Back to Coaches
Defense-FirstDefense-First

Coach Profile

JR Boone

1973-1975Fresno State

One defining program at Fresno State.

JR Boone's coaching record is 10-24, highlighted by seasons at Fresno State from 1973 to 1975.

JR Boone coached 3 seasons, won 29.4%, and posted an average SRS of -15.7. Best season: 1974 Fresno State. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
10-24
Career win rate
29.4%
Average SRS
-15.7
Peak SRS
-6.7

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
3
Career span
3 years
Best finish
Consistency
43.9

Primary school anchor

Fresno State

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 20.8.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare JR Boone
Overall record
10-24

34 countable games, 29.4% win rate.

Fresno State record
10-24

3 countable seasons at Fresno State.

Full-season record
10-24

3 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs San José State
0-3

Battle for the Valley games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 15, 1975. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

JR Boone
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range -23.9 to -6.71975

Active comparison point

JR Boone1974

Selected

1974 Fresno State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

5-7 • SRS -6.7 • SP Overall -2.1

Win %

41.7%

YoY SRS

+17.2

SP Off / Def

22.3 / 24.5

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Fresno State

1973-19753 seasons

Avg SRS -15.7 • Win % 29.4%

Longest tenure
Fresno State • 3 seasons
Best tenure
Fresno State • -15.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Fresno State • 29.4%

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.

JR Boone sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

JR Boone sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

JR Boone

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-13.2
Percentile
19th pct

Lower end

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.

Fresno State

1973-197510-24

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -15.7Win % 29.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 6.5 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-15.7 during vs -4.9 baseline

-10.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.2 during vs -0.8 baseline

-12.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Fresno State 1974

5-7SRS -6.7

Biggest Improvement

Fresno State 1974

5-717.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Fresno State 1974

5-7SP Off 22.3

Best Defensive Season

Fresno State 1974

5-7SP Def 24.5

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Fresno State 1973

2-9SRS -23.9

Biggest Drop

Fresno State 1975

3-8-9.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Fresno State19751138027.3%-16.6-18.119.035.4-9.9-14.4%Season summary
Fresno State19741257041.7%-6.7-2.122.324.5+17.2+23.5%Season summary
Fresno State19731129018.2%-23.9-19.312.031.3Season summary

Similar coaches

Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.

Statistical comps

Will Hall

same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4

Defense-First

Avg SRS -15.3 • Peak SRS -5.24 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.0

Open profile →

Dave Puddington

same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.0

Defense-First

Avg SRS -16.7 • Peak SRS -9.33 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.5

Open profile →

Frank Wilson

same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.9

Defense-First

Avg SRS -14.8 • Peak SRS -7.34 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.7

Open profile →

Bob Diaco

same defense-first identity • volatility within 0.8

Defense-First

Avg SRS -13.5 • Peak SRS -2.53 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.8

Open profile →

Curtis Johnson

same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.8

Defense-First

Avg SRS -15.0 • Peak SRS -6.34 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.2

Open profile →

Stan Drayton

same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.1

Defense-First

Avg SRS -15.6 • Peak SRS -10.23 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.0

Open profile →