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Craig Cirbus

1999-2000Buffalo

One defining program at Buffalo.

Craig Cirbus coached 2 seasons, won 9.1%, and posted an average SRS of -29.9. Best season: 2000 Buffalo. The profile was offense-first with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
2-20
Career win rate
9.1%
Average SRS
-29.9
Peak SRS
-27.9

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
2
Career span
2 years
Best finish
Consistency

Primary school anchor

Buffalo

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 1.3.

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.

Craig Cirbus
EliteStrongAverageLean
1999Actual season year • SRS range -31.9 to -27.92000

Active comparison point

Craig Cirbus2000

Selected

2000 Buffalo

Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop

2-9 • SRS -27.9 • SP Overall -30.4

Win %

18.2%

YoY SRS

+4.0

SP Off / Def

20.8 / 44.5

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results1
1999 Regular Week 9BuffaloMarshall#15L3-59

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Buffalo

1999-20002 seasons

Avg SRS -29.9 • Win % 9.1%

Longest tenure
Buffalo • 2 seasons
Best tenure
Buffalo • -29.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Buffalo • 9.1%

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.

Craig Cirbus sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Craig Cirbus sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Craig Cirbus

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-32.6
Percentile
0th 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.

Buffalo

1999-20002-20

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -29.9Win % 9.1%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Buffalo 2000

2-9SRS -27.9

Biggest Improvement

Buffalo 2000

2-94.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Buffalo 2000

2-9SP Off 20.8

Best Defensive Season

Buffalo 2000

2-9SP Def 44.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Buffalo 1999

0-11SRS -31.9

Biggest Drop

Buffalo 2000

2-94.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Buffalo20001129018.2%-27.9-30.420.844.5+4.0+18.2%
Buffalo19991101100.0%-31.9-34.818.345.2

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