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John Bobo

1993-1996Arkansas State

One defining program at Arkansas State.

John Bobo coached 4 seasons, won 30.7%, and posted an average SRS of -22.1. Best season: 1993 Arkansas State. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
13-30-1
Career win rate
30.7%
Average SRS
-22.1
Peak SRS
-20.0

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
Consistency
98.3

Primary school anchor

Arkansas State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 4.5.

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.

John Bobo
EliteStrongAverageLean
1993Actual season year • SRS range -23.9 to -20.01996

Active comparison point

John Bobo1993

Selected

1993 Arkansas State

Best season

2-8-1 • SRS -20.0 • SP Overall -22.8

Win %

22.7%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

9.6 / 31.6

Finish

Unranked

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

0-5

Games
5
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results5
1996 Regular Week 2Arkansas StateBYU#19L9-58
1995 Regular Week 8Arkansas StateTexas Tech#25L25-63
1994 Regular Week 12Arkansas StateColorado State#10L3-48
1994 Regular Week 2Arkansas StateVirginia Tech#21L7-34
1993 Regular Week 2Arkansas StateFlorida#8L6-44

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Arkansas State

1993-19964 seasons

Avg SRS -22.1 • Win % 30.7%

Longest tenure
Arkansas State • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Arkansas State • -22.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arkansas State • 30.7%

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.

John Bobo sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

John Bobo sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

John Bobo

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-23.7
Percentile
4th 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.

Arkansas State

1993-199613-30-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -22.1Win % 30.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 2.0 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-22.1 during vs -22.7 baseline

+0.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-23.7 during vs -23.8 baseline

+0.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arkansas State 1993

2-8-1SRS -20.0

Biggest Improvement

Arkansas State 1996

4-71.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arkansas State 1996

4-7SP Off 30.9

Best Defensive Season

Arkansas State 1993

2-8-1SP Def 31.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Arkansas State 1994

1-10SRS -23.9

Biggest Drop

Arkansas State 1994

1-10-3.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Arkansas State19961147036.4%-21.6-24.030.948.5+1.2-18.2%
Arkansas State19951165054.5%-22.8-22.021.139.9+1.1+45.5%
Arkansas State19941111009.1%-23.9-25.910.534.9-3.9-13.6%
Arkansas State19931128122.7%-20.0-22.89.631.6

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