Top 25
4-30
- Games
- 34
- Win rate
- 11.8%
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Coach Profile
Ron Turner
1992-2016 • Florida International, Illinois, San José State
3 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.
Ron Turner coached 13 seasons, won 36.4%, and posted an average SRS of -7.0. Best season: 1999 Illinois. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 52-91
- Career win rate
- 36.4%
- Average SRS
- -7.0
- Peak SRS
- 14.3
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
- 25 years
- Best finish
- #12
- Consistency
- 5.1
Primary school anchor
Illinois
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 71.8.
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.
Ron Turner
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ron Turner: 1997 IllinoisRon Turner: 2013 Florida International
1992Actual season year • SRS range -29.7 to 14.32016
Active comparison point
Ron Turner • 1999
1999 Illinois
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-4 • SRS 14.3 • SP Overall 17.1
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+26.9
SP Off / Def
40.6 / 26.6
Finish
#24
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
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results34
| 2014 Regular Week 8 | Florida International | Marshall | #25 | L13-45 |
| 2013 Regular Week 4 | Florida International | Louisville | #7 | L0-72 |
| 2004 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Iowa | #23 | L13-23 |
| 2004 Regular Week 8 | Illinois | Michigan | #14 | L19-30 |
| 2004 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Wisconsin | #20 | L7-24 |
| 2004 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Purdue | #15 | L30-38 |
| 2003 Regular Week 11 | Illinois | Iowa | #13 | L10-41 |
| 2003 Regular Week 9 | Illinois | Michigan | #17 | L14-56 |
| 2003 Regular Week 8 | Illinois | Michigan State | #21 | L14-49 |
| 2003 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | Purdue | #22 | L10-43 |
| 2002 Regular Week 13 | Illinois | Ohio State | #2 | L16-23 |
| 2002 Regular Week 11 | Illinois | Penn State | #20 | L7-18 |
| 2002 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Michigan | #14 | L28-45 |
| 2001 Regular Week 13 | Illinois | Ohio State | #25 | W34-22 |
| 2001 Regular Week 11 | Illinois | Purdue | #20 | W38-13 |
| 2001 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Michigan | #17 | L20-45 |
| 2001 Postseason Week 1 | Illinois | LSU | #12 | L34-47 |
| 2000 Regular Week 13 | Illinois | Northwestern | #23 | L23-61 |
| 2000 Regular Week 12 | Illinois | Ohio State | #13 | L21-24 |
| 2000 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Michigan | #10 | L31-35 |
| 1999 Regular Week 12 | Illinois | Ohio State | #25 | W46-20 |
| 1999 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Penn State | #2 | L7-27 |
| 1999 Regular Week 9 | Illinois | Michigan | #9 | W35-29 |
| 1999 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Michigan State | #19 | L10-27 |
| 1998 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Penn State | #9 | L0-27 |
| 1998 Regular Week 8 | Illinois | Wisconsin | #9 | L3-37 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | Ohio State | #1 | L0-41 |
| 1997 Regular Week 13 | Illinois | Ohio State | #4 | L6-41 |
| 1997 Regular Week 10 | Illinois | Purdue | #22 | L3-48 |
| 1997 Regular Week 7 | Illinois | Penn State | #2 | L6-41 |
| 1997 Regular Week 6 | Illinois | Iowa | #11 | L10-38 |
| 1997 Regular Week 5 | Illinois | Washington State | #19 | L22-35 |
| 1992 Regular Week 5 | San José State | Stanford | #19 | L13-37 |
| 1992 Regular Week 2 | San José State | California | #19 | L16-46 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Florida International
2013-2016 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -17.7 • Win % 25.0%
Illinois
1997-2004 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -1.6 • Win % 38.0%
San José State
1992-1992 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -7.4 • Win % 63.6%
- Longest tenure
- Illinois • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Illinois • -1.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- San José State • 63.6%
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.
Ron Turner sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRon Turner sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ron Turner
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -8.9
- Percentile
- 30th 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.
Florida International
2013-2016 • 10-30
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -17.7Win % 25.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 5.2 baseline
-2.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-17.7 during vs -9.7 baseline
-8.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-22.7 during vs -16.2 baseline
-6.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Illinois
1997-2004 • 35-57
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.6Win % 38.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.4 during vs 5.0 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.6 during vs 5.8 baseline
-7.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.9 during vs 6.0 baseline
-7.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
San José State
1992-1992 • 7-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.4Win % 63.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.4 during vs -0.1 baseline
-7.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-10.2 during vs 3.6 baseline
-13.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Illinois 1999
8-4 • SRS 14.3
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 1999
8-4 • 26.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Illinois 1999
8-4 • SP Off 40.6
Best Defensive Season
Illinois 1999
8-4 • SP Def 26.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
Florida International 2013
1-11 • SRS -29.7
Biggest Drop
Florida International 2013
1-11 • -23.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida International | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -19.1 | -19.0 | 25.0 | 42.2 | -5.6 | -41.7% |
| Florida International | 2015 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -13.5 | -16.6 | 21.7 | 36.5 | -5.0 | +8.3% |
| Florida International | 2014 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -8.5 | -16.2 | 15.0 | 30.3 | +21.2 | +25.0% |
| Florida International | 2013 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -29.7 | -38.9 | 6.4 | 43.4 | -23.1 | -18.9% |
| Illinois | 2004 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.6 | -11.3 | 26.7 | 35.5 | +5.1 | +18.9% |
| Illinois | 2003 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -11.7 | -12.1 | 24.4 | 34.4 | -15.2 | -33.3% |
| Illinois | 2002 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.5 | 6.2 | 35.6 | 31.4 | -8.7 | -41.7% |
| Illinois | 2001 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #12 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 40.3 | 28.2 | +8.9 | +37.9% |
| Illinois | 2000 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #21 | — | 3.3 | 1.8 | 32.7 | 32.1 | -11.0 | -21.2% |
| Illinois | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #24 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 40.6 | 26.6 | +26.9 | +39.4% |
| Illinois | 1998 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -12.6 | -13.5 | 18.5 | 30.7 | +2.7 | +27.3% |
| Illinois | 1997 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -15.3 | -18.1 | 18.2 | 34.9 | -7.9 | -63.6% |
| San José State | 1992 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -7.4 | -10.2 | 31.4 | 39.0 | — | — |
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