Coach Profile
1913-1941 • Illinois
One defining stop at Illinois.
Robert Zuppke coached 29 seasons, won 61.2%, and posted an average SRS of 11.4. Best season: 1914 Illinois. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Illinois
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 99.3.
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.
Active comparison point
7-0 • SRS 36.4 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+33.5
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Illinois
1913-1941 • 29 seasons
Avg SRS 11.4 • Win % 61.2%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Robert Zuppke
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Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1913-1941 • 131-81-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 4.8 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.4 during vs 8.6 baseline
+2.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Illinois 1914
7-0 • SRS 36.4
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 1914
7-0 • 33.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Illinois 1931
2-6 • SRS -7.7
Biggest Drop
Illinois 1916
3-3-1 • -15.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Illinois | 1941 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -2.5 | — | — | — | -2.6 | +12.5% |
| Illinois | 1940 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | -0.1 | -31.3% |
| Illinois | 1939 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | 0.2 | — | — | — | -2.7 | +6.3% |
| Illinois | 1938 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | -2.5 | -12.5% |
| Illinois | 1937 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.4 | — | — | — | +4.7 | -6.3% |
| Illinois | 1936 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | 0.7 | — | — | — | -8.9 | +18.8% |
| Illinois | 1935 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 9.6 | — | — | — | -1.2 | -50.0% |
| Illinois | 1934 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | -3.1 | +25.0% |
| Illinois | 1933 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 13.9 | — | — | — | +10.6 | +6.9% |
| Illinois | 1932 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | +11.0 | +30.6% |
| Illinois | 1931 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -7.7 | — | — | — | -12.2 | -12.5% |
| Illinois | 1930 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | -13.0 | -43.8% |
| Illinois | 1929 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | +5.4 | -6.3% |
| Illinois | 1928 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | — | — | 12.1 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -6.3% |
| Illinois | 1927 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 93.8% | — | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +18.8% |
| Illinois | 1926 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | -6.3 | +12.5% |
| Illinois | 1925 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 16.0 | — | — | — | -3.5 | -18.8% |
| Illinois | 1924 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 19.5 | — | — | — | -2.4 | -18.8% |
| Illinois | 1923 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 21.9 | — | — | — | +12.2 | +71.4% |
| Illinois | 1922 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% | — | — | 9.7 | — | — | — | -11.4 | -14.3% |
| Illinois | 1921 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.9% | — | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | +2.9 | -28.6% |
| Illinois | 1920 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 18.2 | — | — | — | -3.3 | -14.3% |
| Illinois | 1919 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | — | — | 21.5 | — | — | — | — | +14.3% |
| Illinois | 1918 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +2.7% |
| Illinois | 1917 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68.8% | — | — | 23.5 | — | — | — | +12.3 | +18.8% |
| Illinois | 1916 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 11.2 | — | — | — | -15.2 | -35.7% |
| Illinois | 1915 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 85.7% | — | — | 26.4 | — | — | — | -10.0 | -14.3% |
| Illinois | 1914 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 36.4 | — | — | — | +33.5 | +35.7% |
| Illinois | 1913 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 64.3% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
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