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Fred Pancoast
1972-1978 • Memphis, Vanderbilt
2 schools coached, anchored by Vanderbilt.
Fred Pancoast coached 7 seasons, won 43.5%, and posted an average SRS of -2.7. Best season: 1974 Memphis. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 33-43-1
- Career win rate
- 43.5%
- Average SRS
- -2.7
- Peak SRS
- 5.8
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 58.0
Primary school anchor
Vanderbilt
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 50.2.
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.
Fred Pancoast
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Fred Pancoast: 1975 Vanderbilt
1972Actual season year • SRS range -14.8 to 5.81978
Active comparison point
Fred Pancoast • 1974
1974 Memphis
Best season7-4 • SRS 5.8 • SP Overall 4.6
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+1.9
SP Off / Def
22.0 / 18.1
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
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results17
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | #16 | L10-31 |
| 1978 Regular Week 5 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #8 | L28-51 |
| 1978 Regular Week 3 | Vanderbilt | Arkansas | #2 | L17-48 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Vanderbilt | Kentucky | #7 | L6-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | LSU | #16 | L15-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #10 | L12-24 |
| 1977 Regular Week 2 | Vanderbilt | Oklahoma | #5 | L23-25 |
| 1976 Regular Week 7 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | #10 | L0-45 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | LSU | #16 | L20-33 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #10 | L14-42 |
| 1976 Regular Week 2 | Vanderbilt | Oklahoma | #4 | L3-24 |
| 1975 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | Florida | #18 | L0-35 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #11 | L7-40 |
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Memphis | Houston | #14 | L10-13 |
| 1973 Regular Week 5 | Memphis | Houston | #14 | L21-35 |
| 1972 Regular Week 5 | Memphis | Tennessee | #10 | L7-38 |
| 1972 Regular Week 2 | Memphis | Ole Miss | #19 | L29-34 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Vanderbilt
1975-1978 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -6.4 • Win % 29.5%
Memphis
1972-1974 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 2.3 • Win % 62.1%
- Longest tenure
- Vanderbilt • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Memphis • 2.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Memphis • 62.1%
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.
Fred Pancoast sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFred Pancoast sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Fred Pancoast
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -4.6
- Percentile
- 43th pct
Mixed
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.
Vanderbilt
1975-1978 • 13-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.4Win % 29.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 4.6 baseline
-1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.4 during vs 2.2 baseline
-8.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.3 during vs 1.0 baseline
-12.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Memphis
1972-1974 • 20-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.3Win % 62.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 6.2 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.3 during vs 6.9 baseline
-4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 5.3 baseline
-1.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Memphis 1974
7-4 • SRS 5.8
Biggest Improvement
Memphis 1973
8-3 • 6.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Memphis 1972
5-5-1 • SP Off 28.8
Best Defensive Season
Memphis 1974
7-4 • SP Def 18.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Vanderbilt 1978
2-9 • SRS -14.8
Biggest Drop
Vanderbilt 1978
2-9 • -11.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Vanderbilt | 1978 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -14.8 | -20.4 | 23.2 | 40.2 | -11.4 | 0.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 1977 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -3.4 | -10.4 | 17.9 | 27.7 | -0.1 | 0.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 1976 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -3.3 | -6.7 | 19.5 | 25.8 | +0.8 | -45.5% |
| Vanderbilt | 1975 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -4.1 | -7.6 | 13.1 | 20.0 | -9.9 | 0.0% |
| Memphis | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 5.8 | 4.6 | 22.0 | 18.1 | +1.9 | -9.1% |
| Memphis | 1973 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 3.9 | 8.5 | 27.5 | 19.8 | +6.6 | +22.7% |
| Memphis | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -2.7 | -0.3 | 28.8 | 29.2 | — | — |
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