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13-21
- Games
- 34
- Win rate
- 38.2%
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Coach Profile
Jimmy Johnson
1979-1988 • Miami, Oklahoma State
2 schools coached, anchored by Miami.
Jimmy Johnson coached 10 seasons, won 69.9%, and posted an average SRS of 13.8. Best season: 1987 Miami. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 81-34-3
- Career win rate
- 69.9%
- Average SRS
- 13.8
- Peak SRS
- 27.7
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
- 10.0
Primary school anchor
Miami
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 95.1.
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.
Jimmy Johnson
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Jimmy Johnson: 1984 Miami
1979Actual season year • SRS range -0.3 to 27.71988
Active comparison point
Jimmy Johnson • 1987
1987 Miami
Best season12-0 • SRS 27.7 • SP Overall 32.5
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+1.3
SP Off / Def
42.4 / 10.4
Finish
#1
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
9-14
- Games
- 23
- Win rate
- 39.1%
Top 5
3-8
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 27.3%
View ranked game results34
| 1988 Regular Week 14 | Miami | Arkansas | #8 | W18-16 |
| 1988 Regular Week 13 | Miami | LSU | #11 | W44-3 |
| 1988 Regular Week 8 | Miami | Notre Dame | #4 | L30-31 |
| 1988 Regular Week 4 | Miami | Michigan | #15 | W31-30 |
| 1988 Regular Week 2 | Miami | Florida State | #1 | W31-0 |
| 1988 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Nebraska | #10 | W23-3 |
| 1987 Regular Week 15 | Miami | South Carolina | #9 | W20-16 |
| 1987 Regular Week 14 | Miami | Notre Dame | #12 | W24-0 |
| 1987 Regular Week 6 | Miami | Florida State | #6 | W26-25 |
| 1987 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Oklahoma | #3 | W20-14 |
| 1986 Regular Week 5 | Miami | Oklahoma | #6 | W28-16 |
| 1986 Regular Week 2 | Miami | Florida | #13 | W23-15 |
| 1986 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Penn State | #1 | L10-14 |
| 1985 Regular Week 10 | Miami | Florida State | #10 | W35-27 |
| 1985 Regular Week 8 | Miami | Oklahoma | #3 | W27-14 |
| 1985 Regular Week 2 | Miami | Florida | #5 | L23-35 |
| 1985 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | Tennessee | #4 | L7-35 |
| 1984 Regular Week 14 | Miami | Boston College | #8 | L45-47 |
| 1984 Regular Week 5 | Miami | Florida State | #9 | L3-38 |
| 1984 Regular Week 3 | Miami | Michigan | #3 | L14-22 |
| 1984 Postseason Week 1 | Miami | UCLA | #9 | L37-39 |
| 1983 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma State | Missouri | #19 | L10-16 |
| 1983 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #16 | L20-21 |
| 1983 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #1 | L10-14 |
| 1982 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #6 | L10-48 |
| 1982 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #20 | L9-27 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #11 | L7-54 |
| 1980 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #5 | L14-63 |
| 1980 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #9 | L7-48 |
| 1980 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Missouri | #16 | L7-30 |
| 1980 Regular Week 4 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #15 | L20-33 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #6 | L7-38 |
| 1979 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #2 | L0-36 |
| 1979 Regular Week 4 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #13 | L7-27 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Miami
1984-1988 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 22.9 • Win % 85.3%
Oklahoma State
1979-1983 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 53.5%
- Longest tenure
- Miami • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Miami • 22.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Miami • 85.3%
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.
Jimmy Johnson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJimmy Johnson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jimmy Johnson
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- Raw avg SP Overall
- 16.5
- Percentile
- 95th 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.
Miami
1984-1988 • 52-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 22.9Win % 85.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.4 during vs 8.2 baseline
+2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
22.9 during vs 14.5 baseline
+8.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
27.1 during vs 18.5 baseline
+8.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
+40.0%
Oklahoma State
1979-1983 • 29-25-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.8Win % 53.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 6.0 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 11.2 baseline
-6.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 12.9 baseline
-7.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Miami 1987
12-0 • SRS 27.7
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma State 1983
8-4 • 13.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Miami 1986
11-1 • SP Off 44.0
Best Defensive Season
Miami 1988
11-1 • SP Def 9.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma State 1982
4-5-2 • SRS -0.3
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma State 1982
4-5-2 • -5.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Miami | 1988 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #8 | #2 | 27.5 | 33.7 | 42.7 | 9.3 | -0.2 | -8.3% |
| Miami | 1987 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #10 | #1 | 27.7 | 32.5 | 42.4 | 10.4 | +1.3 | +8.3% |
| Miami | 1986 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #3 | #2 | 26.4 | 31.9 | 44.0 | 12.7 | +5.2 | +8.3% |
| Miami | 1985 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #9 | 21.2 | 22.4 | 40.3 | 19.8 | +9.6 | +21.8% |
| Miami | 1984 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #10 | #18 | 11.6 | 14.9 | 39.9 | 27.4 | -1.9 | -5.1% |
| Oklahoma State | 1983 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 13.5 | 20.0 | 31.1 | 11.6 | +13.8 | +21.2% |
| Oklahoma State | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.3 | 1.4 | 28.8 | 28.1 | -5.7 | -12.9% |
| Oklahoma State | 1981 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.4 | 5.7 | 22.9 | 18.0 | +4.3 | +26.5% |
| Oklahoma State | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | 1.1 | -2.9 | 23.8 | 26.9 | -3.0 | -31.8% |
| Oklahoma State | 1979 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 4.1 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 19.8 | — | — |
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