Top 25
3-8
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 27.3%
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Coach Profile
Dave Wannstedt
2005-2010 • Pittsburgh
One defining program at Pittsburgh.
Dave Wannstedt's coaching record is 42-31, highlighted by seasons at Pittsburgh from 2005 to 2010.
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 stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 42-31
- Career win rate
- 57.5%
- Average SRS
- 6.6
- Peak SRS
- 13.2
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #15
- Consistency
- 84.3
Primary school anchor
Pittsburgh
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 69.0.
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
- 42-31
- Pittsburgh record
- 42-31
- Full-season record
- 35-26
- Partial-season record
- 7-5
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-3
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-1
- Vs West Virginia
- 2-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
73 countable games, 57.5% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Pittsburgh.
5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
Backyard Brawl games in this dataset.
2 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: Jan 8, 2011. 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.
Dave Wannstedt
EliteStrongAverageLean
2005Actual season year • SRS range 1.7 to 13.22010
Active comparison point
Dave Wannstedt • 2009
2009 Pittsburgh
Best season10-3 • 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.
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
2-3
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 40.0%
Top 5
1-1
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 50.0%
View ranked game results11
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
2005-2010 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 57.5%
- Longest tenure
- Pittsburgh • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Pittsburgh • 6.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Pittsburgh • 57.5%
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.
Dave Wannstedt sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDave Wannstedt sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Wannstedt
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 11.2
- Percentile
- 87th 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.
Pittsburgh
2005-2010 • 42-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.6Win % 57.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.9 baseline
-0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.1 during vs 10.7 baseline
+0.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
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
Lowest SRS Season
Pittsburgh 2007
5-7 • SRS 1.7
Biggest Drop
Pittsburgh 2010
7-5 • -4.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
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% | Partial season |
| Pittsburgh | 2009 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #15 | 13.2 | 17.9 | 36.1 | 19.8 | +4.9 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #25 | — | 8.3 | 9.0 | 26.2 | 19.2 | +6.6 | +27.6% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 2007 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 1.7 | 7.5 | 24.7 | 16.8 | -4.4 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 2006 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.1 | 14.4 | 31.9 | 18.8 | +4.1 | +4.5% | Season summary |
| Pittsburgh | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #23 | — | 2.0 | 6.8 | 23.9 | 17.1 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.5
Open profile →Tony Mason
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Avg SRS 6.6 • Peak SRS 12.4 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.7
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Avg SRS 6.3 • Peak SRS 9.4 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 1.8
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