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JR Boone

1973-1975Fresno State

One defining stop at Fresno State.

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 stop 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 20.7.

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.

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.

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

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

Fresno State

1973-197510-24

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure 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

Worst 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%
Fresno State19741257041.7%-6.7-2.122.324.5+17.2+23.5%
Fresno State19731129018.2%-23.9-19.312.031.3

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