Top 25
3-17-1
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 16.7%
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Gary Gibbs
1989-1994 • Oklahoma
One defining program at Oklahoma.
Gary Gibbs's coaching record is 44-23-2, highlighted by seasons at Oklahoma from 1989 to 1994.
Gary Gibbs coached 6 seasons, won 65.2%, and posted an average SRS of 13.7. Best season: 1990 Oklahoma. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 44-23-2
- Career win rate
- 65.2%
- Average SRS
- 13.7
- Peak SRS
- 22.4
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #16
- Consistency
- 32.9
Primary school anchor
Oklahoma
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 89.0.
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
- 44-23-2
- Oklahoma record
- 44-23-2
- Full-season record
- 44-23-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-6-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-4
- Vs Texas
- 1-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 2-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
69 countable games, 65.2% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Oklahoma.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
Red River Rivalry games in this dataset.
3 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: Dec 29, 1994. 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.
Gary Gibbs
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1989Actual season year • SRS range 2.7 to 22.41994
Active comparison point
Gary Gibbs • 1990
1990 Oklahoma
Best season8-3 • SRS 22.4 • SP Overall 22.7
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+11.7
SP Off / Def
41.7 / 21.1
Finish
#17
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
1-6-1
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 18.8%
Top 5
1-4
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 20.0%
View ranked game results21
| 1994 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #1 | L3-13 |
| 1994 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma | Kansas State | #23 | L20-37 |
| 1994 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #4 | L7-45 |
| 1994 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma | Texas | #15 | L10-17 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma | Texas A&M | #16 | L14-36 |
| 1994 Postseason Week 1 | Oklahoma | BYU | #18 | L6-31 |
| 1993 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #2 | L7-21 |
| 1993 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma | Kansas State | #25 | L7-21 |
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #20 | L10-27 |
| 1993 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma | Texas A&M | #5 | W44-14 |
| 1992 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #12 | L9-33 |
| 1992 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma | Kansas | #22 | L10-27 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #7 | T24-24 |
| 1991 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #11 | L14-19 |
| 1991 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #22 | L17-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #19 | W45-10 |
| 1990 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #9 | L23-32 |
| 1990 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Texas | #19 | L13-14 |
| 1990 Regular Week 4 | Oklahoma | Pittsburgh | #25 | W52-10 |
| 1989 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #6 | L25-42 |
| 1989 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #3 | L3-20 |
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
1989-1994 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 13.7 • Win % 65.2%
- Longest tenure
- Oklahoma • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oklahoma • 13.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oklahoma • 65.2%
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.
Gary Gibbs sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGary Gibbs sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gary Gibbs
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- Raw avg SP Overall
- 15.5
- Percentile
- 94th 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.
Oklahoma
1989-1994 • 44-23-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.7Win % 65.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 10.2 baseline
-2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.7 during vs 21.4 baseline
-7.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
15.5 during vs 25.0 baseline
-9.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
-50.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma 1990
8-3 • SRS 22.4
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma 1993
9-3 • 15.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma 1990
8-3 • SP Off 41.7
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma 1993
9-3 • SP Def 16.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Oklahoma 1994
6-6 • SRS 2.7
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma 1994
6-6 • -18.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Oklahoma | 1994 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #16 | — | 2.7 | 7.5 | 28.1 | 21.6 | -18.1 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1993 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #22 | #17 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 38.5 | 16.0 | +15.6 | +20.4% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 54.5% | #15 | — | 5.2 | 6.6 | 28.6 | 23.1 | -15.0 | -20.4% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1991 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #10 | #16 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 37.6 | 17.2 | -2.2 | +2.3% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1990 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #22 | #17 | 22.4 | 22.7 | 41.7 | 21.1 | +11.7 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma | 1989 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #15 | — | 10.7 | 11.3 | 36.9 | 27.7 | — | — | Season summary |
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