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- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 11.1%
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Coach Profile
F Dry
1972-1982 • TCU, Tulsa
2 schools coached, anchored by TCU.
F Dry coached 11 seasons, won 38.8%, and posted an average SRS of -1.4. Best season: 1974 Tulsa. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 43-69-4
- Career win rate
- 38.8%
- Average SRS
- -1.4
- Peak SRS
- 7.8
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
- —
- Consistency
- 59.3
Primary school anchor
TCU
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 56.0.
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.
F Dry
EliteStrongAverageLean
F Dry: 1977 TCU
1972Actual season year • SRS range -12.9 to 7.81982
Active comparison point
F Dry • 1974
1974 Tulsa
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-3 • SRS 7.8 • SP Overall 10.3
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+10.4
SP Off / Def
31.5 / 22.5
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
0-14
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results27
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | TCU | Texas | #20 | L21-38 |
| 1982 Regular Week 5 | TCU | Arkansas | #10 | L0-35 |
| 1982 Regular Week 4 | TCU | SMU | #6 | L13-16 |
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | TCU | Texas | #10 | L15-31 |
| 1981 Regular Week 5 | TCU | Arkansas | #19 | W28-24 |
| 1981 Regular Week 4 | TCU | SMU | #20 | L9-20 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | TCU | Texas | #20 | L26-51 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | TCU | Baylor | #10 | L6-21 |
| 1980 Regular Week 6 | TCU | Arkansas | #15 | L7-44 |
| 1980 Regular Week 5 | TCU | Georgia | #8 | L3-34 |
| 1980 Regular Week 3 | TCU | Auburn | #19 | L7-10 |
| 1979 Regular Week 12 | TCU | Texas | #6 | L10-35 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | TCU | Houston | #5 | L10-21 |
| 1979 Regular Week 6 | TCU | Arkansas | #12 | L13-16 |
| 1979 Regular Week 3 | TCU | SMU | #18 | L7-27 |
| 1978 Regular Week 12 | TCU | Texas | #9 | L0-41 |
| 1978 Regular Week 10 | TCU | Houston | #8 | L6-63 |
| 1978 Regular Week 6 | TCU | Arkansas | #3 | L3-42 |
| 1978 Regular Week 5 | TCU | Penn State | #5 | L0-58 |
| 1977 Regular Week 12 | TCU | Texas A&M | #12 | L23-52 |
| 1977 Regular Week 11 | TCU | Texas | #1 | L14-44 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | TCU | Texas Tech | #18 | L17-49 |
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | TCU | Arkansas | #7 | L6-42 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | TCU | USC | #2 | L0-51 |
| 1974 Regular Week 13 | Tulsa | Houston | #15 | W30-14 |
| 1973 Regular Week 14 | Tulsa | Houston | #14 | L16-35 |
| 1972 Regular Week 9 | Tulsa | Louisville | #17 | W28-26 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
TCU
1977-1982 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -4.0 • Win % 20.4%
Tulsa
1972-1976 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 1.7 • Win % 63.0%
- Longest tenure
- TCU • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulsa • 1.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tulsa • 63.0%
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.
F Dry sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeF Dry sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
F Dry
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -2.9
- Percentile
- 47th pct
Mixed
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.
TCU
1977-1982 • 12-51-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -4.0Win % 20.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 2.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.0 during vs -5.4 baseline
+1.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-8.4 during vs -9.4 baseline
+1.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Tulsa
1972-1976 • 31-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.7Win % 63.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 4.2 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.7 during vs -6.6 baseline
+8.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.6 during vs -7.1 baseline
+10.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tulsa 1974
8-3 • SRS 7.8
Biggest Improvement
Tulsa 1974
8-3 • 10.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tulsa 1975
7-4 • SP Off 33.0
Best Defensive Season
TCU 1979
2-8-1 • SP Def 18.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
TCU 1977
2-9 • SRS -12.9
Biggest Drop
TCU 1977
2-9 • -15.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| TCU | 1982 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.1 | -10.0 | 21.6 | 30.5 | -8.2 | 0.0% |
| TCU | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | 2.1 | -1.2 | 29.0 | 30.4 | +6.6 | +18.2% |
| TCU | 1980 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -4.5 | -8.6 | 20.0 | 28.2 | -5.9 | -13.6% |
| TCU | 1979 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | 1.4 | 0.4 | 18.8 | 18.8 | +5.1 | +4.5% |
| TCU | 1978 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -3.7 | -8.0 | 22.2 | 29.7 | +9.2 | 0.0% |
| TCU | 1977 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -12.9 | -22.8 | 24.4 | 42.3 | -15.9 | -44.3% |
| Tulsa | 1976 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 3.0 | 8.2 | 26.8 | 19.4 | -4.3 | -1.1% |
| Tulsa | 1975 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 7.3 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 28.3 | -0.5 | -9.1% |
| Tulsa | 1974 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 7.8 | 10.3 | 31.5 | 22.5 | +10.4 | +18.2% |
| Tulsa | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -2.6 | 1.2 | 25.4 | 24.7 | +4.6 | -5.5% |
| Tulsa | 1972 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -7.2 | -8.1 | 23.7 | 31.3 | — | — |
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