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2-14
- Games
- 16
- Win rate
- 12.5%
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Coach Profile
David Rader
1988-1999 • Tulsa
One defining program at Tulsa.
David Rader's coaching record is 50-83-1, highlighted by seasons at Tulsa from 1988 to 1999.
David Rader coached 12 seasons, won 37.7%, and posted an average SRS of -8.1. Best season: 1991 Tulsa. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 50-83-1
- Career win rate
- 37.7%
- Average SRS
- -8.1
- Peak SRS
- 5.2
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
- 12
- Career span
- 12 years
- Best finish
- #21
- Consistency
- 42.8
Primary school anchor
Tulsa
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 47.8.
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
- 50-83-1
- Tulsa record
- 50-83-1
- Full-season record
- 50-83-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-8
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs Oklahoma State
- 4-7
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
134 countable games, 37.7% win rate.
12 countable seasons at Tulsa.
12 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
8 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Oklahoma State-Tulsa games in this dataset.
2 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 20, 1999. 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.
David Rader
EliteStrongAverageLean
1988Actual season year • SRS range -22.9 to 5.21999
Active comparison point
David Rader • 1991
1991 Tulsa
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-2 • SRS 5.2 • SP Overall 7.5
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+19.8
SP Off / Def
31.2 / 25.6
Finish
#21
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
| 1999 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Texas A&M | #7 | L13-62 |
| 1998 Regular Week 5 | Tulsa | West Virginia | #16 | L21-44 |
| 1997 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Iowa | #18 | L16-54 |
| 1996 Regular Week 10 | Tulsa | Utah | #21 | L19-45 |
| 1996 Regular Week 9 | Tulsa | BYU | #18 | L30-55 |
| 1996 Regular Week 5 | Tulsa | Iowa | #19 | W27-20 |
| 1995 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Texas A&M | #3 | L9-52 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | #10 | L20-41 |
| 1992 Regular Week 3 | Tulsa | Texas A&M | #7 | L9-19 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Tulsa | Miami | #2 | L10-34 |
| 1991 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Texas A&M | #15 | W35-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 5 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | #9 | L10-52 |
| 1990 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Arkansas | #13 | L3-28 |
| 1989 Regular Week 3 | Tulsa | Arkansas | #9 | L7-26 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Tulsa | Miami | #3 | L3-34 |
| 1988 Regular Week 6 | Tulsa | Oklahoma State | #13 | L35-56 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Tulsa
1988-1999 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS -8.1 • Win % 37.7%
- Longest tenure
- Tulsa • 12 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulsa • -8.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tulsa • 37.7%
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.
David Rader sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDavid Rader sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
David Rader
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -9.1
- Percentile
- 30th pct
Lower end
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.
Tulsa
1988-1999 • 50-83-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -8.1Win % 37.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 6.0 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-8.1 during vs -1.8 baseline
-6.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.1 during vs 2.0 baseline
-11.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
8.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+8.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tulsa 1991
10-2 • SRS 5.2
Biggest Improvement
Tulsa 1991
10-2 • 19.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tulsa 1997
2-9 • SP Off 32.4
Best Defensive Season
Tulsa 1991
10-2 • SP Def 25.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Tulsa 1999
2-9 • SRS -22.9
Biggest Drop
Tulsa 1999
2-9 • -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.
| Tulsa | 1999 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -22.9 | -25.5 | 22.0 | 42.5 | -18.1 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1998 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.8 | -3.8 | 23.6 | 27.4 | +10.6 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1997 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -15.4 | -13.8 | 32.4 | 41.9 | -6.9 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1996 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -8.5 | -9.7 | 28.4 | 35.7 | +1.5 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1995 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -10.0 | -9.7 | 24.5 | 33.1 | +1.1 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1994 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -11.1 | -15.9 | 22.3 | 35.9 | -7.9 | -13.6% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -3.2 | -7.9 | 25.9 | 33.1 | +4.1 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1992 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -7.3 | -8.0 | 28.1 | 34.7 | -12.5 | -47.0% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1991 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #21 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 31.2 | 25.6 | +19.8 | +56.1% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1990 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -14.6 | -18.5 | 16.2 | 33.6 | -12.2 | -22.7% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1989 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -2.4 | -3.1 | 27.8 | 31.1 | -0.4 | +13.6% | Season summary |
| Tulsa | 1988 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.0 | -0.5 | 31.5 | 32.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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