Top 25
33-14
- Games
- 47
- Win rate
- 70.2%
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Jim Tressel
2001-2010 • Ohio State
One defining program at Ohio State.
Jim Tressel coached 10 seasons, won 82.8%, and posted an average SRS of 17.4. Best season: 2005 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 106-22
- Career win rate
- 82.8%
- Average SRS
- 17.4
- Peak SRS
- 27.2
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 74.3
Primary school anchor
Ohio State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.8.
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.
Jim Tressel
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range 9.5 to 27.22010
Active comparison point
Jim Tressel • 2005
2005 Ohio State
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-2 • SRS 27.2 • SP Overall 31.2
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+15.7
SP Off / Def
42.1 / 10.9
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.
Top 10
7-8
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 46.7%
Top 5
3-8
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 27.3%
View ranked game results47
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
2001-2010 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 17.4 • Win % 82.8%
- Longest tenure
- Ohio State • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ohio State • 17.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ohio State • 82.8%
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.
Jim Tressel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Tressel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Tressel
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 23.5
- Percentile
- 99th 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
2001-2010 • 106-22
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.4Win % 82.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.6 during vs 9.2 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.4 during vs 20.0 baseline
-2.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
23.5 during vs 24.1 baseline
-0.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
90.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
+30.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ohio State 2005
10-2 • SRS 27.2
Biggest Improvement
Ohio State 2005
10-2 • 15.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ohio State 2005
10-2 • SP Off 42.1
Best Defensive Season
Ohio State 2009
11-2 • SP Def 9.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Ohio State 2001
7-5 • SRS 9.5
Biggest Drop
Ohio State 2003
11-2 • -5.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ohio State | 2010 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #2 | #5 | 20.4 | 30.0 | 40.5 | 11.4 | +5.0 | +7.7% |
| Ohio State | 2009 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #6 | #5 | 15.4 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 9.3 | -2.0 | +7.7% |
| Ohio State | 2008 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #2 | #9 | 17.4 | 22.7 | 32.7 | 12.2 | -0.8 | -7.7% |
| Ohio State | 2007 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #11 | #5 | 18.2 | 29.2 | 37.8 | 9.5 | -4.0 | -7.7% |
| Ohio State | 2006 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #1 | #2 | 22.2 | 27.0 | 37.2 | 12.1 | -5.0 | +9.0% |
| Ohio State | 2005 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #6 | #4 | 27.2 | 31.2 | 42.1 | 10.9 | +15.7 | +16.7% |
| Ohio State | 2004 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #9 | #20 | 11.5 | 17.5 | 33.3 | 17.4 | -1.5 | -17.9% |
| Ohio State | 2003 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #2 | #4 | 13.0 | 20.2 | 34.9 | 15.6 | -5.9 | -15.4% |
| Ohio State | 2002 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #13 | #1 | 18.9 | 24.7 | 37.2 | 13.1 | +9.4 | +41.7% |
| Ohio State | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #23 | — | 9.5 | 11.1 | 32.9 | 23.4 | — | — |
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