Coach Profile
2007-2025 • Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee
4 schools coached, anchored by Tennessee.
Butch Jones coached 16 seasons, won 54.8%, and posted an average SRS of -0.7. Best season: 2015 Tennessee. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Tennessee
Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 79.6.
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
9-4 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall 19.5
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+6.8
SP Off / Def
35.7 / 17.8
Finish
#22
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.
Arkansas State
2021-2025 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -11.3 • Win % 38.0%
Tennessee
2013-2017 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 55.7%
Cincinnati
2010-2012 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 62.2%
Central Michigan
2007-2009 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -1.8 • Win % 67.5%
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.
Butch Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Butch Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Butch Jones
Above average
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2021-2025 • 19-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.8 during vs 7.0 baseline
-3.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.3 during vs -4.0 baseline
-7.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.2 during vs -1.6 baseline
-9.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
2013-2017 • 34-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 5.1 baseline
+1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 4.8 baseline
+2.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.9 during vs 11.6 baseline
-0.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+40.0%
2010-2012 • 23-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 8.2 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 5.9 baseline
-0.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 8.5 baseline
+0.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 60.0% baseline
-26.7%
2007-2009 • 27-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+3.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.8 during vs -12.0 baseline
+10.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.2 during vs -15.6 baseline
+11.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
High Points
Best Season
Tennessee 2015
9-4 • SRS 17.7
Biggest Improvement
Central Michigan 2009
11-2 • 11.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tennessee 2016
9-4 • SP Off 39.9
Best Defensive Season
Tennessee 2015
9-4 • SP Def 17.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Arkansas State 2021
2-10 • SRS -16.8
Biggest Drop
Tennessee 2017
4-6 • -17.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arkansas State | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | -10.2 | -8.8 | 24.4 | 33.5 | +1.3 | — |
| Arkansas State | 2024 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -11.5 | -9.9 | 24.6 | 35.2 | -5.1 | +15.4% |
| Arkansas State | 2023 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -6.4 | -6.3 | 25.8 | 32.8 | +5.0 | +21.1% |
| Arkansas State | 2022 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -11.4 | -13.0 | 23.7 | 38.5 | +5.4 | +8.3% |
| Arkansas State | 2021 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -16.8 | -17.9 | 21.0 | 40.0 | -9.5 | -23.3% |
| Tennessee | 2017 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #25 | — | -7.3 | 1.2 | 25.8 | 25.7 | -17.7 | -29.2% |
| Tennessee | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #9 | #22 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 39.9 | 25.2 | -7.3 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 2015 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #25 | #22 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 35.7 | 17.8 | +6.8 | +15.4% |
| Tennessee | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 10.9 | 12.2 | 31.0 | 19.9 | +8.5 | +12.2% |
| Tennessee | 2013 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.4 | 5.1 | 29.2 | 26.1 | -8.1 | -33.3% |
| Cincinnati | 2012 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 10.5 | 11.1 | 33.8 | 23.7 | +2.6 | -1.9% |
| Cincinnati | 2011 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #25 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 30.1 | 17.8 | +10.0 | +43.6% |
| Cincinnati | 2010 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -2.1 | 2.5 | 28.4 | 27.7 | -6.6 | -51.3% |
| Central Michigan | 2009 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #23 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 29.1 | 25.7 | +11.4 | +23.1% |
| Central Michigan | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -6.9 | -5.6 | 30.1 | 36.3 | -3.8 | +4.4% |
| Central Michigan | 2007 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | -3.1 | -10.6 | 30.2 | 39.8 | — | — |
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