Top 25
14-21
- Games
- 35
- Win rate
- 40.0%
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Coach Profile
Paul Chryst
2012-2022 • Pittsburgh, Wisconsin
2 schools coached, anchored by Wisconsin.
Paul Chryst coached 11 seasons, won 65.6%, and posted an average SRS of 11.2. Best season: 2017 Wisconsin. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 86-45
- Career win rate
- 65.6%
- Average SRS
- 11.2
- Peak SRS
- 24.7
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
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 47.3
Primary school anchor
Wisconsin
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 92.0.
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.
Paul Chryst
EliteStrongAverageLean
Paul Chryst: 2015 Wisconsin
2012Actual season year • SRS range 2.6 to 24.72022
Active comparison point
Paul Chryst • 2017
2017 Wisconsin
Best season13-1 • SRS 24.7 • SP Overall 26.8
Win %
92.9%
YoY SRS
+6.8
SP Off / Def
37.4 / 11.6
Finish
#7
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
4-10
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 28.6%
Top 5
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results35
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Wisconsin
2015-2022 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 13.8 • Win % 72.0%
Pittsburgh
2012-2014 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 4.2 • Win % 50.0%
- Longest tenure
- Wisconsin • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Wisconsin • 13.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wisconsin • 72.0%
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.
Paul Chryst sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePaul Chryst sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Paul Chryst
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 16.2
- Percentile
- 95th pct
Elite
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.
Wisconsin
2015-2022 • 67-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 13.8Win % 72.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 8.1 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.8 during vs 16.9 baseline
-3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.6 during vs 21.4 baseline
-2.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-30.0%
Pittsburgh
2012-2014 • 19-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.2Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.8 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 6.9 baseline
-2.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 10.3 baseline
-0.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Wisconsin 2017
13-1 • SRS 24.7
Biggest Improvement
Wisconsin 2019
10-4 • 11.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wisconsin 2018
8-5 • SP Off 39.3
Best Defensive Season
Wisconsin 2021
9-4 • SP Def 10.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Pittsburgh 2013
7-6 • SRS 2.6
Biggest Drop
Wisconsin 2018
8-5 • -15.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wisconsin | 2022 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.0% | #18 | — | 5.4 | 8.3 | 25.7 | 17.1 | -8.6 | -29.2% |
| Wisconsin | 2021 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #12 | — | 14.0 | 20.1 | 29.8 | 10.8 | +4.5 | +12.1% |
| Wisconsin | 2020 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.1% | #12 | — | 9.5 | 26.5 | 38.7 | 12.2 | -10.4 | -14.3% |
| Wisconsin | 2019 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #19 | #11 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 37.7 | 16.4 | +11.1 | +9.9% |
| Wisconsin | 2018 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #4 | — | 8.8 | 15.5 | 39.3 | 21.6 | -15.9 | -31.3% |
| Wisconsin | 2017 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #9 | #7 | 24.7 | 26.8 | 37.4 | 11.6 | +6.8 | +14.3% |
| Wisconsin | 2016 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | #9 | 17.9 | 16.1 | 30.5 | 14.8 | +7.9 | +1.7% |
| Wisconsin | 2015 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #20 | #21 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 27.0 | 12.4 | +7.2 | +26.9% |
| Pittsburgh | 2014 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 2.8 | 14.1 | 37.4 | 25.3 | +0.2 | -3.9% |
| Pittsburgh | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 2.6 | 9.4 | 32.9 | 22.3 | -4.5 | +7.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 2012 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 7.1 | 5.7 | 27.5 | 21.5 | — | — |
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