Top 25
16-17
- Games
- 33
- Win rate
- 48.5%
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Coach Profile
Kevin Sumlin
2008-2020 • Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas A&M.
Kevin Sumlin's coaching record is 95-63, highlighted by seasons at Texas A&M from 2008 to 2020.
Kevin Sumlin coached 13 seasons, won 60.1%, and posted an average SRS of 8.0. Best season: 2012 Texas A&M. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 95-63
- Career win rate
- 60.1%
- Average SRS
- 8.0
- Peak SRS
- 28.7
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
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #5
- Consistency
- 17.8
Primary school anchor
Texas A&M
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 96.0.
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
- 95-63
- Texas A&M record
- 51-26
- Full-season record
- 76-57
- Partial-season record
- 19-6
- Vs AP Top 10
- 5-10
- Vs AP Top 5
- 3-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 4-3
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
158 countable games, 60.1% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Texas A&M.
11 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.
15 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 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 12, 2020. 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.
Kevin Sumlin
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Kevin Sumlin: 2012 Texas A&MKevin Sumlin: 2018 Arizona
2008Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 28.72020
Active comparison point
Kevin Sumlin • 2012
2012 Texas A&M
Best seasonNew stop: Texas A&M11-2 • SRS 28.7 • SP Overall 28.8
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+13.5
SP Off / Def
44.7 / 16.0
Finish
#5
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
5-10
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 33.3%
Top 5
3-4
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 42.9%
View ranked game results33
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Arizona
2018-2020 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 31.0%
Texas A&M
2012-2017 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 66.2%
Houston
2008-2011 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 4.9 • Win % 67.3%
- Longest tenure
- Texas A&M • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas A&M • 14.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Houston • 67.3%
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.
Kevin Sumlin sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeKevin Sumlin sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Kevin Sumlin
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- Raw avg SP Overall
- 10.0
- Percentile
- 85th 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.
Arizona
2018-2020 • 9-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -4.1Win % 31.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
-4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.1 during vs 4.6 baseline
-8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.2 during vs 5.2 baseline
-7.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Texas A&M
2012-2017 • 51-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.0Win % 66.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 5.9 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.7 during vs 6.4 baseline
+9.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
19.1 during vs 9.2 baseline
+9.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+20.0%
Houston
2008-2011 • 35-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.9Win % 67.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 6.8 baseline
+0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.5 during vs -4.1 baseline
+5.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.9 during vs -2.6 baseline
+4.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas A&M 2012
11-2 • SRS 28.7
Biggest Improvement
Houston 2011
12-1 • 17.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas A&M 2013
9-4 • SP Off 50.5
Best Defensive Season
Texas A&M 2012
11-2 • SP Def 16.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Arizona 2019
4-8 • SRS -5.4
Biggest Drop
Texas A&M 2013
9-4 • -13.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arizona | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -33.3% | Season summary |
| Arizona | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -5.4 | -8.0 | 30.1 | 36.1 | -2.6 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Arizona | 2018 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.8 | 3.6 | 32.3 | 29.0 | -8.2 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 2017 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.4 | 9.4 | 33.1 | 25.2 | -6.1 | -3.2% | Partial season |
| Texas A&M | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.5 | 12.0 | 37.2 | 26.1 | +0.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 11.3 | 14.1 | 31.9 | 18.8 | -0.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 2014 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #21 | — | 11.6 | 20.2 | 43.6 | 26.3 | -3.9 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 2013 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #7 | #18 | 15.5 | 20.4 | 50.5 | 31.3 | -13.2 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| Texas A&M | 2012 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #5 | 28.7 | 28.8 | 44.7 | 16.0 | +13.5 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2011 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #18 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 40.3 | 26.5 | +17.9 | +50.6% | Partial season |
| Houston | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.7 | -4.7 | 30.5 | 35.7 | -7.3 | -29.8% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2009 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 4.6 | 4.0 | 37.8 | 33.8 | +2.0 | +9.9% | Season summary |
| Houston | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 6.4 | 39.2 | 31.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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