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Coach Profile

Phil Bennett

2002-2022 • North Texas, Pittsburgh, SMU

3 schools coached, anchored by SMU.

Phil Bennett coached 8 seasons, won 26.4%, and posted an average SRS of -11.6. Best season: 2010 Pittsburgh. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 19-53
Career win rate: 26.4%
Average SRS: -11.6
Peak SRS: 8.4

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: 8
Career span: 21 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 12.7

Primary school anchor

SMU

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 57.3.

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.

Phil Bennett

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Phil Bennett: 2010 PittsburghPhil Bennett: 2022 North Texas

2002Actual season year • SRS range -24.1 to 8.42022

Active comparison point

Phil Bennett • 2010

Selected

2010 Pittsburgh

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Pittsburgh

1-0 • SRS 8.4 • SP Overall 11.3

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+25.4

SP Off / Def

29.7 / 18.7

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

1-6

Games: 7
Win rate: 14.3%

Top 10

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

View ranked game results7


2022 Regular Week 14	North Texas	UTSA	#23	L27-48
2010 Regular Week 4	Pittsburgh	Miami	#19	L3-31
2006 Regular Week 1	SMU	Texas Tech	#25	L3-35
2005 Regular Week 2	SMU	TCU	#22	W21-10
2004 Regular Week 13	SMU	UTEP	#24	L27-57
2004 Regular Week 6	SMU	Boise State	#23	L20-38
2003 Regular Week 15	SMU	TCU	#19	L13-20

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

North Texas

2022-2022 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS -4.6 • Win % 0.0%

Pittsburgh

2010-2010 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS 8.4 • Win % 100.0%

SMU

2002-2007 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS -16.1 • Win % 25.7%

Longest tenure: SMU • 6 seasons
Best tenure: Pittsburgh • 8.4 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Pittsburgh • 100.0%

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.

Phil Bennett sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Phil Bennett sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Phil Bennett

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.6
Percentile: 23th pct

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.

North Texas

2022-2022 • 0-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -4.6Win % 0.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

0.0 during vs 6.4 baseline

-6.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.6 during vs -10.8 baseline

+6.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-1.5 during vs -4.6 baseline

+3.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Pittsburgh

2010-2010 • 1-0

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 8.4Win % 100.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

1.0 during vs 7.0 baseline

-6.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.4 during vs 6.3 baseline

+2.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs 11.1 baseline

+0.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

SMU

2002-2007 • 18-52

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -16.1Win % 25.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

-1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-16.1 during vs -9.8 baseline

-6.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-17.1 during vs -9.9 baseline

-7.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Pittsburgh 2010

1-0 • SRS 8.4

Biggest Improvement

Pittsburgh 2010

1-0 • 25.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

North Texas 2022

0-1 • SP Off 31.3

Best Defensive Season

Pittsburgh 2010

1-0 • SP Def 18.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

SMU 2003

0-12 • SRS -24.1

Biggest Drop

North Texas 2022

0-1 • -13.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.


North Texas	2022	1	0	1	0.0%	—	—	-4.6	-1.5	31.3	34.1	-13.0	-100.0%
Pittsburgh	2010	1	1	0	100.0%	#15	—	8.4	11.3	29.7	18.7	+25.4	+91.7%
SMU	2007	12	1	11	8.3%	—	—	-17.0	-13.4	28.9	43.2	-9.2	-41.7%
SMU	2006	12	6	6	50.0%	—	—	-7.8	-7.7	20.9	30.3	+0.3	+4.5%
SMU	2005	11	5	6	45.5%	—	—	-8.1	-13.0	16.0	29.0	+9.6	+18.2%
SMU	2004	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	-17.7	-16.2	27.5	40.3	+6.4	+27.3%
SMU	2003	12	0	12	0.0%	—	—	-24.1	-27.8	12.8	37.7	-2.1	-25.0%
SMU	2002	12	3	9	25.0%	—	—	-22.0	-24.8	18.0	39.5	—	—

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 10.6

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