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Dave Kragthorpe
1985-1990 • Oregon State
One defining program at Oregon State.
Dave Kragthorpe coached 6 seasons, won 26.9%, and posted an average SRS of -7.6. Best season: 1988 Oregon State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 17-48-2
- Career win rate
- 26.9%
- Average SRS
- -7.6
- 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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 37.7
Primary school anchor
Oregon State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 47.8.
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.
Dave Kragthorpe
EliteStrongAverageLean
1985Actual season year • SRS range -15.5 to 5.21990
Active comparison point
Dave Kragthorpe • 1988
1988 Oregon State
Best seasonBiggest improvement4-6-1 • SRS 5.2 • SP Overall 10.8
Win %
40.9%
YoY SRS
+20.0
SP Off / Def
33.8 / 24.7
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | USC | #19 | L7-56 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | Oregon State | Nebraska | #8 | L7-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 13 | Oregon State | Hawai'i | #24 | L21-23 |
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | Oregon State | USC | #9 | L6-48 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | Oregon State | Nebraska | #3 | L7-35 |
| 1989 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | Washington State | #23 | L3-41 |
| 1988 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | Washington State | #20 | L27-36 |
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | Oregon State | USC | #3 | L20-41 |
| 1988 Regular Week 7 | Oregon State | UCLA | #2 | L21-38 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | UCLA | #5 | L17-52 |
| 1987 Regular Week 3 | Oregon State | Georgia | #18 | L7-41 |
| 1986 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | Washington | #10 | L12-28 |
| 1986 Regular Week 10 | Oregon State | UCLA | #12 | L0-49 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | Oregon State | Arizona | #15 | L12-23 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | Oregon State | Michigan | #5 | L12-31 |
| 1985 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | UCLA | #13 | L0-41 |
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
1985-1990 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -7.6 • Win % 26.9%
- Longest tenure
- Oregon State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oregon State • -7.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oregon State • 26.9%
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.
Dave Kragthorpe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDave Kragthorpe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Kragthorpe
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.7
- Percentile
- 33th 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
1985-1990 • 17-48-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.6Win % 26.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 1.2 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.6 during vs -13.5 baseline
+5.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.7 during vs -17.9 baseline
+10.2
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 1988
4-6-1 • SRS 5.2
Biggest Improvement
Oregon State 1988
4-6-1 • 20.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oregon State 1988
4-6-1 • SP Off 33.8
Best Defensive Season
Oregon State 1988
4-6-1 • SP Def 24.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oregon State 1990
1-10 • SRS -15.5
Biggest Drop
Oregon State 1990
1-10 • -12.1 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 | 1990 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -15.5 | -21.7 | 19.5 | 38.5 | -12.1 | -28.4% |
| Oregon State | 1989 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 37.5% | — | — | -3.4 | -2.1 | 26.7 | 28.9 | -8.6 | -3.4% |
| Oregon State | 1988 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 5.2 | 10.8 | 33.8 | 24.7 | +20.0 | +22.7% |
| Oregon State | 1987 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -14.8 | -13.3 | 29.3 | 39.1 | -10.6 | -9.1% |
| Oregon State | 1986 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -4.2 | -6.2 | 19.5 | 25.7 | +8.7 | 0.0% |
| Oregon State | 1985 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -12.9 | -13.6 | 22.9 | 34.3 | — | — |
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