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Jim Young

1973-1990 • Arizona, Army, Purdue

3 schools coached, anchored by Army.

Jim Young coached 17 seasons, won 62.7%, and posted an average SRS of 2.3. Best season: 1975 Arizona. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
120-71-2
Career win rate
62.7%
Average SRS
2.3
Peak SRS
14.8

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
17
Career span
18 years
Best finish
#10
Consistency
18.7

Primary school anchor

Army

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 73.1.

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.

Jim Young
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Young: 1977 PurdueJim Young: 1983 Army
1973Actual season year • SRS range -18.8 to 14.81990

Active comparison point

Jim Young • 1975

Selected

1975 Arizona

Best season

9-2 • SRS 14.8 • SP Overall 16.2

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

+9.7

SP Off / Def

34.7 / 19.9

Finish

#18

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

5-22

Games
27
Win rate
18.5%

Top 10

0-9

Games
9
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results27
1989 Regular Week 3ArmySyracuse#11L7-10
1988 Regular Week 4ArmyWashington#17L17-31
1988 Postseason Week 1ArmyAlabama#17L28-29
1985 Regular Week 11ArmyAir Force#5L7-45
1984 Regular Week 12ArmyBoston College#13L31-45
1983 Regular Week 12ArmyPittsburgh#17L7-38
1983 Regular Week 11ArmyBoston College#13L14-34
1981 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan#11L10-28
1981 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#13W15-14
1981 Regular Week 2PurdueStanford#19W27-19
1980 Regular Week 12PurdueMichigan#10L0-26
1980 Regular Week 4PurdueUCLA#16L14-23
1980 Regular Week 2PurdueNotre Dame#7L10-31
1979 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan#13W24-21
1979 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#15W28-22
1979 Regular Week 3PurdueUCLA#20L21-31
1978 Regular Week 12PurdueMichigan#6L6-24
1977 Regular Week 11PurdueMichigan#5L7-40
1977 Regular Week 6PurdueOhio State#5L0-46
1977 Regular Week 4PurdueNotre Dame#14L24-31
1976 Regular Week 8ArizonaTexas Tech#6L27-52
1976 Regular Week 3ArizonaUCLA#5L9-37
1975 Regular Week 13ArizonaArizona State#8L21-24
1975 Regular Week 10ArizonaSan Diego State#13W31-24
1974 Regular Week 7ArizonaTexas Tech#17L8-17
1973 Regular Week 13ArizonaArizona State#11L19-55
1973 Regular Week 8ArizonaTexas Tech#18L17-31

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Army

1983-1990 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS -3.7 • Win % 56.6%

Purdue

1977-1981 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 8.5 • Win % 66.4%

Arizona

1973-1976 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 6.4 • Win % 70.5%

Longest tenure
Army • 8 seasons
Best tenure
Purdue • 8.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arizona • 70.5%

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.

Jim Young sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Young sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Young

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-0.4
Percentile
55th 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.

Army

1983-1990 • 51-39-1

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

Avg SRS -3.7Win % 56.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 3.2 baseline

+3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.7 during vs -9.9 baseline

+6.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.0 during vs -12.3 baseline

+4.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Purdue

1977-1981 • 38-19-1

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

Avg SRS 8.5Win % 66.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 4.8 baseline

+2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.5 during vs 6.1 baseline

+2.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 3.1 baseline

+3.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

60.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+60.0%

Arizona

1973-1976 • 31-13

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

Avg SRS 6.4Win % 70.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 4.8 baseline

+3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.4 during vs -0.1 baseline

+6.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.5 during vs -5.0 baseline

+11.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arizona 1975

9-2 • SRS 14.8

Biggest Improvement

Army 1984

8-3-1 • 25.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arizona 1975

9-2 • SP Off 34.7

Best Defensive Season

Purdue 1978

9-2-1 • SP Def 14.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Army 1983

2-9 • SRS -18.8

Biggest Drop

Army 1983

2-9 • -22.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Army19901165054.5%——-15.0-24.820.240.9-9.70.0%
Army19891165054.5%——-5.3-10.017.927.4-7.4-20.4%
Army19881293075.0%——2.1-1.228.429.7+4.6+29.5%
Army19871156045.5%——-2.5-10.017.727.0+3.2-9.1%
Army19861165054.5%——-5.7-9.424.232.4-14.6-20.4%
Army19851293075.0%——8.98.632.225.2+2.2+4.2%
Army19841283170.8%——6.78.226.318.9+25.5+52.6%
Army19831129018.2%——-18.8-25.515.738.6-22.0-27.3%
Purdue19811156045.5%——3.2-0.326.827.3-9.3-29.5%
Purdue19801293075.0%#9#1712.513.134.422.5+1.8-8.3%
Purdue197912102083.3%#6#1010.79.029.922.1-1.7+4.2%
Purdue19781292179.2%—#1312.411.024.414.1+8.5+33.7%
Purdue19771156045.5%——3.9-1.825.627.6+5.90.0%
Arizona19761156045.5%——-2.0-3.429.533.0-16.8-36.4%
Arizona19751192081.8%#16#1814.816.234.719.9+9.70.0%
Arizona19741192081.8%#17—5.15.126.222.0-2.7+9.1%
Arizona19731183072.7%——7.88.230.924.3——

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