Coach Profile
2005-2010 • Pittsburgh
One defining stop at Pittsburgh.
Dave Wannstedt coached 6 seasons, won 57.5%, and posted an average SRS of 6.6. Best season: 2009 Pittsburgh. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Pittsburgh
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 69.0.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
10-3 • SRS 13.2 • SP Overall 17.9
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+4.9
SP Off / Def
36.1 / 19.8
Finish
#15
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Pittsburgh
2005-2010 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 57.5%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Dave Wannstedt sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dave Wannstedt sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Wannstedt
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2005-2010 • 42-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 6.9 baseline
-0.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.2 during vs 10.7 baseline
+0.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 40.0% baseline
-23.3%
High Points
Best Season
Pittsburgh 2009
10-3 • SRS 13.2
Biggest Improvement
Pittsburgh 2008
9-4 • 6.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Pittsburgh 2009
10-3 • SP Off 36.1
Best Defensive Season
Pittsburgh 2007
5-7 • SP Def 16.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Pittsburgh 2007
5-7 • SRS 1.7
Biggest Drop
Pittsburgh 2010
7-5 • -4.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Pittsburgh | 2010 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #15 | — | 8.4 | 11.3 | 29.7 | 18.7 | -4.8 | -18.6% |
| Pittsburgh | 2009 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #15 | 13.2 | 17.9 | 36.1 | 19.8 | +4.9 | +7.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #25 | — | 8.3 | 9.0 | 26.2 | 19.2 | +6.6 | +27.6% |
| Pittsburgh | 2007 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 1.7 | 7.5 | 24.7 | 16.8 | -4.4 | -8.3% |
| Pittsburgh | 2006 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.1 | 14.4 | 31.9 | 18.8 | +4.1 | +4.5% |
| Pittsburgh | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #23 | — | 2.0 | 6.8 | 23.9 | 17.1 | — | — |
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