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JD Brookhart
2004-2009 • Akron
One defining program at Akron.
JD Brookhart coached 6 seasons, won 41.7%, and posted an average SRS of -11.9. Best season: 2005 Akron. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 30-42
- Career win rate
- 41.7%
- Average SRS
- -11.9
- Peak SRS
- -6.3
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- #0
- Consistency
- 80.7
Primary school anchor
Akron
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 21.3.
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.
JD Brookhart
EliteStrongAverageLean
2004Actual season year • SRS range -19.0 to -6.32009
Active comparison point
JD Brookhart • 2005
2005 Akron
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-6 • SRS -6.3 • SP Overall -5.8
Win %
53.8%
YoY SRS
+7.6
SP Off / Def
19.9 / 25.7
Finish
#0
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
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- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
Top 5
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- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results4
| 2008 Regular Week 1 | Akron | Wisconsin | #13 | L17-38 |
| 2007 Regular Week 2 | Akron | Ohio State | #12 | L2-20 |
| 2005 Regular Week 2 | Akron | Purdue | #13 | L24-49 |
| 2004 Regular Week 4 | Akron | Virginia | #12 | L0-51 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Akron
2004-2009 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -11.9 • Win % 41.7%
- Longest tenure
- Akron • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Akron • -11.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Akron • 41.7%
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.
JD Brookhart sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJD Brookhart sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
JD Brookhart
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -10.8
- Percentile
- 26th 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.
Akron
2004-2009 • 30-42
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -11.9Win % 41.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 5.6 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.9 during vs -8.9 baseline
-3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-10.8 during vs -10.9 baseline
+0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Akron 2005
7-6 • SRS -6.3
Biggest Improvement
Akron 2005
7-6 • 7.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Akron 2004
6-5 • SP Off 29.9
Best Defensive Season
Akron 2006
5-7 • SP Def 22.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Akron 2009
3-9 • SRS -19.0
Biggest Drop
Akron 2009
3-9 • -12.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Akron | 2009 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | #0 | #0 | -19.0 | -17.8 | 16.3 | 31.9 | -12.0 | -16.7% |
| Akron | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #0 | #0 | -7.0 | -6.7 | 29.0 | 34.7 | +7.4 | +8.3% |
| Akron | 2007 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | #0 | #0 | -14.4 | -17.6 | 16.3 | 34.1 | -3.8 | -8.3% |
| Akron | 2006 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #0 | #0 | -10.6 | -6.1 | 18.0 | 22.3 | -4.3 | -12.2% |
| Akron | 2005 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #0 | #0 | -6.3 | -5.8 | 19.9 | 25.7 | +7.6 | -0.7% |
| Akron | 2004 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #0 | #0 | -13.9 | -11.1 | 29.9 | 38.2 | — | — |
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