UNLV
1978-1981 • 29-15-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 0.7Win % 65.2%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
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Coach Profile
Tony Knap
1963-1981 • UNLV, Utah State
2 schools coached, anchored by Utah State.
Tony Knap coached 8 seasons, won 64.5%, and posted an average SRS of 3.2. Best season: 1964 Utah State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 54-29-3
- Career win rate
- 64.5%
- Average SRS
- 3.2
- Peak SRS
- 10.1
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
- 8
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 72.2
Primary school anchor
Utah State
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 62.0.
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.
Tony Knap
EliteStrongAverageLean
Tony Knap: 1978 UNLV
1963Actual season year • SRS range -7.7 to 10.11981
Active comparison point
Tony Knap • 1964
1964 Utah State
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-4-1 • SRS 10.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
55.0%
YoY SRS
+4.5
SP Off / Def
— / —
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
UNLV
1978-1981 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 0.7 • Win % 65.2%
Utah State
1963-1966 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 5.7 • Win % 63.7%
- Longest tenure
- UNLV • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Utah State • 5.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- UNLV • 65.2%
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.
Tony Knap sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeTony Knap sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tony Knap
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.2
- Percentile
- 57th pct
Above average
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.
Utah State
1963-1966 • 25-14-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.7Win % 63.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.8 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.7 during vs -1.0 baseline
+6.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Utah State 1964
5-4-1 • SRS 10.1
Biggest Improvement
Utah State 1964
5-4-1 • 4.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
UNLV 1980
7-4 • SP Off 39.1
Best Defensive Season
UNLV 1978
7-4 • SP Def 20.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
UNLV 1981
6-6 • SRS -7.7
Biggest Drop
UNLV 1981
6-6 • -13.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UNLV | 1981 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -7.7 | -6.8 | 35.9 | 40.3 | -13.6 | -13.6% |
| UNLV | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 5.9 | 7.9 | 39.1 | 33.0 | +4.3 | -19.7% |
| UNLV | 1979 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 83.3% | — | — | 1.6 | -1.6 | 32.9 | 34.3 | -1.5 | +19.7% |
| UNLV | 1978 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 3.1 | 1.4 | 22.0 | 20.6 | +3.6 | +23.6% |
| Utah State | 1966 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -0.5 | — | — | — | -8.2 | -40.0% |
| Utah State | 1965 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 7.7 | — | — | — | -2.4 | +25.0% |
| Utah State | 1964 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 10.1 | — | — | — | +4.5 | -25.0% |
| Utah State | 1963 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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