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
5.8
Percentile
75th 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

1992-2000 • 58-45

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

Avg SRS 7.6Win % 56.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 5.8 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 4.0 baseline

+3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

9.1 during vs 4.8 baseline

+4.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

22.2% during vs 20.0% baseline

+2.2%

California

1987-1991 • 29-24-4

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

Avg SRS 6.2Win % 54.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 4.0 baseline

+1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.2 during vs -1.2 baseline

+7.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.7 during vs -2.2 baseline

+10.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+20.0%

Utah State

1976-1982 • 37-38-2

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

Avg SRS -2.6Win % 49.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.3 during vs 7.4 baseline

-2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.6 during vs 1.7 baseline

-4.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.6 during vs 6.1 baseline

-6.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arizona State 1996

11-1 • SRS 25.6

Biggest Improvement

Arizona State 1996

11-1 • 23.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arizona State 1996

11-1 • SP Off 48.1

Best Defensive Season

Arizona State 1992

6-5 • SP Def 16.9

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Utah State 1976

3-8 • SRS -16.7

Biggest Drop

Utah State 1982

5-6 • -16.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Arizona State20001266050.0%——5.96.033.529.5+7.40.0%Season summary
Arizona State19991266050.0%#25—-1.50.330.330.7-3.6+4.5%Season summary
Arizona State19981156045.5%#8—2.12.538.536.2-11.4-29.5%Season summary
Arizona State19971293075.0%—#1413.517.434.718.8-12.1-16.7%Season summary
Arizona State199612111091.7%#20#425.629.148.121.6+23.3+37.1%Season summary
Arizona State19951165054.5%——2.36.038.033.5+4.4+27.3%Season summary
Arizona State19941138027.3%——-2.1-2.931.434.2-13.7-27.3%Season summary
Arizona State19931165054.5%——11.610.333.825.2+0.20.0%Season summary
Arizona State19921165054.5%——11.412.829.016.9-8.9-28.8%Season summary
California199112102083.3%—#820.324.044.623.7+13.7+20.8%Season summary
California19901274162.5%——6.611.339.029.5+7.4+26.1%Season summary
California19891147036.4%——-0.8-2.225.928.3-4.3-13.6%Season summary
California19881155150.0%——3.54.929.025.2+1.9+13.6%Season summary
California19871136236.4%——1.65.330.126.3+15.4-9.1%Season summary
Utah State19821156045.5%——-13.8-14.519.132.5-16.1-4.5%Season summary
Utah State19811155150.0%——2.34.620.817.4+1.9-4.5%Season summary
Utah State19801165054.5%——0.42.632.330.9-6.6-13.6%Season summary
Utah State19791173168.2%——7.012.840.329.8+1.8+4.5%Season summary
Utah State19781174063.6%——5.28.630.823.7+7.9+27.3%Season summary
Utah State19771147036.4%——-2.7-0.523.323.4+14.0+9.1%Season summary
Utah State19761138027.3%——-16.7-17.514.831.9——Season summary

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