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Bob Simmons
1995-2000 • Oklahoma State
One defining program at Oklahoma State.
Bob Simmons's coaching record is 30-38, highlighted by seasons at Oklahoma State from 1995 to 2000.
Bob Simmons coached 6 seasons, won 44.1%, and posted an average SRS of -0.3. Best season: 1998 Oklahoma State. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 30-38
- Career win rate
- 44.1%
- Average SRS
- -0.3
- Peak SRS
- 7.1
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #24
- Consistency
- 75.4
Primary school anchor
Oklahoma State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 54.2.
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.
- Overall record
- 30-38
- Oklahoma State record
- 30-38
- Full-season record
- 30-38
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-10
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Oklahoma
- 3-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
68 countable games, 44.1% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Oklahoma State.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
10 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Bedlam Series games in this dataset.
1 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
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: Nov 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.
Bob Simmons
EliteStrongAverageLean
1995Actual season year • SRS range -5.7 to 7.12000
Active comparison point
Bob Simmons • 1998
1998 Oklahoma State
Best season5-6 • SRS 7.1 • SP Overall 7.6
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+1.7
SP Off / Def
36.2 / 30.7
Finish
Unranked
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
0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results23
| 2000 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #1 | L7-12 |
| 2000 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Texas A&M | #24 | L16-21 |
| 2000 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Texas | #13 | L7-42 |
| 2000 Regular Week 5 | Oklahoma State | Southern Miss | #22 | L6-28 |
| 1999 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Texas | #11 | L21-34 |
| 1999 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Texas A&M | #22 | L3-21 |
| 1999 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Kansas State | #7 | L21-44 |
| 1999 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #6 | L14-38 |
| 1998 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Texas | #18 | L34-37 |
| 1998 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Texas A&M | #7 | L6-17 |
| 1998 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Kansas State | #4 | L20-52 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Texas Tech | #22 | L17-24 |
| 1998 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #2 | L17-24 |
| 1997 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Texas A&M | #25 | L25-28 |
| 1997 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #24 | W33-29 |
| 1997 Postseason Week 1 | Oklahoma State | Purdue | #15 | L20-33 |
| 1996 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #9 | L13-35 |
| 1996 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Texas | #23 | L14-71 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | Oklahoma State | Kansas | #15 | L17-22 |
| 1995 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #10 | L32-45 |
| 1995 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Kansas State | #8 | L17-23 |
| 1995 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Tennessee | #12 | L0-31 |
| 1995 Regular Week 2 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #2 | L21-64 |
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
1995-2000 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -0.3 • Win % 44.1%
- Longest tenure
- Oklahoma State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oklahoma State • -0.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oklahoma State • 44.1%
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.
Bob Simmons sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBob Simmons sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob Simmons
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.0
- Percentile
- 57th 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
1995-2000 • 30-38
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.3Win % 44.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 2.8 baseline
+2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.3 during vs -4.4 baseline
+4.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.0 during vs -6.1 baseline
+6.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma State 1998
5-6 • SRS 7.1
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma State 1997
8-4 • 9.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma State 1998
5-6 • SP Off 36.2
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma State 1997
8-4 • SP Def 28.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Oklahoma State 2000
3-8 • SRS -5.7
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma State 1999
5-6 • -7.4 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 | 2000 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.7 | -3.7 | 27.8 | 31.6 | -5.4 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.3 | 0.3 | 30.1 | 30.4 | -7.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 1998 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 7.1 | 7.6 | 36.2 | 30.7 | +1.7 | -21.2% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 1997 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #24 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 32.0 | 28.0 | +9.4 | +21.2% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 1996 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -4.0 | -8.6 | 28.8 | 35.4 | +0.3 | +12.1% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 1995 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -4.3 | -1.1 | 30.1 | 31.8 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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