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Coach Profile

Jim Sweeney

1968-1996 • Fresno State, Washington State

2 schools coached, anchored by Fresno State.

Jim Sweeney coached 27 seasons, won 55.7%, and posted an average SRS of -0.3. Best season: 1992 Fresno State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 169-134-4
Career win rate: 55.7%
Average SRS: -0.3
Peak SRS: 10.2

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: 27
Career span: 29 years
Best finish: #19
Consistency: 53.6

Primary school anchor

Fresno State

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 62.2.

Career Arc

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.

Jim Sweeney

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Jim Sweeney: 1976 Fresno State

1968Actual season year • SRS range -11.1 to 10.21996

Active comparison point

Jim Sweeney • 1992

Selected

1992 Fresno State

Best season

9-4 • SRS 10.2 • SP Overall 13.2

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+6.2

SP Off / Def

45.6 / 35.3

Finish

#24

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Fresno State

1976-1996 • 19 seasons

Avg SRS -0.9 • Win % 65.4%

Washington State

1968-1975 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS 1.2 • Win % 30.8%

Longest tenure: Fresno State • 19 seasons
Best tenure: Washington State • 1.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Fresno State • 65.4%

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 Sweeney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Sweeney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Sweeney

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.8
Percentile: 60th pct

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Fresno State

1976-1996 • 143-75-3

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

Avg SRS -0.9Win % 65.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 4.4 baseline

+3.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.9 during vs -10.4 baseline

+9.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.9 during vs -8.1 baseline

+9.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

5.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+5.3%

Washington State

1968-1975 • 26-59-1

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

Avg SRS 1.2Win % 30.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 3.6 baseline

-0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.2 during vs -2.5 baseline

+3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.6 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline

+12.5%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Fresno State 1992

9-4 • SRS 10.2

Biggest Improvement

Fresno State 1977

9-2 • 12.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Fresno State 1992

9-4 • SP Off 45.6

Best Defensive Season

Fresno State 1976

5-6 • SP Def 19.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Fresno State 1980

5-6 • SRS -11.1

Biggest Drop

Fresno State 1980

5-6 • -20.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Fresno State	1996	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	-9.9	-11.8	29.2	38.0	-1.5	-5.3%
Fresno State	1995	12	5	7	0	41.7%	—	—	-8.4	-9.4	35.0	40.9	-6.0	-0.6%
Fresno State	1994	13	5	7	1	42.3%	—	—	-2.4	-0.9	37.6	37.5	-10.5	-24.4%
Fresno State	1993	12	8	4	0	66.7%	—	—	8.1	12.2	45.6	36.2	-2.1	-2.6%
Fresno State	1992	13	9	4	0	69.2%	—	#24	10.2	13.2	45.6	35.3	+6.2	-14.1%
Fresno State	1991	12	10	2	0	83.3%	—	—	4.0	5.3	39.7	35.6	+5.9	+6.1%
Fresno State	1990	11	8	2	1	77.3%	—	—	-1.9	-0.3	32.0	32.6	-5.5	-14.4%
Fresno State	1989	12	11	1	0	91.7%	—	—	3.6	7.4	34.6	29.2	+2.5	+8.3%
Fresno State	1988	12	10	2	0	83.3%	—	—	1.1	5.7	30.5	26.6	+8.4	+28.8%
Fresno State	1987	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-7.3	-2.8	23.5	26.3	-7.5	-27.3%
Fresno State	1986	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	0.2	2.5	24.5	22.7	-6.9	-14.0%
Fresno State	1985	12	11	0	1	95.8%	—	—	7.1	12.6	39.8	29.5	+12.0	+45.8%
Fresno State	1984	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	-4.9	-0.3	27.8	28.1	+3.7	-4.5%
Fresno State	1983	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-8.6	-6.7	20.8	27.4	-12.6	-37.1%
Fresno State	1982	12	11	1	0	91.7%	—	—	4.0	9.6	35.9	28.3	+10.7	+46.2%
Fresno State	1981	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-6.7	-11.5	26.5	35.4	+4.4	0.0%
Fresno State	1980	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-11.1	-12.8	17.3	29.0	-20.3	-36.4%
Fresno State	1977	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	9.2	18.6	38.8	22.0	+12.8	+36.4%
Fresno State	1976	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-3.6	5.4	24.7	19.9	-1.6	+18.2%
Washington State	1975	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-2.0	-10.3	22.7	32.1	+1.9	+9.1%
Washington State	1974	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-3.9	-9.7	19.3	28.3	-11.9	-27.3%
Washington State	1973	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	8.0	5.1	32.0	28.3	-1.2	-18.2%
Washington State	1972	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	#19	9.2	9.4	32.4	24.8	+5.2	+27.3%
Washington State	1971	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	4.0	0.0	29.6	30.0	+6.4	+27.3%
Washington State	1970	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-2.4	-10.0	34.6	41.2	+5.3	-0.9%
Washington State	1969	10	1	9	0	10.0%	—	—	-7.7	—	—	—	-12.1	-25.0%
Washington State	1968	10	3	6	1	35.0%	—	—	4.4	—	—	—	—	—