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Craig Fertig
1976-1979 • Oregon State
One defining program at Oregon State.
Craig Fertig coached 4 seasons, won 18.9%, and posted an average SRS of -5.1. Best season: 1977 Oregon State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 8-36-1
- Career win rate
- 18.9%
- Average SRS
- -5.1
- Peak SRS
- -0.2
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 75.2
Primary school anchor
Oregon State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 34.5.
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.
Craig Fertig
EliteStrongAverageLean
1976Actual season year • SRS range -12.4 to -0.21979
Active comparison point
Craig Fertig • 1977
1977 Oregon State
Best seasonBiggest improvement2-9 • SRS -0.2 • SP Overall -2.4
Win %
18.2%
YoY SRS
+6.8
SP Off / Def
25.2 / 27.8
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results12
| 1979 Regular Week 6 | Oregon State | Washington | #6 | L0-41 |
| 1979 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | USC | #1 | L5-42 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | UCLA | #14 | W15-13 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Oregon State | USC | #6 | L7-38 |
| 1977 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | UCLA | #20 | L18-48 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Oregon State | California | #15 | L17-41 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | Oregon State | Arizona State | #20 | L31-33 |
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | USC | #2 | L10-17 |
| 1976 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | UCLA | #2 | L14-45 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Oregon State | USC | #4 | L0-56 |
| 1976 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | LSU | #15 | L11-28 |
| 1976 Regular Week 1 | Oregon State | Kansas | #19 | L16-28 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Oregon State
1976-1979 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -5.1 • Win % 18.9%
- Longest tenure
- Oregon State • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oregon State • -5.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oregon State • 18.9%
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.
Craig Fertig sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeCraig Fertig sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Craig Fertig
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -9.5
- Percentile
- 29th 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.
Oregon State
1976-1979 • 8-36-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.1Win % 18.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 2.6 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.1 during vs -1.1 baseline
-4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.5 during vs -4.2 baseline
-5.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oregon State 1977
2-9 • SRS -0.2
Biggest Improvement
Oregon State 1977
2-9 • 6.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oregon State 1977
2-9 • SP Off 25.2
Best Defensive Season
Oregon State 1978
3-7-1 • SP Def 22.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oregon State 1979
1-10 • SRS -12.4
Biggest Drop
Oregon State 1979
1-10 • -11.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Oregon State | 1979 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -12.4 | -18.7 | 21.8 | 37.7 | -11.5 | -22.7% |
| Oregon State | 1978 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -0.9 | -1.4 | 20.6 | 22.1 | -0.7 | +13.6% |
| Oregon State | 1977 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -0.2 | -2.4 | 25.2 | 27.8 | +6.8 | +1.5% |
| Oregon State | 1976 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -7.0 | -15.5 | 18.3 | 32.7 | — | — |
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