Pat Jones

Head coach, 1984–1994

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

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Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1984–1994Oklahoma StateHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak67Career65

1984–1994 · 11 seasonsRecord 62-60National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 61: 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 67: best five-season stretch, 1984–1988 at Oklahoma State (44-15, 1 top-10 season by team strength), taking over an average program.
Career 65 (#263 since 1936): total accomplishment over 11 seasons (62-60), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.

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
1994	Oklahoma State	3-7-1	#72	-0.29 SD
1993	Oklahoma State	3-8	#58	-0.15 SD
1992	Oklahoma State	4-6-1	#74	-0.40 SD
1991	Oklahoma State	0-10-1	#83	-0.79 SD
1990	Oklahoma State	4-7	#59	-0.14 SD
1989	Oklahoma State	4-7	#77	-0.59 SD
1988	Oklahoma State	10-2	#11	+1.28 SD
1987	Oklahoma State	10-2	#17	+1.05 SD
1986	Oklahoma State	6-5	#61	-0.26 SD
1985	Oklahoma State	8-4	#29	+0.57 SD
1984	Oklahoma State	10-2	#8	+1.26 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).