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Allyn McKeen

1939-1948Mississippi State

One defining program at Mississippi State.

Allyn McKeen coached 9 seasons, won 76.4%, and posted an average SRS of 13.5. Best season: 1940 Mississippi State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
65-19-3
Career win rate
76.4%
Average SRS
13.5
Peak SRS
19.7

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
9
Career span
10 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
74.7

Primary school anchor

Mississippi State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 83.5.

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.

Allyn McKeen
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1939Actual season year • SRS range 3.3 to 19.71948

Active comparison point

Allyn McKeen1940

Selected

1940 Mississippi State

Best season

10-0-1 • SRS 19.7 • SP Overall

Win %

95.5%

YoY SRS

+2.4

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#9

Comparison context

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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

2-3-1

Games
6
Win rate
41.7%

Top 10

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results6
1948 Regular Week 8Mississippi StateTulane#14L0-9
1948 Regular Week 5Mississippi StateClemson#12L7-21
1948 Regular Week 4Mississippi StateBaylor#20T7-7
1942 Regular Week 4Mississippi StateAlabama#8L6-21
1941 Regular Week 3Mississippi StateAlabama#15W14-0
1940 Postseason Week 1Mississippi StateGeorgetown#13W14-7

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Mississippi State

1944-19485 seasons

Avg SRS 10.3 • Win % 68.5%

Mississippi State

1939-19424 seasons

Avg SRS 17.6 • Win % 85.4%

Longest tenure
Mississippi State • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Mississippi State • 17.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Mississippi State • 85.4%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Allyn McKeen

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

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.

Mississippi State

1944-194831-14-1

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

Avg SRS 10.3Win % 68.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 8.5 baseline

-2.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.3 during vs 17.6 baseline

-7.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 75.0% baseline

-75.0%

Mississippi State

1939-194234-5-2

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

Avg SRS 17.6Win % 85.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.5 during vs 5.6 baseline

+2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

17.6 during vs 4.0 baseline

+13.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+75.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Mississippi State 1940

10-0-1SRS 19.7

Biggest Improvement

Mississippi State 1945

6-37.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Mississippi State 1944

6-2SRS 3.3

Biggest Drop

Mississippi State 1944

6-2-15.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Mississippi State1948944150.0%11.3+1.9-20.0%
Mississippi State19471073070.0%9.4-7.6-10.0%
Mississippi State19461082080.0%17.0+6.5+13.3%
Mississippi State1945963066.7%10.5+7.2-8.3%
Mississippi State1944862075.0%3.3-15.1-5.0%
Mississippi State19421082080.0%#1818.4+3.5-5.0%
Mississippi State19411081185.0%#1614.9-4.8-10.4%
Mississippi State194011100195.5%#919.7+2.4+15.4%
Mississippi State19391082080.0%17.3

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