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Ron Turner

1992-2016 • Florida International, Illinois, San José State

3 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.

Ron Turner's coaching record is 52-91, highlighted by seasons at Illinois from 1992 to 2016.

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.

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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.

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 Ron Turner
Overall record
52-91

143 countable games, 36.4% win rate.

Illinois record
35-57

8 countable seasons at Illinois.

Full-season record
52-87

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

Partial-season record
0-4

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
4-30

34 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
1-9

10 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-5

5 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Northwestern
4-4

Illinois-Northwestern games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
1-1

2 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 26, 2016. 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.

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

Selected

1999 Illinois

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-4 • 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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

4-30

Games
34
Win rate
11.8%

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 8Florida InternationalMarshall#25L13-45
2013 Regular Week 4Florida InternationalLouisville#7L0-72
2004 Regular Week 10IllinoisIowa#23L13-23
2004 Regular Week 8IllinoisMichigan#14L19-30
2004 Regular Week 6IllinoisWisconsin#20L7-24
2004 Regular Week 5IllinoisPurdue#15L30-38
2003 Regular Week 11IllinoisIowa#13L10-41
2003 Regular Week 9IllinoisMichigan#17L14-56
2003 Regular Week 8IllinoisMichigan State#21L14-49
2003 Regular Week 7IllinoisPurdue#22L10-43
2002 Regular Week 13IllinoisOhio State#2L16-23
2002 Regular Week 11IllinoisPenn State#20L7-18
2002 Regular Week 6IllinoisMichigan#14L28-45
2001 Regular Week 13IllinoisOhio State#25W34-22
2001 Regular Week 11IllinoisPurdue#20W38-13
2001 Regular Week 6IllinoisMichigan#17L20-45
2001 Postseason Week 1IllinoisLSU#12L34-47
2000 Regular Week 13IllinoisNorthwestern#23L23-61
2000 Regular Week 12IllinoisOhio State#13L21-24
2000 Regular Week 5IllinoisMichigan#10L31-35
1999 Regular Week 12IllinoisOhio State#25W46-20
1999 Regular Week 10IllinoisPenn State#2L7-27
1999 Regular Week 9IllinoisMichigan#9W35-29
1999 Regular Week 5IllinoisMichigan State#19L10-27
1998 Regular Week 10IllinoisPenn State#9L0-27
1998 Regular Week 8IllinoisWisconsin#9L3-37
1998 Regular Week 7IllinoisOhio State#1L0-41
1997 Regular Week 13IllinoisOhio State#4L6-41
1997 Regular Week 10IllinoisPurdue#22L3-48
1997 Regular Week 7IllinoisPenn State#2L6-41
1997 Regular Week 6IllinoisIowa#11L10-38
1997 Regular Week 5IllinoisWashington State#19L22-35
1992 Regular Week 5San José StateStanford#19L13-37
1992 Regular Week 2San José StateCalifornia#19L16-46

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 edge

Ron 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

3.3 during vs 5.2 baseline

-1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-17.2 during vs -9.7 baseline

-7.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-23.9 during vs -16.2 baseline

-7.7

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

Lowest SRS 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 International201640400.0%——-19.1-19.025.042.2-5.6-41.7%Partial season
Florida International20151257041.7%——-13.5-16.621.736.5-5.0+8.3%Season summary
Florida International20141248033.3%——-8.5-16.215.030.3+21.2+25.0%Season summary
Florida International20131211108.3%——-29.7-38.96.443.4-23.1-18.9%Season summary
Illinois20041138027.3%——-6.6-11.326.735.5+5.1+18.9%Season summary
Illinois20031211108.3%——-11.7-12.124.434.4-15.2-33.3%Season summary
Illinois20021257041.7%——3.56.235.631.4-8.7-41.7%Season summary
Illinois200112102083.3%—#1212.214.940.328.2+8.9+37.9%Season summary
Illinois20001156045.5%#21—3.31.832.732.1-11.0-21.2%Season summary
Illinois19991284066.7%—#2414.317.140.626.6+26.9+39.4%Season summary
Illinois19981138027.3%——-12.6-13.518.530.7+2.7+27.3%Season summary
Illinois19971101100.0%——-15.3-18.118.234.9-7.9-63.6%Season summary
San José State19921174063.6%——-7.4-10.231.439.0——Season summary

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