Coach Profile
1955-1970 • Cincinnati, Virginia
2 schools coached, anchored by Virginia.
George Blackburn coached 12 seasons, won 47.1%, and posted an average SRS of -5.0. Best season: 1968 Virginia. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Virginia
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 52.5.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
7-3 • SRS 6.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
70.0%
YoY SRS
+7.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Virginia
1965-1970 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -3.5 • Win % 45.9%
Cincinnati
1955-1960 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -6.4 • Win % 48.3%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
George Blackburn sets the reference point in overall strength.
George Blackburn sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
George Blackburn
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1965-1970 • 28-33
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 3.2 baseline
+1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.5 during vs -10.1 baseline
+6.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.8 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1955-1960 • 25-27-6
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Virginia 1968
7-3 • SRS 6.5
Biggest Improvement
Virginia 1965
4-6 • 17.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Virginia 1970
5-6 • SP Off 18.0
Best Defensive Season
Virginia 1970
5-6 • SP Def 28.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
Cincinnati 1960
4-6 • SRS -18.8
Biggest Drop
Virginia 1969
3-7 • -24.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Virginia | 1970 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -7.5 | -11.8 | 18.0 | 28.9 | +10.3 | +15.4% |
| Virginia | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -17.8 | — | — | — | -24.3 | -40.0% |
| Virginia | 1968 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 6.5 | — | — | — | +7.6 | +20.0% |
| Virginia | 1967 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -1.1 | — | — | — | -0.8 | +10.0% |
| Virginia | 1966 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -0.3 | — | — | — | +0.8 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | 1965 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -1.1 | — | — | — | +17.7 | 0.0% |
| Cincinnati | 1960 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -18.8 | — | — | — | -16.8 | -15.0% |
| Cincinnati | 1959 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -2.0 | — | — | — | -2.1 | -15.0% |
| Cincinnati | 1958 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 70.0% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | +6.5 | +15.0% |
| Cincinnati | 1957 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -6.4 | — | — | — | -4.7 | +10.6% |
| Cincinnati | 1956 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -1.7 | — | — | — | +8.1 | +22.2% |
| Cincinnati | 1955 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 22.2% | — | — | -9.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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