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- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 20.4%
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John Michelosen
1955-1965 • Pittsburgh
One defining program at Pittsburgh.
John Michelosen coached 11 seasons, won 53.1%, and posted an average SRS of 8.4. Best season: 1963 Pittsburgh. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 56-49-7
- Career win rate
- 53.1%
- Average SRS
- 8.4
- Peak SRS
- 19.1
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
- #4
- Consistency
- 56.5
Primary school anchor
Pittsburgh
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 82.3.
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.
John Michelosen
EliteStrongAverageLean
1955Actual season year • SRS range -1.2 to 19.11965
Active comparison point
John Michelosen • 1963
1963 Pittsburgh
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-1 • SRS 19.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.0%
YoY SRS
+15.9
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#4
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
3-16-1
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 17.5%
Top 5
1-9-1
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 13.6%
View ranked game results27
| 1965 Regular Week 10 | Pittsburgh | USC | #6 | L0-28 |
| 1965 Regular Week 9 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #4 | L13-69 |
| 1964 Regular Week 9 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #1 | L15-17 |
| 1963 Regular Week 7 | Pittsburgh | Navy | #4 | L12-24 |
| 1962 Regular Week 11 | Pittsburgh | Penn State | #9 | L0-16 |
| 1961 Regular Week 3 | Pittsburgh | Baylor | #10 | L13-16 |
| 1960 Regular Week 11 | Pittsburgh | Penn State | #15 | L3-14 |
| 1960 Regular Week 8 | Pittsburgh | Syracuse | #9 | W10-0 |
| 1960 Regular Week 2 | Pittsburgh | UCLA | #8 | L7-8 |
| 1959 Regular Week 11 | Pittsburgh | Penn State | #15 | W22-7 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | Pittsburgh | Syracuse | #4 | L0-35 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | Pittsburgh | TCU | #15 | L3-13 |
| 1959 Regular Week 3 | Pittsburgh | USC | #11 | L0-23 |
| 1958 Regular Week 8 | Pittsburgh | Syracuse | #12 | L13-16 |
| 1958 Regular Week 7 | Pittsburgh | Army | #3 | T14-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 5 | Pittsburgh | Michigan State | #5 | L8-22 |
| 1957 Regular Week 7 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #5 | L7-13 |
| 1957 Regular Week 6 | Pittsburgh | Army | #9 | L13-29 |
| 1957 Regular Week 2 | Pittsburgh | Oklahoma | #1 | L0-26 |
| 1956 Regular Week 8 | Pittsburgh | Minnesota | #6 | L6-9 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | Pittsburgh | Syracuse | #18 | W14-7 |
| 1956 Postseason Week 1 | Pittsburgh | Georgia Tech | #4 | L14-21 |
| 1955 Regular Week 9 | Pittsburgh | West Virginia | #6 | W26-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 6 | Pittsburgh | Duke | #5 | W26-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 4 | Pittsburgh | Navy | #12 | L0-21 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | Pittsburgh | Oklahoma | #5 | L14-26 |
| 1955 Postseason Week 1 | Pittsburgh | Georgia Tech | #7 | L0-7 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Pittsburgh
1955-1965 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 8.4 • Win % 53.1%
- Longest tenure
- Pittsburgh • 11 seasons
- Best tenure
- Pittsburgh • 8.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Pittsburgh • 53.1%
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.
John Michelosen
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.
Pittsburgh
1955-1965 • 56-49-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.4Win % 53.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 3.0 baseline
+2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 2.8 baseline
+5.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
36.4% during vs 0.0% baseline
+36.4%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Pittsburgh 1963
9-1 • SRS 19.1
Biggest Improvement
Pittsburgh 1963
9-1 • 15.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Pittsburgh 1965
3-7 • SRS -1.2
Biggest Drop
Pittsburgh 1961
3-7 • -13.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Pittsburgh | 1965 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -1.2 | — | — | — | -7.9 | -10.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1964 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | — | — | 6.7 | — | — | — | -12.4 | -50.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1963 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #4 | 19.1 | — | — | — | +15.9 | +40.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1962 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.2 | — | — | — | +1.6 | +20.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1961 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 1.6 | — | — | — | -13.1 | -25.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1960 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 55.0% | #7 | — | 14.7 | — | — | — | +9.4 | -5.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1959 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | #20 | 5.3 | — | — | — | -5.4 | +5.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1958 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | #19 | — | 10.7 | — | — | — | +6.5 | +15.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 1957 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #8 | — | 4.2 | — | — | — | -11.1 | -28.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 1956 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | #10 | #13 | 15.3 | — | — | — | +2.1 | +4.5% |
| Pittsburgh | 1955 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #11 | 13.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
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