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Wade Walker
1956-1961 • Mississippi State
One defining program at Mississippi State.
Wade Walker coached 6 seasons, won 41.1%, and posted an average SRS of 9.1. Best season: 1957 Mississippi State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 22-32-2
- Career win rate
- 41.1%
- Average SRS
- 9.1
- Peak SRS
- 20.7
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #14
- Consistency
- 61.7
Primary school anchor
Mississippi State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 85.6.
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.
Wade Walker
EliteStrongAverageLean
1956Actual season year • SRS range 0.8 to 20.71961
Active comparison point
Wade Walker • 1957
1957 Mississippi State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-2-1 • SRS 20.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
72.2%
YoY SRS
+12.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#14
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
0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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| 1961 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | LSU | #4 | L6-14 |
| 1961 Regular Week 8 | Mississippi State | Alabama | #2 | L0-24 |
| 1960 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #10 | L12-27 |
| 1959 Regular Week 12 | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | #2 | L0-42 |
| 1959 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | LSU | #3 | L0-27 |
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #8 | L0-31 |
| 1959 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Tennessee | #8 | L6-22 |
| 1959 Regular Week 3 | Mississippi State | Florida | #19 | L13-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 10 | Mississippi State | LSU | #1 | L6-7 |
| 1958 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #4 | L14-33 |
| 1957 Regular Week 9 | Mississippi State | Auburn | #3 | L7-15 |
| 1957 Regular Week 4 | Mississippi State | Tennessee | #19 | L9-14 |
| 1956 Regular Week 2 | Mississippi State | Florida | #19 | L0-26 |
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
1956-1961 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 9.1 • Win % 41.1%
- Longest tenure
- Mississippi State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Mississippi State • 9.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Mississippi State • 41.1%
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 edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Wade Walker
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
1956-1961 • 22-32-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.1Win % 41.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.7 during vs 5.2 baseline
-1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.1 during vs 10.3 baseline
-1.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Mississippi State 1957
6-2-1 • SRS 20.7
Biggest Improvement
Mississippi State 1957
6-2-1 • 12.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Mississippi State 1959
2-7 • SRS 0.8
Biggest Drop
Mississippi State 1958
3-6 • -14.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Mississippi State | 1961 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.1 | — | — | — | -2.1 | +22.2% |
| Mississippi State | 1960 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | +9.4 | +5.6% |
| Mississippi State | 1959 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -11.1% |
| Mississippi State | 1958 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | #15 | — | 6.2 | — | — | — | -14.5 | -38.9% |
| Mississippi State | 1957 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | #14 | 20.7 | — | — | — | +12.4 | +32.2% |
| Mississippi State | 1956 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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