Top 25
0-5-2
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 14.3%
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Coach Profile
Bob Higgins
1925-1948 • Penn State, Washington University (St. Louis)
2 schools coached, anchored by Penn State.
Bob Higgins's coaching record is 99-71-14, highlighted by seasons at Penn State from 1925 to 1948.
Bob Higgins coached 22 seasons, won 57.6%, and posted an average SRS of -0.2. Best season: 1948 Penn State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 99-71-14
- Career win rate
- 57.6%
- Average SRS
- -0.2
- Peak SRS
- 14.3
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
- 22
- Career span
- 24 years
- Best finish
- #4
- Consistency
- 32.2
Primary school anchor
Penn State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 71.8.
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
- 99-71-14
- Penn State record
- 91-57-11
- Full-season record
- 99-71-14
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-5-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-4-1
- Vs Pittsburgh
- 5-11
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
184 countable games, 57.6% win rate.
19 countable seasons at Penn State.
22 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
Keystone Classic games in this dataset.
1 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 27, 1948. 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.
Bob Higgins
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Bob Higgins: 1930 Penn State
1925Actual season year • SRS range -15.0 to 14.31948
Active comparison point
Bob Higgins • 1948
1948 Penn State
Best season7-1-1 • SRS 14.3 • SP Overall —
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+0.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#18
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
0-5-1
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 8.3%
Top 5
0-4-1
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 10.0%
View ranked game results7
| 1948 Regular Week 7 | Penn State | Michigan State | #12 | T14-14 |
| 1947 Postseason Week 1 | Penn State | SMU | #3 | T13-13 |
| 1945 Regular Week 6 | Penn State | Navy | #2 | L0-28 |
| 1944 Regular Week 7 | Penn State | Navy | #2 | L14-55 |
| 1943 Regular Week 6 | Penn State | Navy | #3 | L6-14 |
| 1939 Regular Week 6 | Penn State | Cornell | #3 | L0-47 |
| 1938 Regular Week 6 | Penn State | Cornell | #10 | L6-21 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Penn State
1930-1948 • 19 seasons
Avg SRS 0.9 • Win % 60.7%
Washington University (St. Louis)
1925-1927 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -7.1 • Win % 38.0%
- Longest tenure
- Penn State • 19 seasons
- Best tenure
- Penn State • 0.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Penn State • 60.7%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob Higgins
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Penn State
1930-1948 • 91-57-11
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.9Win % 60.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 4.8 baseline
-0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.9 during vs 4.3 baseline
-3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
15.8% during vs 0.0% baseline
+15.8%
Washington University (St. Louis)
1925-1927 • 8-14-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -7.1Win % 38.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Penn State 1948
7-1-1 • SRS 14.3
Biggest Improvement
Penn State 1934
4-4 • 12.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Penn State 1933
3-3-1 • SRS -15.0
Biggest Drop
Washington University (St. Louis) 1926
1-7 • -6.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Penn State | 1948 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | #18 | 14.3 | — | — | — | +0.1 | -11.7% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1947 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | #4 | 14.2 | — | — | — | +3.7 | +20.0% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1946 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 10.5 | — | — | — | +5.6 | +12.5% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1945 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 4.9 | — | — | — | +10.8 | -4.2% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1944 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -5.9 | — | — | — | -5.3 | +5.6% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1943 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -0.6 | — | — | — | -3.0 | -20.1% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1942 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | #19 | 2.4 | — | — | — | -6.4 | +3.5% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1941 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 8.8 | — | — | — | +5.3 | -3.5% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1940 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 3.5 | — | — | — | +1.6 | +6.3% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1939 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 75.0% | — | — | 1.9 | — | — | — | -1.9 | +31.3% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1938 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | -2.3 | -18.8% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1937 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 6.1 | — | — | — | +6.0 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1936 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | +3.4 | -12.5% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1935 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -3.3 | — | — | — | -1.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1934 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -2.2 | — | — | — | +12.8 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1933 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -15.0 | — | — | — | -3.1 | +21.4% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1932 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% | — | — | -11.9 | — | — | — | -4.6 | +8.6% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1931 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -7.3 | — | — | — | -0.3 | -24.4% | Season summary |
| Penn State | 1930 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.4% | — | — | -7.0 | — | — | — | -0.3 | -22.2% | Season summary |
| Washington University (St. Louis) | 1927 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | -6.7 | — | — | — | +3.9 | +54.2% | Season summary |
| Washington University (St. Louis) | 1926 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | — | — | -10.6 | — | — | — | -6.7 | -18.8% | Season summary |
| Washington University (St. Louis) | 1925 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 31.3% | — | — | -3.9 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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