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- Games
- 21
- Win rate
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Jerry Pettibone
1985-1996 • Northern Illinois, Oregon State
2 schools coached, anchored by Oregon State.
Jerry Pettibone coached 12 seasons, won 35.6%, and posted an average SRS of -8.2. Best season: 1993 Oregon State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 46-84-2
- Career win rate
- 35.6%
- Average SRS
- -8.2
- Peak SRS
- 3.7
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
- —
- Consistency
- 43.8
Primary school anchor
Oregon State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 43.3.
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.
Jerry Pettibone
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Jerry Pettibone: 1991 Oregon State
1985Actual season year • SRS range -19.4 to 3.71996
Active comparison point
Jerry Pettibone • 1993
1993 Oregon State
Best season4-7 • SRS 3.7 • SP Overall 4.0
Win %
36.4%
YoY SRS
+10.9
SP Off / Def
30.1 / 27.4
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
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results21
| 1996 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | Washington | #19 | L3-42 |
| 1996 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | Arizona State | #4 | L14-29 |
| 1996 Regular Week 4 | Oregon State | USC | #16 | L17-46 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | Oregon State | Oregon | #16 | L10-12 |
| 1995 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | USC | #12 | L10-28 |
| 1995 Regular Week 6 | Oregon State | Washington | #18 | L16-26 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | Oregon State | Oregon | #12 | L13-17 |
| 1994 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | Washington State | #24 | W21-3 |
| 1994 Regular Week 10 | Oregon State | Washington | #15 | L10-24 |
| 1994 Regular Week 6 | Oregon State | Arizona | #6 | L10-30 |
| 1993 Regular Week 9 | Oregon State | UCLA | #19 | L17-20 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | Oregon State | Arizona | #15 | L0-33 |
| 1992 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | Washington | #6 | L16-45 |
| 1992 Regular Week 9 | Oregon State | Stanford | #16 | L21-27 |
| 1991 Regular Week 12 | Oregon State | Washington | #3 | L6-58 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | Oregon State | California | #7 | L14-27 |
| 1990 Regular Week 3 | Northern Illinois | Nebraska | #8 | L14-60 |
| 1989 Regular Week 2 | Northern Illinois | Nebraska | #4 | L17-48 |
| 1986 Regular Week 6 | Northern Illinois | Miami | #1 | L0-34 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | Northern Illinois | Iowa | #15 | L3-57 |
| 1985 Regular Week 4 | Northern Illinois | Iowa | #4 | L20-48 |
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
1991-1996 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -5.5 • Win % 20.4%
Northern Illinois
1985-1990 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -10.9 • Win % 50.8%
- Longest tenure
- Oregon State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oregon State • -5.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Northern Illinois • 50.8%
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.
Jerry Pettibone sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJerry Pettibone sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jerry Pettibone
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.4
- Percentile
- 34th 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
1991-1996 • 13-52-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -5.5Win % 20.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.2 during vs 2.8 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.5 during vs -6.5 baseline
+1.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.9 during vs -6.5 baseline
-1.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Northern Illinois
1985-1990 • 33-32-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -10.9Win % 50.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.9 during vs -11.1 baseline
+0.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.9 during vs -3.7 baseline
-3.2
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 1993
4-7 • SRS 3.7
Biggest Improvement
Northern Illinois 1989
9-2 • 13.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Northern Illinois 1990
6-5 • SP Off 33.8
Best Defensive Season
Oregon State 1994
4-7 • SP Def 25.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northern Illinois 1986
2-9 • SRS -19.4
Biggest Drop
Oregon State 1995
1-10 • -14.1 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 | 1996 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.0 | -13.6 | 28.7 | 38.7 | +2.2 | +9.1% |
| Oregon State | 1995 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -11.2 | -16.3 | 12.8 | 28.9 | -14.1 | -27.3% |
| Oregon State | 1994 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.9 | 1.8 | 26.2 | 25.0 | -0.8 | 0.0% |
| Oregon State | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 3.7 | 4.0 | 30.1 | 27.4 | +10.9 | +22.7% |
| Oregon State | 1992 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13.6% | — | — | -7.2 | -8.6 | 25.6 | 33.3 | +4.8 | +4.5% |
| Oregon State | 1991 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -12.0 | -14.6 | 20.6 | 33.6 | -10.3 | -45.5% |
| Northern Illinois | 1990 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.7 | 1.0 | 33.8 | 33.5 | +1.5 | -27.3% |
| Northern Illinois | 1989 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | -3.2 | -0.3 | 33.8 | 34.2 | +13.0 | +18.2% |
| Northern Illinois | 1988 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -16.2 | -12.6 | 16.0 | 27.6 | -6.6 | +13.6% |
| Northern Illinois | 1987 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -9.6 | -3.8 | 29.2 | 33.0 | +9.8 | +31.8% |
| Northern Illinois | 1986 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -19.4 | -14.8 | 20.2 | 33.5 | -4.2 | -18.2% |
| Northern Illinois | 1985 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -15.2 | -10.8 | 18.8 | 28.7 | — | — |
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