Top 25
2-14
- Games
- 16
- Win rate
- 12.5%
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Coach Profile
Gary Andersen
2009-2020 • Oregon State, Utah State, Wisconsin
3 schools coached, anchored by Utah State.
Gary Andersen's coaching record is 59-63, highlighted by seasons at Utah State from 2009 to 2020.
Gary Andersen coached 11 seasons, won 48.4%, and posted an average SRS of -2.5. Best season: 2013 Wisconsin. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 59-63
- Career win rate
- 48.4%
- Average SRS
- -2.5
- Peak SRS
- 18.5
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
- 12 years
- Best finish
- #13
- Consistency
- 4.2
Primary school anchor
Utah State
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 81.3.
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
- 59-63
- Utah State record
- 26-24
- Full-season record
- 48-52
- Partial-season record
- 11-11
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-6
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4
- Vs Utah
- 1-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
122 countable games, 48.4% win rate.
4 countable seasons at Utah State.
8 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Battle of the Brothers games in this dataset.
4 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 4, 2020. 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 Andersen
EliteStrongAverageLean
Gary Andersen: 2013 WisconsinGary Andersen: 2015 Oregon StateGary Andersen: 2019 Utah State
2009Actual season year • SRS range -19.2 to 18.52020
Active comparison point
Gary Andersen • 2013
2013 Wisconsin
Best seasonNew stop: Wisconsin9-4 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 22.4
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+5.4
SP Off / Def
39.5 / 15.6
Finish
#22
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Utah State
2019-2020 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -12.3 • Win % 43.8%
Oregon State
2015-2017 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -8.6 • Win % 23.3%
Wisconsin
2013-2014 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 16.9 • Win % 73.1%
Utah State
2009-2012 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -2.9 • Win % 52.0%
- Longest tenure
- Utah State • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Wisconsin • 16.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wisconsin • 73.1%
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.
Gary Andersen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGary Andersen sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gary Andersen
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -2.5
- Percentile
- 48th 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.
Utah State
2019-2020 • 7-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -12.3Win % 43.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 6.1 baseline
+0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.3 during vs 0.1 baseline
-5.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.3 during vs 2.5 baseline
-6.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Oregon State
2015-2017 • 7-23
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -8.6Win % 23.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 5.8 baseline
-2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.6 during vs 7.3 baseline
-11.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.3 during vs 6.2 baseline
-13.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Wisconsin
2013-2014 • 19-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 16.9Win % 73.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 8.6 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
18.5 during vs 12.6 baseline
+5.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
22.4 during vs 18.2 baseline
+4.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
+40.0%
Utah State
2009-2012 • 26-24
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.9Win % 52.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 2.4 baseline
+4.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.9 during vs -17.8 baseline
+14.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.5 during vs -24.1 baseline
+18.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Wisconsin 2013
9-4 • SRS 18.5
Biggest Improvement
Utah State 2012
11-2 • 16.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wisconsin 2013
9-4 • SP Off 39.5
Best Defensive Season
Wisconsin 2013
9-4 • SP Def 15.6
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Utah State 2020
0-3 • SRS -19.2
Biggest Drop
Oregon State 2015
2-10 • -26.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Utah State | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -19.2 | -16.7 | 20.2 | 37.0 | -13.9 | -53.8% | Partial season |
| Utah State | 2019 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -5.3 | -4.3 | 26.2 | 31.0 | +11.2 | +37.2% | Season summary |
| Oregon State | 2017 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -16.5 | -12.6 | 28.8 | 39.9 | -18.1 | -16.7% | Partial season |
| Oregon State | 2016 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 1.6 | -4.6 | 26.1 | 30.0 | +12.4 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Oregon State | 2015 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -10.8 | -10.1 | 25.9 | 35.3 | -26.1 | -60.3% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 2014 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #14 | #13 | 15.3 | 20.8 | 38.7 | 18.1 | -3.2 | +7.7% | Partial season |
| Wisconsin | 2013 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #23 | #22 | 18.5 | 22.4 | 39.5 | 15.6 | +5.4 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 2012 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #16 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 30.4 | 20.5 | +16.1 | +30.8% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -3.0 | -0.9 | 32.7 | 32.5 | +9.1 | +20.5% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 2010 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -12.1 | -19.2 | 17.1 | 34.4 | -2.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Utah State | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.5 | -12.7 | 25.7 | 37.1 | — | — | Season summary |
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