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2-18
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 10.0%
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Art Lewis
1946-1959 • Washington and Lee, West Virginia
2 schools coached, anchored by West Virginia.
Art Lewis coached 13 seasons, won 55.6%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 1955 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 69-55-2
- Career win rate
- 55.6%
- Average SRS
- -1.2
- Peak SRS
- 11.6
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
- 13
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- #10
- Consistency
- 24.4
Primary school anchor
West Virginia
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 65.5.
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.
Art Lewis
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Art Lewis: 1950 West Virginia
1946Actual season year • SRS range -13.9 to 11.61959
Active comparison point
Art Lewis • 1955
1955 West Virginia
Best season8-2 • SRS 11.6 • SP Overall —
Win %
80.0%
YoY SRS
+1.0
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#19
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
1-9
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 10.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results20
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | West Virginia | USC | #4 | L0-36 |
| 1959 Regular Week 8 | West Virginia | Penn State | #7 | L10-28 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | West Virginia | Syracuse | #5 | L0-44 |
| 1958 Regular Week 11 | West Virginia | Syracuse | #10 | L12-15 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | West Virginia | Oklahoma | #1 | L14-47 |
| 1957 Regular Week 4 | West Virginia | Wisconsin | #16 | L13-45 |
| 1956 Regular Week 11 | West Virginia | Miami | #6 | L0-18 |
| 1956 Regular Week 7 | West Virginia | Penn State | #12 | L6-16 |
| 1956 Regular Week 5 | West Virginia | Syracuse | #13 | L20-27 |
| 1956 Regular Week 2 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #10 | L13-14 |
| 1955 Regular Week 9 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #17 | L7-26 |
| 1954 Regular Week 5 | West Virginia | Penn State | #9 | W19-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 3 | West Virginia | South Carolina | #15 | W26-6 |
| 1953 Regular Week 9 | West Virginia | South Carolina | #18 | L14-20 |
| 1953 Postseason Week 1 | West Virginia | Georgia Tech | #8 | L19-42 |
| 1952 Regular Week 5 | West Virginia | Penn State | #17 | L21-35 |
| 1948 Regular Week 8 | Washington and Lee | Pennsylvania | #19 | L7-40 |
| 1948 Regular Week 5 | Washington and Lee | Georgia Tech | #6 | L0-27 |
| 1947 Regular Week 8 | Washington and Lee | Army | #12 | L13-65 |
| 1947 Regular Week 6 | Washington and Lee | Virginia | #15 | L7-32 |
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
1950-1959 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 1.1 • Win % 60.2%
Washington and Lee
1946-1948 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -8.9 • Win % 39.3%
- Longest tenure
- West Virginia • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- West Virginia • 1.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- West Virginia • 60.2%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Art Lewis
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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
1950-1959 • 58-38-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.1Win % 60.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 5.2 baseline
+0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.1 during vs -2.7 baseline
+3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
30.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+30.0%
Washington and Lee
1946-1948 • 11-17
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -8.9Win % 39.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 1955
8-2 • SRS 11.6
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 1952
7-2 • 9.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
West Virginia 1950
2-8 • SRS -13.9
Biggest Drop
West Virginia 1959
3-7 • -17.4 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 | 1959 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -11.4 | — | — | — | -17.4 | -15.0% |
| West Virginia | 1958 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | +0.2 | -30.0% |
| West Virginia | 1957 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 5.8 | — | — | — | +5.7 | +15.0% |
| West Virginia | 1956 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | -11.5 | -20.0% |
| West Virginia | 1955 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #19 | #19 | 11.6 | — | — | — | +1.0 | -8.9% |
| West Virginia | 1954 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #12 | 10.6 | — | — | — | +3.9 | +8.9% |
| West Virginia | 1953 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #16 | #10 | 6.7 | — | — | — | +4.3 | +2.2% |
| West Virginia | 1952 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 2.4 | — | — | — | +9.6 | +27.8% |
| West Virginia | 1951 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -7.2 | — | — | — | +6.7 | +30.0% |
| West Virginia | 1950 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -13.9 | — | — | — | -1.5 | -20.0% |
| Washington and Lee | 1948 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -12.4 | — | — | — | -5.9 | -10.0% |
| Washington and Lee | 1947 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -6.5 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +25.0% |
| Washington and Lee | 1946 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -7.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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