Coaches / Head coach / Pat Dye
Career
80
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak81best 5 yrs
Career80whole career
confidence
Pat Dye
Head coach, 1974–1992
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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Programs3
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Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating—Peak81Career80
1974–1992 · 19 seasonsRecord 153-62National titles 1Great seasons 3 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 80: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 81: best five-season stretch, 1983–1987 at Auburn (47-12, 5 top-10 seasons by team strength, 1 national title), taking over a good program.
- Career 80 (#56 since 1936): total accomplishment over 19 seasons (153-62), 1 national title, 3 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Proven at 2 programs: East Carolina · Auburn.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Auburn | 5-5-1 | #54 | +0.02 SD |
| 1991 | Auburn | 5-6 | #36 | +0.41 SD |
| 1990 | Auburn | 8-3-1 | #35 | +0.47 SD |
| 1989 | Auburn | 10-2 | #10 | +1.33 SD |
| 1988 | Auburn | 10-2 | #9 | +1.42 SD |
| 1987 | Auburn | 9-1-2 | #7 | +1.61 SD |
| 1986 | Auburn | 10-2 | #5 | +1.70 SD |
| 1985 | Auburn | 8-4 | #10 | +1.47 SD |
| 1984 | Auburn | 9-4 | #9 | +1.25 SD |
| 1983 | Auburn | 11-1 | #2 | +1.83 SD |
| 1982 | Auburn | 9-3 | #28 | +0.93 SD |
| 1981 | Auburn | 5-6 | #34 | +0.57 SD |
| 1980 | Wyoming | 6-5 | #60 | -0.03 SD |
| 1979 | East Carolina | 7-3-1 | #29 | +0.80 SD |
| 1978 | East Carolina | 9-3 | #39 | +0.45 SD |
| 1977 | East Carolina | 8-3 | #45 | +0.33 SD |
| 1976 | East Carolina | 9-2 | #18 | +1.14 SD |
| 1975 | East Carolina | 8-3 | #72 | -0.27 SD |
| 1974 | East Carolina | 7-4 | #69 | -0.23 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).