Coach Profile
1940-1969 • Clemson
One defining stop at Clemson.
Frank Howard coached 30 seasons, won 58.0%, and posted an average SRS of 3.5. Best season: 1959 Clemson. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 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
Clemson
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 72.4.
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
9-2 • SRS 14.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+9.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#11
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.
Clemson
1940-1969 • 30 seasons
Avg SRS 3.5 • Win % 58.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Howard
Insufficient sample
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1940-1969 • 165-118-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 6.2 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.5 during vs 5.0 baseline
-1.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Clemson 1959
9-2 • SRS 14.5
Biggest Improvement
Clemson 1944
4-5 • 20.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Clemson 1943
2-6 • SRS -26.2
Biggest Drop
Clemson 1943
2-6 • -24.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Clemson | 1969 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -5.9 | — | — | — | -13.0 | -5.0% |
| Clemson | 1968 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 7.1 | — | — | — | -1.8 | -15.0% |
| Clemson | 1967 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 8.9 | — | — | — | +2.0 | 0.0% |
| Clemson | 1966 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 6.9 | — | — | — | +3.2 | +10.0% |
| Clemson | 1965 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | +7.3 | +20.0% |
| Clemson | 1964 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -3.6 | — | — | — | -11.3 | -25.0% |
| Clemson | 1963 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 7.7 | — | — | — | +0.9 | -5.0% |
| Clemson | 1962 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | -4.1 | +10.0% |
| Clemson | 1961 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | +10.1 | -10.0% |
| Clemson | 1960 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #9 | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | -13.7 | -21.8% |
| Clemson | 1959 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #18 | #11 | 14.5 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +9.1% |
| Clemson | 1958 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #18 | #12 | 5.2 | — | — | — | -7.7 | +2.7% |
| Clemson | 1957 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | +4.7 | -2.7% |
| Clemson | 1956 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 72.7% | — | #19 | 8.2 | — | — | — | +4.9 | +2.7% |
| Clemson | 1955 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | -1.4 | +20.0% |
| Clemson | 1954 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | +9.6 | +11.1% |
| Clemson | 1953 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | -4.9 | — | — | — | -3.0 | +11.1% |
| Clemson | 1952 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -1.9 | — | — | — | -8.7 | -42.2% |
| Clemson | 1951 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | #19 | 6.8 | — | — | — | -5.6 | -25.0% |
| Clemson | 1950 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | #10 | 12.4 | — | — | — | +19.0 | +45.0% |
| Clemson | 1949 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | -6.6 | — | — | — | -18.7 | -50.0% |
| Clemson | 1948 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #11 | 12.1 | — | — | — | +11.0 | +55.6% |
| Clemson | 1947 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 1.1 | — | — | — | +1.6 | 0.0% |
| Clemson | 1946 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -0.5 | — | — | — | -11.4 | -20.6% |
| Clemson | 1945 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | +16.4 | +20.6% |
| Clemson | 1944 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -5.5 | — | — | — | +20.7 | +19.4% |
| Clemson | 1943 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -26.2 | — | — | — | -24.8 | -10.0% |
| Clemson | 1942 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 35.0% | — | — | -1.4 | — | — | — | -10.8 | -42.8% |
| Clemson | 1941 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 9.4 | — | — | — | +2.3 | +5.6% |
| Clemson | 1940 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | 7.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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