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Art Briles

2003-2015Baylor, Houston

2 schools coached, anchored by Baylor.

Art Briles coached 13 seasons, won 60.4%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 2013 Baylor. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
99-65
Career win rate
60.4%
Average SRS
5.1
Peak SRS
22.8

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
13
Career span
13 years
Best finish
#7
Consistency
8.9

Primary school anchor

Baylor

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 89.7.

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.

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Art Briles: 2008 Baylor
2003Actual season year • SRS range -9.1 to 22.82015

Active comparison point

Art Briles2013

Selected

2013 Baylor

Best season

11-2 • SRS 22.8 • SP Overall 20.4

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+8.4

SP Off / Def

41.0 / 21.0

Finish

#13

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

10-27

Games
37
Win rate
27.0%

Top 10

5-14

Games
19
Win rate
26.3%

Top 5

3-9

Games
12
Win rate
25.0%
View ranked game results37
2015 Regular Week 13BaylorTCU#15L21-28
2015 Regular Week 12BaylorOklahoma State#4W45-35
2015 Regular Week 11BaylorOklahoma#12L34-44
2015 Postseason Week 1BaylorNorth Carolina#15W49-38
2014 Regular Week 15BaylorKansas State#9W38-27
2014 Regular Week 11BaylorOklahoma#16W48-14
2014 Regular Week 7BaylorTCU#9W61-58
2014 Postseason Week 1BaylorMichigan State#5L41-42
2013 Regular Week 15BaylorTexas#23W30-10
2013 Regular Week 13BaylorOklahoma State#11L17-49
2013 Regular Week 11BaylorOklahoma#12W41-12
2013 Postseason Week 1BaylorUCF#10L42-52
2012 Regular Week 14BaylorOklahoma State#24W41-34
2012 Regular Week 12BaylorKansas State#2W52-24
2012 Regular Week 11BaylorOklahoma#14L34-42
2012 Regular Week 5BaylorWest Virginia#9L63-70
2011 Regular Week 12BaylorOklahoma#5W45-38
2011 Regular Week 9BaylorOklahoma State#3L24-59
2011 Regular Week 7BaylorTexas A&M#21L28-55
2010 Regular Week 12BaylorOklahoma#16L24-53
2010 Regular Week 11BaylorTexas A&M#23L30-42
2010 Regular Week 10BaylorOklahoma State#19L28-55
2010 Regular Week 3BaylorTCU#4L10-45
2009 Regular Week 11BaylorTexas#2L14-47
2009 Regular Week 8BaylorOklahoma State#14L7-34
2009 Regular Week 6BaylorOklahoma#19L7-33
2008 Regular Week 14BaylorTexas Tech#7L28-35
2008 Regular Week 11BaylorTexas#5L21-45
2008 Regular Week 10BaylorMissouri#14L28-31
2008 Regular Week 8BaylorOklahoma State#8L6-34
2008 Regular Week 6BaylorOklahoma#1L17-49
2008 Regular Week 1BaylorWake Forest#23L13-41
2004 Regular Week 13HoustonLouisville#8L27-65
2004 Regular Week 5HoustonMiami#4L13-38
2004 Regular Week 3HoustonOklahoma#2L13-63
2003 Regular Week 10HoustonTCU#15L55-62
2003 Regular Week 3HoustonMichigan#5L3-50

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Baylor

2008-20158 seasons

Avg SRS 10.9 • Win % 63.7%

Houston

2003-20075 seasons

Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 54.8%

Longest tenure
Baylor • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Baylor • 10.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Baylor • 63.7%

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.

Art Briles sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Art Briles sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Art Briles

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
6.0
Percentile
75th 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.

Baylor

2008-201565-37

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 10.9Win % 63.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.1 during vs 3.6 baseline

+4.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.9 during vs -10.2 baseline

+21.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs -8.0 baseline

+19.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+50.0%

Houston

2003-200734-28

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -4.1Win % 54.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 3.6 baseline

+3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.1 during vs -9.3 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.6 during vs -8.8 baseline

+6.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Baylor 2013

11-2SRS 22.8

Biggest Improvement

Baylor 2011

10-312.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Baylor 2011

10-3SP Off 47.0

Best Defensive Season

Baylor 2014

11-2SP Def 19.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Houston 2004

3-8SRS -9.1

Biggest Drop

Houston 2007

8-4-8.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Baylor201513103076.9%#4#1317.819.545.124.1-3.3-7.7%
Baylor201413112084.6%#10#721.123.943.019.5-1.70.0%
Baylor201313112084.6%#1322.820.441.021.0+8.4+23.1%
Baylor20121385061.5%14.411.045.233.3+1.8-15.4%
Baylor201113103076.9%#1312.610.947.035.5+12.7+23.1%
Baylor20101376053.8%-0.14.634.929.5+4.6+20.5%
Baylor20091248033.3%-4.7-3.622.725.6-7.90.0%
Baylor20081248033.3%3.24.032.327.4+6.9-33.3%
Houston20071284066.7%-3.7-4.730.934.2-8.3-4.8%
Houston200614104071.4%4.67.633.925.2+10.0+21.4%
Houston20051266050.0%-5.4-1.028.629.6+3.7+22.7%
Houston20041138027.3%-9.1-6.329.835.0-2.2-26.6%
Houston20031376053.8%-6.9-8.539.443.3

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