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Pat Jones
1984-1994 • Oklahoma State
One defining program at Oklahoma State.
Pat Jones coached 11 seasons, won 50.8%, and posted an average SRS of 1.9. Best season: 1988 Oklahoma State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 62-60-3
- Career win rate
- 50.8%
- Average SRS
- 1.9
- Peak SRS
- 17.4
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
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 19.2
Primary school anchor
Oklahoma State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 78.9.
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.
Pat Jones
EliteStrongAverageLean
1984Actual season year • SRS range -9.8 to 17.41994
Active comparison point
Pat Jones • 1988
1988 Oklahoma State
Best season10-2 • SRS 17.4 • SP Overall 21.0
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+3.7
SP Off / Def
52.5 / 37.2
Finish
#11
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
0-20
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-13
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results35
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | Oklahoma State | Kansas State | #11 | L6-23 |
| 1994 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #7 | L3-17 |
| 1994 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #2 | L3-32 |
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | Oklahoma State | Kansas State | #20 | L17-21 |
| 1993 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #17 | L0-31 |
| 1993 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #23 | L14-31 |
| 1993 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #7 | L13-27 |
| 1992 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #16 | L0-28 |
| 1992 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Kansas | #18 | L18-26 |
| 1992 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #14 | L0-55 |
| 1992 Regular Week 4 | Oklahoma State | Michigan | #6 | L3-35 |
| 1991 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #18 | L6-21 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #14 | L12-16 |
| 1991 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #14 | L15-49 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Miami | #2 | L3-40 |
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #2 | L22-41 |
| 1990 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #4 | L3-31 |
| 1990 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #4 | L17-31 |
| 1990 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma State | Florida | #24 | L7-50 |
| 1989 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #2 | L17-41 |
| 1989 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #4 | L23-48 |
| 1989 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #16 | L15-37 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #8 | L28-31 |
| 1988 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #7 | L42-63 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #1 | L10-29 |
| 1987 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #2 | L0-35 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #5 | L0-19 |
| 1986 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #3 | L10-30 |
| 1985 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #3 | L0-13 |
| 1985 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #9 | L24-34 |
| 1985 Regular Week 2 | Oklahoma State | Washington | #12 | W31-17 |
| 1985 Postseason Week 1 | Oklahoma State | Florida State | #15 | L23-34 |
| 1984 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #2 | L14-24 |
| 1984 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #6 | L3-17 |
| 1984 Postseason Week 1 | Oklahoma State | South Carolina | #11 | W21-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Oklahoma State
1984-1994 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 1.9 • Win % 50.8%
- Longest tenure
- Oklahoma State • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oklahoma State • 1.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oklahoma State • 50.8%
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.
Pat Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePat Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Pat Jones
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 2.5
- Percentile
- 65th pct
Above average
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.
Oklahoma State
1984-1994 • 62-60-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.9Win % 50.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.6 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.9 during vs 4.8 baseline
-2.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 5.8 baseline
-3.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
27.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+27.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma State 1988
10-2 • SRS 17.4
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma State 1987
10-2 • 16.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma State 1988
10-2 • SP Off 52.5
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma State 1984
10-2 • SP Def 12.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma State 1991
0-10-1 • SRS -9.8
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma State 1989
4-7 • -24.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Oklahoma State | 1994 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -3.7 | -5.1 | 19.3 | 24.5 | -1.7 | +4.5% |
| Oklahoma State | 1993 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.0 | -6.7 | 18.2 | 24.5 | +2.6 | -13.6% |
| Oklahoma State | 1992 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -4.6 | -5.1 | 19.8 | 25.0 | +5.2 | +36.4% |
| Oklahoma State | 1991 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4.5% | — | — | -9.8 | -10.3 | 17.7 | 27.4 | -8.1 | -31.8% |
| Oklahoma State | 1990 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.7 | -3.2 | 28.5 | 31.7 | +5.8 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma State | 1989 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -7.5 | -8.7 | 26.7 | 34.1 | -24.9 | -47.0% |
| Oklahoma State | 1988 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #11 | 17.4 | 21.0 | 52.5 | 37.2 | +3.7 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma State | 1987 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #11 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 39.8 | 26.6 | +16.7 | +28.8% |
| Oklahoma State | 1986 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -3.0 | -3.7 | 18.5 | 22.1 | -10.8 | -12.1% |
| Oklahoma State | 1985 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #16 | — | 7.8 | 11.9 | 28.8 | 17.5 | -6.8 | -16.7% |
| Oklahoma State | 1984 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #7 | 14.6 | 21.2 | 32.9 | 12.3 | — | — |
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