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- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Stan Parrish
1986-2013 • Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Kansas State
3 schools coached, anchored by Ball State.
Stan Parrish coached 7 seasons, won 15.6%, and posted an average SRS of -17.9. Best season: 2008 Ball State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 9-51-1
- Career win rate
- 15.6%
- Average SRS
- -17.9
- Peak SRS
- 4.2
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
- 7
- Career span
- 28 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 12.4
Primary school anchor
Ball State
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 44.8.
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.
Stan Parrish
EliteStrongAverageLean
Stan Parrish: 2008 Ball StateStan Parrish: 2013 Eastern Michigan
1986Actual season year • SRS range -32.4 to 4.22013
Active comparison point
Stan Parrish • 2008
2008 Ball State
Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Ball State0-1 • SRS 4.2 • SP Overall 14.3
Win %
0.0%
YoY SRS
+25.7
SP Off / Def
38.9 / 26.1
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.
Top 10
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results12
| 2013 Regular Week 9 | Eastern Michigan | Northern Illinois | #23 | L20-59 |
| 2010 Regular Week 4 | Ball State | Iowa | #18 | L0-45 |
| 1988 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | #12 | L27-45 |
| 1988 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #5 | L3-48 |
| 1988 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #9 | L24-70 |
| 1988 Regular Week 3 | Kansas State | Iowa | #17 | L10-45 |
| 1987 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Oklahoma State | #12 | L7-56 |
| 1987 Regular Week 9 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #2 | L3-56 |
| 1987 Regular Week 8 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #1 | L10-59 |
| 1987 Regular Week 5 | Kansas State | Iowa | #17 | L13-38 |
| 1986 Regular Week 10 | Kansas State | Nebraska | #7 | L0-38 |
| 1986 Regular Week 6 | Kansas State | Oklahoma | #6 | L10-56 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Eastern Michigan
2013-2013 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -32.4 • Win % 33.3%
Ball State
2008-2010 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -11.1 • Win % 24.0%
Kansas State
1986-1988 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -20.0 • Win % 7.6%
- Longest tenure
- Ball State • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ball State • -11.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Eastern Michigan • 33.3%
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.
Stan Parrish sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeStan Parrish sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Stan Parrish
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -18.4
- Percentile
- 9th 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.
Eastern Michigan
2013-2013 • 1-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -32.4Win % 33.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.0 during vs 2.6 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-32.4 during vs -20.8 baseline
-11.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-35.7 during vs -24.4 baseline
-11.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Ball State
2008-2010 • 6-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -11.1Win % 24.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 4.4 baseline
-2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.1 during vs -10.4 baseline
-0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.2 during vs -12.5 baseline
+6.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Kansas State
1986-1988 • 2-30-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -20.0Win % 7.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
0.7 during vs 2.9 baseline
-2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-20.0 during vs -7.9 baseline
-12.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-24.7 during vs -9.3 baseline
-15.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ball State 2008
0-1 • SRS 4.2
Biggest Improvement
Ball State 2008
0-1 • 25.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ball State 2008
0-1 • SP Off 38.9
Best Defensive Season
Ball State 2008
0-1 • SP Def 26.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Eastern Michigan 2013
1-2 • SRS -32.4
Biggest Drop
Ball State 2009
2-10 • -21.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Eastern Michigan | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -32.4 | -35.7 | 17.8 | 50.4 | -12.0 | 0.0% |
| Ball State | 2010 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -20.4 | -15.6 | 17.5 | 33.0 | -3.4 | +16.7% |
| Ball State | 2009 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -17.0 | -17.3 | 15.0 | 32.3 | -21.2 | +16.7% |
| Ball State | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | 4.2 | 14.3 | 38.9 | 26.1 | +25.7 | 0.0% |
| Kansas State | 1988 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -21.5 | -27.2 | 22.2 | 43.2 | -3.1 | -4.5% |
| Kansas State | 1987 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4.5% | — | — | -18.4 | -23.5 | 20.2 | 40.0 | +1.7 | -13.6% |
| Kansas State | 1986 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -20.1 | -23.5 | 17.2 | 37.7 | — | — |
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