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- Games
- 16
- Win rate
- 18.8%
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Dave Smith
1972-1975 • Oklahoma State, SMU
2 schools coached, anchored by SMU.
Dave Smith coached 4 seasons, won 52.3%, and posted an average SRS of 7.0. Best season: 1972 Oklahoma State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 22-20-2
- Career win rate
- 52.3%
- Average SRS
- 7.0
- Peak SRS
- 15.3
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 73.6
Primary school anchor
SMU
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 74.2.
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.
Dave Smith
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dave Smith: 1973 SMU
1972Actual season year • SRS range 1.5 to 15.31975
Active comparison point
Dave Smith • 1972
1972 Oklahoma State
Best season6-5 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 14.2
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
32.0 / 18.7
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
2-5
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 28.6%
Top 5
2-4
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results16
| 1975 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas A&M | #4 | L3-36 |
| 1975 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas | #8 | L22-30 |
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | SMU | West Virginia | #11 | L22-28 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | SMU | Florida | #19 | L14-40 |
| 1974 Regular Week 12 | SMU | Baylor | #16 | L14-31 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas A&M | #5 | W18-14 |
| 1974 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas | #12 | L15-35 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | SMU | Texas Tech | #11 | L17-20 |
| 1974 Regular Week 4 | SMU | Ohio State | #1 | L9-28 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | SMU | Texas | #13 | L14-42 |
| 1973 Regular Week 9 | SMU | Texas Tech | #15 | L14-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | SMU | Missouri | #12 | L7-17 |
| 1972 Regular Week 13 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #3 | L15-38 |
| 1972 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma State | Iowa State | #17 | W45-14 |
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #3 | L0-34 |
| 1972 Regular Week 4 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #3 | W31-6 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
SMU
1973-1975 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 4.2 • Win % 51.5%
Oklahoma State
1972-1972 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 15.3 • Win % 54.5%
- Longest tenure
- SMU • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oklahoma State • 15.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oklahoma State • 54.5%
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.
Dave Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDave Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Smith
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.5
- Percentile
- 71th 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.
SMU
1973-1975 • 16-15-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.2Win % 51.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 5.4 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 7.9 baseline
-3.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.3 during vs 2.0 baseline
-0.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Oklahoma State
1972-1972 • 6-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 15.3Win % 54.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.3 during vs 6.6 baseline
+8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.2 during vs 1.6 baseline
+12.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma State 1972
6-5 • SRS 15.3
Biggest Improvement
SMU 1974
6-4-1 • -1.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma State 1972
6-5 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma State 1972
6-5 • SP Def 18.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
SMU 1975
4-7 • SRS 1.5
Biggest Drop
SMU 1973
6-4-1 • -9.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| SMU | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 1.5 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | -3.3 | -22.7% |
| SMU | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 4.8 | 2.8 | 26.7 | 24.7 | -1.4 | 0.0% |
| SMU | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 6.2 | 1.0 | 26.7 | 26.1 | -9.1 | +4.5% |
| Oklahoma State | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 15.3 | 14.2 | 32.0 | 18.7 | — | — |
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