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4-17
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 19.1%
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Neal Brown
2015-2024 • Troy, West Virginia
2 schools coached, anchored by West Virginia.
Neal Brown coached 10 seasons, won 58.5%, and posted an average SRS of 0.8. Best season: 2023 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 72-51
- Career win rate
- 58.5%
- Average SRS
- 0.8
- Peak SRS
- 6.5
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 81.0
Primary school anchor
West Virginia
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 52.5.
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.
Neal Brown
EliteStrongAverageLean
Neal Brown: 2019 West Virginia
2015Actual season year • SRS range -9.9 to 6.52024
Active comparison point
Neal Brown • 2023
2023 West Virginia
Best season9-4 • SRS 6.5 • SP Overall 7.5
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+2.6
SP Off / Def
31.5 / 24.6
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results21
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
West Virginia
2019-2024 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 2.8 • Win % 51.4%
Troy
2015-2018 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -2.1 • Win % 68.6%
- Longest tenure
- West Virginia • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- West Virginia • 2.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Troy • 68.6%
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.
Neal Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNeal Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Neal Brown
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.4
- Percentile
- 62th 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.
West Virginia
2019-2024 • 37-35
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.8Win % 51.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 8.0 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 11.5 baseline
-8.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 10.3 baseline
-7.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Troy
2015-2018 • 35-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.1Win % 68.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 5.0 baseline
+3.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.1 during vs -12.0 baseline
+9.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-0.4 during vs -11.4 baseline
+10.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 2023
9-4 • SRS 6.5
Biggest Improvement
Troy 2016
10-3 • 11.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
West Virginia 2022
5-7 • SP Off 36.3
Best Defensive Season
West Virginia 2020
6-4 • SP Def 19.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Troy 2015
4-8 • SRS -9.9
Biggest Drop
West Virginia 2024
6-6 • -5.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| West Virginia | 2024 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.2 | 2.1 | 30.1 | 29.7 | -5.3 | -19.2% |
| West Virginia | 2023 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 6.5 | 7.5 | 31.5 | 24.6 | +2.6 | +27.6% |
| West Virginia | 2022 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.9 | 2.4 | 36.3 | 34.5 | +2.8 | -4.5% |
| West Virginia | 2021 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 1.1 | 1.8 | 27.7 | 25.0 | -4.8 | -13.9% |
| West Virginia | 2020 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 5.9 | 8.5 | 27.9 | 19.4 | +7.6 | +18.3% |
| West Virginia | 2019 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -1.7 | -7.0 | 22.9 | 29.1 | -0.3 | -35.3% |
| Troy | 2018 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | — | -1.4 | 2.6 | 26.4 | 25.6 | -2.6 | -7.7% |
| Troy | 2017 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | — | 1.2 | 1.6 | 27.5 | 23.5 | -0.4 | +7.7% |
| Troy | 2016 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | — | 1.6 | 1.1 | 25.7 | 25.1 | +11.5 | +43.6% |
| Troy | 2015 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.9 | -7.0 | 24.5 | 31.9 | — | — |
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