Volatile BuilderDefense-First

Coach Profile

Larry Lacewell

1979-1981 • Arkansas State

One defining program at Arkansas State.

Larry Lacewell's coaching record is 12-21, highlighted by seasons at Arkansas State from 1979 to 1981.

Larry Lacewell coached 3 seasons, won 36.4%, and posted an average SRS of -11.1. Best season: 1981 Arkansas State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 12-21
Career win rate: 36.4%
Average SRS: -11.1
Peak SRS: -0.5

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: 3
Career span: 3 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 8.6

Primary school anchor

Arkansas State

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 33.5.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Larry Lacewell

Overall record: 12-21
Arkansas State record: 12-21
Full-season record: 12-21
Vs AP Top 25: 0-1
Vs AP Top 10: 0-0
Vs AP Top 5: 0-0
Vs Memphis: 0-1
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 21, 1981. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

Larry Lacewell

EliteStrongAverageLean

1979Actual season year • SRS range -26.1 to -0.51981

Active comparison point

Larry Lacewell • 1981

Selected

1981 Arkansas State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-5 • SRS -0.5 • SP Overall 5.0

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

+25.6

SP Off / Def

19.8 / 15.6

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-1

Games: 1
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

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1980 Regular Week 8	Arkansas State	Southern Miss	#20	L0-35

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

1979-1981 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -11.1 • Win % 36.4%

Longest tenure: Arkansas State • 3 seasons
Best tenure: Arkansas State • -11.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Arkansas State • 36.4%

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.

Larry Lacewell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Larry Lacewell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Larry Lacewell

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -10.2
Percentile: 27th pct

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

1979-1981 • 12-21

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

Avg SRS -11.1Win % 36.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 7.4 baseline

-3.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.1 during vs -2.0 baseline

-9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-10.2 during vs 3.3 baseline

-13.6

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 1981

6-5 • SRS -0.5

Biggest Improvement

Arkansas State 1981

6-5 • 25.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arkansas State 1981

6-5 • SP Off 19.8

Best Defensive Season

Arkansas State 1981

6-5 • SP Def 15.6

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Arkansas State 1980

2-9 • SRS -26.1

Biggest Drop

Arkansas State 1980

2-9 • -19.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Arkansas State	1981	11	6	5	54.5%	—	—	-0.5	5.0	19.8	15.6	+25.6	+36.4%	Season summary
Arkansas State	1980	11	2	9	18.2%	—	—	-26.1	-32.0	6.9	36.5	-19.4	-18.2%	Season summary
Arkansas State	1979	11	4	7	36.4%	—	—	-6.7	-3.7	16.7	20.2	—	—	Season summary

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