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Jimmy Sharpe
1974-1977 • Virginia Tech
One defining program at Virginia Tech.
Jimmy Sharpe coached 4 seasons, won 48.9%, and posted an average SRS of 3.2. Best season: 1976 Virginia Tech. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 21-22-1
- Career win rate
- 48.9%
- Average SRS
- 3.2
- Peak SRS
- 6.4
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 96.8
Primary school anchor
Virginia Tech
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 52.1.
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.
Jimmy Sharpe
EliteStrongAverageLean
1974Actual season year • SRS range 1.6 to 6.41977
Active comparison point
Jimmy Sharpe • 1976
1976 Virginia Tech
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 6.4 • SP Overall 7.8
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+4.7
SP Off / Def
25.2 / 18.1
Finish
Unranked
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.
Top 10
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results4
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Virginia Tech | Florida State | #16 | L21-23 |
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Virginia Tech | Kentucky | #7 | L0-32 |
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Virginia Tech | Texas A&M | #6 | L6-27 |
| 1976 Regular Week 2 | Virginia Tech | Texas A&M | #11 | L0-19 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Virginia Tech
1974-1977 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 3.2 • Win % 48.9%
- Longest tenure
- Virginia Tech • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Virginia Tech • 3.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Virginia Tech • 48.9%
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.
Jimmy Sharpe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJimmy Sharpe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jimmy Sharpe
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.5
- Percentile
- 59th pct
Above average
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.
Virginia Tech
1974-1977 • 21-22-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.2Win % 48.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 4.2 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.2 during vs -2.1 baseline
+5.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.5 during vs -4.5 baseline
+5.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Virginia Tech 1976
6-5 • SRS 6.4
Biggest Improvement
Virginia Tech 1976
6-5 • 4.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Virginia Tech 1974
4-7 • SP Off 29.8
Best Defensive Season
Virginia Tech 1976
6-5 • SP Def 18.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Virginia Tech 1977
3-7-1 • SRS 1.6
Biggest Drop
Virginia Tech 1977
3-7-1 • -4.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Virginia Tech | 1977 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | 1.6 | -1.7 | 19.9 | 21.6 | -4.8 | -22.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 1976 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 6.4 | 7.8 | 25.2 | 18.1 | +4.7 | -18.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 1975 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 1.7 | -3.5 | 19.3 | 22.8 | -1.3 | +36.4% |
| Virginia Tech | 1974 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 3.0 | -0.7 | 29.8 | 30.9 | — | — |
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