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Lee Owens

1995-2003Akron

One defining program at Akron.

Lee Owens coached 9 seasons, won 39.6%, and posted an average SRS of -13.2. Best season: 2000 Akron. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
40-61
Career win rate
39.6%
Average SRS
-13.2
Peak SRS
-6.6

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
9 years
Best finish
#0
Consistency
65.8

Primary school anchor

Akron

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 20.8.

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.

Lee Owens
EliteStrongAverageLean
1995Actual season year • SRS range -23.5 to -6.62003

Active comparison point

Lee Owens2000

Selected

2000 Akron

Best season

6-5 • SRS -6.6 • SP Overall -7.4

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

+1.9

SP Off / Def

32.0 / 37.3

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-8

Games
8
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results8
2003 Regular Week 3AkronWisconsin#18L31-48
2001 Regular Week 3AkronOhio State#24L14-28
2000 Regular Week 2AkronVirginia Tech#11L23-52
1999 Regular Week 2AkronPenn State#2L24-70
1997 Regular Week 6AkronLSU#13L0-56
1997 Regular Week 2AkronNebraska#6L14-59
1996 Regular Week 3AkronVirginia Tech#15L18-21
1995 Regular Week 5AkronKansas State#19L0-67

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

1995-20039 seasons

Avg SRS -13.2 • Win % 39.6%

Longest tenure
Akron • 9 seasons
Best tenure
Akron • -13.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Akron • 39.6%

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.

Lee Owens sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Lee Owens sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Lee Owens

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-13.4
Percentile
19th 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

1995-200340-61

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

Avg SRS -13.2Win % 39.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 4.2 baseline

+0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.2 during vs -18.1 baseline

+4.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.4 during vs -15.6 baseline

+2.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+100.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Akron 2000

6-5SRS -6.6

Biggest Improvement

Akron 1999

7-46.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Akron 2003

7-5SP Off 35.2

Best Defensive Season

Akron 1996

4-7SP Def 33.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Akron 1995

2-9SRS -23.5

Biggest Drop

Akron 2001

4-7-3.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Akron20031275058.3%#0#0-6.9-12.535.242.6+5.7+25.0%
Akron20021248033.3%#0#0-12.6-14.829.040.2-2.9-3.0%
Akron20011147036.4%#0#0-9.7-10.031.538.9-3.1-18.2%
Akron20001165054.5%#0#0-6.6-7.432.037.3+1.9-9.1%
Akron19991174063.6%#0#0-8.5-9.830.838.3+6.2+27.3%
Akron19981147036.4%#0#0-14.7-14.125.536.7+0.7+18.2%
Akron19971129018.2%#0#0-15.4-12.830.940.3+5.2-18.2%
Akron19961147036.4%#0#0-20.6-19.314.833.5+2.9+18.2%
Akron19951129018.2%#0#0-23.5-20.123.640.3

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