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Larry Lacewell
1979-1981 • Arkansas State
One defining program at Arkansas State.
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.
- 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.
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
1981 Arkansas State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • 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.
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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 edgeLarry 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
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
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
Worst 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 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -0.5 | 5.0 | 19.8 | 15.6 | +25.6 | +36.4% |
| Arkansas State | 1980 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -26.1 | -32.0 | 6.9 | 36.5 | -19.4 | -18.2% |
| Arkansas State | 1979 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -6.7 | -3.7 | 16.7 | 20.2 | — | — |
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