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Billy Murphy
1960-1971 • Memphis
One defining program at Memphis.
Billy Murphy's coaching record is 81-35-1, highlighted by seasons at Memphis from 1960 to 1971.
Billy Murphy coached 12 seasons, won 69.7%, and posted an average SRS of 7.6. Best season: 1962 Memphis. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 81-35-1
- Career win rate
- 69.7%
- Average SRS
- 7.6
- Peak SRS
- 17.0
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
- 12
- Career span
- 12 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 73.0
Primary school anchor
Memphis
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 78.0.
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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
- 81-35-1
- Memphis record
- 81-35-1
- Full-season record
- 81-35-1
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-5
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs Ole Miss
- 1-9-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
117 countable games, 69.7% win rate.
12 countable seasons at Memphis.
12 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Mid-South Rivalry games in this dataset.
1 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: Dec 18, 1971. 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.
Billy Murphy
EliteStrongAverageLean
1960Actual season year • SRS range -1.6 to 17.01971
Active comparison point
Billy Murphy • 1962
1962 Memphis
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-1 • SRS 17.0 • SP Overall —
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+8.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
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
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- Win rate
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Top 5
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- Games
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- Win rate
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View ranked game results8
| 1971 Regular Week 9 | Memphis | Houston | #19 | L7-35 |
| 1970 Regular Week 4 | Memphis | Ole Miss | #7 | L13-47 |
| 1969 Regular Week 4 | Memphis | Tennessee | #10 | L16-55 |
| 1969 Regular Week 2 | Memphis | Ole Miss | #8 | L3-28 |
| 1968 Regular Week 9 | Memphis | Houston | #13 | L7-27 |
| 1968 Regular Week 3 | Memphis | Tennessee | #16 | L17-24 |
| 1962 Regular Week 2 | Memphis | Ole Miss | #7 | L7-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 4 | Memphis | Ole Miss | #2 | L20-31 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Memphis
1960-1971 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 69.7%
- Longest tenure
- Memphis • 12 seasons
- Best tenure
- Memphis • 7.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Memphis • 69.7%
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.
Billy Murphy sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBilly Murphy sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Billy Murphy
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.3
- Percentile
- 73th pct
Strong
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.
Memphis
1960-1971 • 81-35-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 7.6Win % 69.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Memphis 1962
8-1 • SRS 17.0
Biggest Improvement
Memphis 1962
8-1 • 8.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Memphis 1971
5-6 • SP Off 29.3
Best Defensive Season
Memphis 1971
5-6 • SP Def 21.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Memphis 1970
6-4 • SRS -1.6
Biggest Drop
Memphis 1964
5-4 • -13.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Memphis | 1971 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.0 | 9.2 | 29.3 | 21.0 | +6.6 | -14.5% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1970 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -1.6 | 1.5 | 25.6 | 24.5 | -10.8 | -20.0% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1969 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | -1.2 | +20.0% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1968 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 10.4 | — | — | — | -0.9 | -6.7% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1967 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 11.3 | — | — | — | +2.2 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1966 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 9.1 | — | — | — | +5.1 | +27.8% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1965 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | +4.6 | -5.6% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1964 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -0.6 | — | — | — | -13.5 | -39.4% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1963 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | -4.1 | +6.1% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1962 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 17.0 | — | — | — | +8.6 | +8.9% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1961 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 8.4 | — | — | — | +1.8 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1960 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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