Coach Profile
1970-1977 • Wisconsin
One defining stop at Wisconsin.
John Jardine coached 8 seasons, won 44.3%, and posted an average SRS of 4.8. Best season: 1974 Wisconsin. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Wisconsin
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 76.8.
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
7-4 • SRS 16.4 • SP Overall 14.3
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+6.5
SP Off / Def
39.1 / 26.4
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.
Wisconsin
1970-1977 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 44.3%
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.
John Jardine sets the reference point in overall strength.
John Jardine sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Jardine
Mixed
Mixed
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1970-1977 • 37-47-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 1.6 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.8 during vs -7.5 baseline
+12.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.1 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Wisconsin 1974
7-4 • SRS 16.4
Biggest Improvement
Wisconsin 1973
4-7 • 13.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wisconsin 1974
7-4 • SP Off 39.1
Best Defensive Season
Wisconsin 1970
4-5-1 • SP Def 22.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wisconsin 1975
4-6-1 • SRS -3.9
Biggest Drop
Wisconsin 1975
4-6-1 • -20.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wisconsin | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.3 | -10.8 | 12.6 | 22.7 | -8.1 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.8 | 0.4 | 31.2 | 31.7 | +10.7 | +4.5% |
| Wisconsin | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -3.9 | -13.5 | 17.3 | 29.5 | -20.3 | -22.7% |
| Wisconsin | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 16.4 | 14.3 | 39.1 | 26.4 | +6.5 | +27.3% |
| Wisconsin | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 9.9 | 4.6 | 26.8 | 23.3 | +13.7 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1972 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.8 | -11.6 | 15.1 | 25.8 | -7.0 | -4.5% |
| Wisconsin | 1971 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 3.2 | -2.5 | 26.6 | 29.0 | -7.5 | -4.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1970 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 10.7 | 2.6 | 24.9 | 22.7 | — | — |
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